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Panel 1. The Thinker stands on a street corner, looking at his watch. Evening.
THINKER: It doesn’t take much dealing with the native populace to rob this place of its charm—
Panel 2. Waves at a taxi.
THINKER: TAXI! Stop!
Panel 3. Gets in, door open, complaining.
THINKER: Good Lord. How long does a man have to stand on a corner waiting for one of these ghastly contrivances to appear—I need to be in front of the Blue Aloha in five minutes.
Panel 4. Looking sideways out the window, a look of mild surprise on his face.
THINKER: I have a meeting of importance, so despite my secure knowledge that speed is hardly of the essence in this—eh?
Panel 5. The Thinker is angry now, looking over his shoulder.
THINKER: Damn it, driver. The Blue Aloha is in the complete OPPOSITE direction. Do I have to—
Panel 6. Without turning around, the cabbie is holding up a gun so that the Thinker can see it.
CABBIE: You just have to shut up, Mr. Antonio. Shut up and enjoy the ride.
And here's the finished page, art by Scott Chantler with Steven Griffin coloring (click for a bigger view):
2 comments:
You know, I like Scott's renditions of the Thinker. Of all the Dick characters, I think he's got the greatest affinity for him, visually.
Wouldn't mind seeing him do more stories about the character, unless he (the Thinker, that is) meets with an unfortunate demise...
Hmmm.
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