Grendel - Man Up - Liam Lachance

1

(torso of white woman, with muscular and figurine-sized man on shoulder)

MAN (GRENDEL): MAN UP! MAN UP! WAKE UP

2

(close-up of woman looking in mirror)

CHRISTINE: MANNING UP is what fucked me over- it’s why I’m angry enough to consider these things in the first place.

GRENDEL: MAN UP

3

(close up of woman’s squinting eye, behind dialogue)

CHRISTINE: He attacked me to ‘man up’ for himself– manning up is the whole issue!

GRENDEL: Okay, feminazi, so you’re going to let him off?

CHRISTINE: He was afraid of looking vulnerable so he attacked me. Now I attack him because I feel vulnerable. It’s childish.

GRENDEL: This isn’t a fucking ESSAY

4

(frame of GRENDEL standing with arms raised in air, screaming)

GRENDEL: IT’S CALLED REVENGE

5

(image of CHRISTINE looking at mirror, with GRENDEL looking up to her)

6

(image of GRENDEL yelling at CHRISTINE, who seems dejected)

CHRISTINE: Reacting without thinking isn’t revenge, it’s being a dog.

GRENDEL: PUPPERS HAVE THE MOST FUN

CHRISTINE: Too dumb to question how I’ve been trained: hurt to stop my hurt. In the end, I still feel shitty. How about stopping the hurt in the first place?

GRENDEL: BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA

7

(CHRISTINE looking into mirror, smiling)

CHRISTINE: There’s a smarter way.

Sonic the Hedgehog - The Doctor is Dead - Liam Lachance

1: Big The Cat, wearing glasses, holding a pen and pad

BIG THE CAT: What were you just thinking about?

2: Sleep-deprived Sonic lying on a couch.  Thought bubble shows a dozen golden rings.

3: Sonic and Big The Cat in frame.

SONIC: About Miles.

BTC: We’re wasting our time if you spend it lying.

4: Close up of Big The Cat’s squinting eyes.

BTC: The Doctor is dead, Sonic.

SONIC: I’m aware.

BTC: Do you have a theory why you can’t accept his passing?

5: Close-up on Sonic, looking tiredly at ceiling.

BTC: Hello?

6: Sonic sits up.

SONIC: I’m fine with it.

BTC: So you still think the obsession with rings is unrelated to lack of purpose –

SONIC: I don’t care about rings.

7: Thought bubble above tired Sonic shows: Sonic’s father being tied to train tracks by Doctor Robotnik. Dialogue bubble beneath thought, from BTC: “I can tell you’ve been running. We’re wasting our time here.”

8: Close-up of Sonic’s heels shows them burned, black.

BTC: You’re missing the moment with this reliance on rings - on what’s next. You’re valuable to us without them.

SONIC: I know.

BTC: Being present is more important than gold.

Liam Lachance - Writer-in-Residence

All good things must come to an end, and this week sees the conclusion of Shaun Richens' return guest spot.  Thanks so much for your time, mate.  It's been - and always is - a great pleasure.

While it's always difficult to bid old friends adieu, the blow can happily be softened by the arrival of our next Writer-in-Residence, Liam Lachance.  He is a man who chooses his words with care and concision (as his bio below will demonstrate), so let me simply take a moment to say that he is a talented writer whose work and hustle I have admired for a good while.

I was thrilled when he agreed to join us for a few weeks, particularly because his background is primarily in written prose and not so much in comics.  I greatly look forward to see what he does while experimenting with the medium and so should you!

When asked to describe himself, he offered me the following:

Liam Lachance is a writer at wordandcolour.com, a magazine that confronts systemic violence with words and colours.

His first novel, Blu Swag, raised controversy in his hometown of Merrickville, Ontario.

Thanks again, Liam. Excited to have you aboard and to dig into your scripts!