Early Bird by Emil Wilson – Episode 1 – SEE SAW Comics, Webcomics from the Sequential Artists Workshop

Early Bird by Emil Wilson – Episode 1

This comic is illustrated with bright watercolors in a predominantly turquoise, orange, green, pink, and yellow palette. Characters have slightly grotesque facial features - wide, sunken eyes, bright red lips, lots of small teeth outlined in black, and big pink blush circles on their cheeks. The title of the comic is drawn in all caps alternating in the bright colors of the palette: "Early Bird." The byline is written in a font that alternates between capital letters and lowercase cursive: "By Emil Wilson." The lettering of the comic uses this font as well. 1. A young child with curly pink hair and no clothes except for a diaper points in disbelief at the diaper of the child next to them. This child has straight orange hair and is pulling their diaper away from their skin, looking down at their crotch with an expression of dismay and embarrassment. The first child says, "What's going on there?" The other replies, "Stop pointing." The background is painted with a turquoise wash. 2. We zoom in on the pink-haired kid's face. Mouth still agape and eyes wide with shocked curiosity, they ask, "That means you can have babies." An orange wash colors the background. 3. We zoom in on the orange-haired kid's face. Their mouth is also agape and eyes wide with shock, eyebrows raised in anxious concern. They reply, "But I don't want to have babies. I'm only FIVE." The background is green, and the word 'five' is emphasized with green, all-caps block letters.

1. The narration is written sentence-case, slightly curly letters. It starts, "The summer before first grade, I got PUBIC HAIR. Dark, coarse, curly as a corkscrew. And since nobody had warned me this would happen, I sensed something was very wrong." The orange-haired child, Emil, is naked, looking down at his crotch, which is covered by a pink explosion/star shape. His face shows a mix of surprise, confusion, and dismay, eyebrows raised and mouth in a frown. The background is a light blue wash, and the words 'pubic hair' are emphasized with blue all-caps block letters. 2. Emil as narrator continues, "It's likely I was experiencing precocious puberty, a disorder where sexual development happens years before it's supposed to." 'Precocious puberty' is once again emphasized with blue all-caps block letters. A small Emil stands in the corner of the panel, colored in a blue wash, looking up at a giant green hand that points down at him. Emil, eyebrows raised, asks, "Now?" The background is chartreuse.

Published On: February 15, 2024

"Disabled activists fought for an elevator down to light rail but it was shuttered due to misuse. Foot traffic brings the challenges of humanity. For building owners, isolation saves money."

“The Way Above by Adrean Clark My librarian aunt has a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a kid, I climbed the loft high above my hearing family. A row of National Geographic’s formed a tunnel behind her bookshelves. My mind traveled the world without worrying about my Deafness." 3 panels who altogether depict a cityscape view of St. Paul, Minnesota.

A human figure is crouched down on the ground, back against a tree trunk. They are backed away from a pond, from which a huge splash of water rises with a “PLIIP!” The figure is frowning, looking a bit taken aback.

An extreme close up of a human eye. The pupil and iris are completely reflecting a scene of frogs in the mud.

A view from below of wintry trees encircling a ball of light, perhaps the moon on a cloudy night. The title is contained in this orb, lettered in a curveless style in all caps. There are lots of crow-like bird silhouettes perched in the branches of the tree, and it is raining. The scene is rendered in layers of purple, blue, and brown watercolors/gouache, lined with a black brush pen.

A close-up of Maia's face with a neutral expression, looking directly at the reader. She has a brown bob and green eyes.

In three different strips of paper and different color markers, the title: “Max, Foster Dog.” In another, with hand-drawn serif lettering: “Excerpt of the graphic novel in progress.” “Pieces of Me” “by Maia Iotzova (same name, in Cyrillic alphabet)”

Emily is crouched down, bearing on her back the weight of a giant ball ornament twice her size. She is grimacing from pain or exertion.

Two people dressed in casual contemporary clothing are walking by in the background; in the foreground is a woman dressed in 18th century-style clothing. They are outside, tree branches hanging overhead.

First-grader Emily, wearing her skirt and hat, stands in the doorway of a museum room. To the left is a grandfather clock; to the right is a large piece of decorative pottery. The floor is a black and white checkered tile.

Jim sits up in his hospital bed. There is a book open in his lap, and a tray of food slightly raised above him. He is smiling.

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A close-up of young Emil's face drawn with vampire fangs and a ravenous expression: mouth open, eyes wide, brows bent in a scowl.

A baby with glasses, smoking a pipe, wearing a violet bathrobe, and reading a Playboy magazine with an unimpressed expression. The background is pink.

A facebook post shows a picture of three people - Aman and two other men - standing at the Frew booth at a comics convention. They are all smiling with their arms crossed. Aman stands to the left and wears a blue sweater. The man in the middle is dressed up in full Phantom cosplay: purple cap, black eye mask, purple body suit, black striped underwear, and a belt with a skull in the center. The man on the right has curly red/brown hair and wears a blue and orange short-sleeve button-down. Above the picture is text that is slightly cut off: "Phans from across the country make an annual pilgrimage to the Frew comic publisher booth." Below the picture are the Facebook buttons, "Like Comment Share."

Four line drawings of the Phantom in different styles, over a brown watercolor wash. Each is labeled by the artist who drew him this way and the dates they were active: Wilson McCoy, 1943-1961; Bill Lignante, 1961-1969; Joan Boix, 1994-present; and Paul Ryan, 2001-2016.

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