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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 417 | | number = 417 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = 2008-04-30 |
| title = The Man Who Fell Sideways | | title = The Man Who Fell Sideways | ||
| image = the man who fell sideways.png | | image = the man who fell sideways.png | ||
− | | titletext = | + | | titletext = Strop originally conceived in conversation with Jeph Jacques. Soon to be a major motion picture. |
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | This comic may be seen as a reference to the short story The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button to which a movie was to come out later that year. Just like the man in this comic the protagonist Benjamin suffers of a 'desease' physically not possible. Benjamin gets younger over time and the man in this comic gets pulled sidewards. | |
− | + | A different reference is given by 'over land and sea', a line from the song 'Nature Boy' from Eden Ahbez. Nat King Cole sung about 'A very strange, enchanted boy. They say he wandered very far[...], over land and sea'. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A man standing, with a dotted line perpendicular to him and a 30 degree angle going downwards] |
− | :From a young age, gravity pulled him wrong. | + | :Narrator: From a young age, gravity pulled him wrong. |
− | :[ | + | :[The same man bouncing around his house] |
− | :Sometimes east, sometimes west. When he was restrained, it grew erratic. | + | :Narrator: Sometimes east, sometimes west. When he was restrained, it grew erratic. |
− | : | + | :<WHAM> <WHAM> |
− | :[ | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | :So he fell. | + | :rolling on the ground] |
− | : | + | :Narrator: So he fell. |
− | : | + | :Man: AAAA |
− | :[ | + | :<THUMPA> <THUMPA> |
− | :Constantly | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | : | + | :rolling on the ground in a desert] |
− | :[ | + | :Narrator: Constantly |
− | :Over land... | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | :[ | + | :rolling off a rock on the ground in a desert] |
− | : | + | :Narrator: Over land... |
− | :[ | + | :Man: AAAAA-<THUD>-A |
− | : | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | :[ | + | :rolling on the ground in the desert] |
− | : | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAA |
− | :[ | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | :And sea. | + | :rolling on the ground in the desert] |
− | : | + | :Man: A-<THUD>-AAAAAA |
− | :[ | + | :[Man bouncing |
− | : | + | :rolling on the ground in the desert] |
− | :[ | + | :Man: AA-<THUD>-AAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Man under the surface of a body of water] |
− | :[ | + | :Narrator: And sea. |
− | : | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAAAAA |
− | :[Tree in the savanna, with | + | :[Man still under the surface of a body of water] |
− | :He found, where he could, food- | + | :Man: AAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Man temporarily standing on the surface of the body of water] |
− | :[Tree in the savanna, with | + | :Man: AAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Man under the surface of the body of water] |
− | :[ | + | :Man: AAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Tree in the savanna, with the man off the panel] |
− | : | + | :Narrator: He found, where he could, food- |
− | :[Savanna with a tree in it | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Tree in the savanna, with the man still off the panel, but zoomed out so that part of the man's bounce |
− | :[ | + | :roll path is visible] |
− | :And love. | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Man upside-down, still bouncing |
− | :[ | + | :rolling in the savannah, with a gazelle galloping away from him] |
− | : | + | :<GALLOP> <GALLOP> |
− | :[ | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAA |
− | : | + | :[Savanna with a tree in it] |
− | : | + | :Man: AAAAAAAAAAA |
− | :[ | + | :[Woman standing, with the man off screen] |
− | : | + | :Narrator: And love. |
− | :[ | + | :Man: AAAA-<THUD>-AAAA |
− | : | + | :[Woman standing, with the man off screen] |
− | :[ | + | :Man: <THUD> ACK <CRASH> |
− | : | + | :[Man crashing into woman] |
− | :[ | + | :Woman: Hiwhat'syourname- |
− | : | + | :<WHAM> |
− | :[ | + | :[Woman on the ground, with the man off screen] |
− | : | + | :Man: AAAAAAA-<THUD>-AAA |
− | : | + | :[Woman speaking to another man] |
− | :[ | + | :Woman: I met this guy. He knocked me over and tumbled into the distance. |
− | :She never saw him again. But nine months later... | + | :[Woman speaking to the same man from the previous panel, with the man's hand to his mouth] |
+ | :Woman: We only shared a few seconds, but in his panicked scream I heard something beautiful. | ||
+ | :[Woman speaking to the same man from the previous panel] | ||
+ | :Woman: I think... I think I'm... | ||
+ | :[Woman speaking to the same man from the previous panel] | ||
+ | :Man: Falling for him? | ||
+ | :Woman: I wasn't going to say it. | ||
+ | :[Woman at hospital with doctor, giving birth] | ||
+ | :Narrator: She never saw him again. But nine months later... | ||
:Doctor: Okay, push! | :Doctor: Okay, push! | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Woman at hospital with doctor and new baby, who is bouncing |
− | :Doctor: It | + | :rolling away] |
− | : | + | :Doctor: It's a gir- |
+ | :Woman: !! | ||
:Doctor: Whoops! | :Doctor: Whoops! | ||
:Baby: Ga! Ga! | :Baby: Ga! Ga! | ||
− | :[Baby bouncing | + | :[Baby bouncing |
+ | :rolling out of hospital] | ||
:Baby: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE | :Baby: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE | ||
− | :[Baby bouncing | + | :[Baby bouncing |
+ | :rolling in front of a sunset] | ||
:Baby: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE | :Baby: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE | ||
− | :The End | + | :Narrator: The End |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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