<3 <3 <3 Happy Wednesday, y’all. It’s been a bummer of a week for me, because I threw out my back on Friday and spent most of the weekend horizontal. How nice of my body to lay me out during the days I usually work on comics! It’s my first time dealing with this particular ailment and I gotta tell ya: I don’t like it much!!
At least it’s the spooky season to help me get through. I am NOT doing Inktober or any other October challenges, because I have too many video games to get through, honk honk. 😀
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Kinsey, fingers interlaced, looking somehow both innocent and guilty)
Panel 2 (A closer shot of Kinsey’s tight smile)
Kinsey: So! Imogen! What do you do!
Panel 3 (Imogen bashfully pushes her hair behind her ear)
Imogen: Oh, nothing interesting, not like you guys. I’m just a stay-at-home mom.
Panel 4 (Kinsey, Caleb, and Sparrow look at Imogen in various shades of thinly veiled confusion and/or horror)
Panel 5 (open; the three talk over each other)
Kinsey: Well, someone’s got to do it!
Sparrow: Thank goodness some people are suited for it.
Kinsey: I think it’s admirable.
Caleb: I agree. Many people think it’s unfeminist to sacrifice your individuality in order to raise a family, but it’s one of the most selfless things you can do…
Kinsey: I don’t know how you do it!
Caleb: More people should be supported in their choice to leave the workforce.
Sparrow: I would simply die of boredom, though.
Kinsey: Not that you’re boring!!
Panel 6 (Alex looks over at Imogen, catching the strained look on her face)
Sparrow, off-panel: No, of course not, I simply meant…
Poor Imogen, I took maternity leave after giving birth to my child and the only question I got all the time was when was I going to go back, people are so work outside home oriented… It is very frustrating, I wish I had more friends with whom I could talk about music or books or whatever instead of work. I hope Imogen does not feel too out of place here but on the other hand it might be something that can not be avoided
Loved how you portrayed how bizarre this seemed to be for their friends, she is like an alien to them xD
The look on Alex’s face says a lot about how much Alex has come to understand the subtleties of Imogen. The expression on Alex’s face is so damn powerful to me.