TITLE
GLOBAL WARNING
(or When Rachel Met Brenda)
By Rachel Nabors
SubcultureofOne.com
PANEL 1
Rachel and Brenda exit a movie theater showing "An Inconvenient Truth" onto a snowy city street. Brenda has short dark hair and wears a dark coat. Rachel has long wavy light hair and wears a white coat.
BRENDA: "I can't believe you made me sit through An Inconvenient Truth."
RACHEL: "Hey, you said you were bored, and I have awareness to raise."
PANEL 2
Close-up of Brenda and Rachel continuing their conversation.
BRENDA: "You know Al Gore was just trying to scare you, right?"
RACHEL: "Why would anyone want to do that?"
BRENDA: "Global Warming is a myth created by liberals."
PANEL 3
Rachel and Brenda face each other, continuing their debate.
RACHEL: "Weren't you watching? Every year the temperatures have been rising in concert with carbon dioxide levels. Scientists all over the world agree that it is real and a threat!"
BRENDA: "It's just a natural phase the planet's going through. It's happened before."
RACHEL: "Yes, but over thousands of years, not decades."
BRENDA: "There's no time for ecosystems to adjust!"