Crow Princess, Page 6

PAGE 6

Panel 1

The doctors stare in shock at the now-living baby.

DOCTOR: Impossible!

DOCTOR: How...?

Panel 2

Close-up of the mother's face, expression disturbed and fearful.

MOTHER: It... It's not...

MOTHER: ...It's not MY baby!

Panel 3

The mother pushes the baby away. A nurse tries to intervene.

MOTHER: Take it away!

NURSE: But, this is your child. You just had her!

Panel 4

Close-up of the mother's cold, dark expression.

MOTHER: I don't care. It's not mine.

Panel 5

Later. The doctor reviews charts while Ms. Wood sits in the hospital bed, arms crossed, looking unhappy.

NARRATION: Later...

DOCTOR: The tests are conclusive.

DOCTOR: No brain damage. Nothing.

DOCTOR: She's a perfectly normal, healthy baby girl.

DOCTOR: It's a miracle, Ms. Wood!

NARRATION: But, Ms. Wood was not happy.

You’ve probably noticed the moire patterns in this comic by now. I used tones to add the grey areas of the comic, tones that print as black dots. But when you shrink them down to put online, they make weird patters. If I can ever find the original files, I would consider re-doing this with greys that don’t make patterns and make a proper digital edition if I were to publish it for eReaders.

Two carefully placed things to observe here: The mother is single. She’s not Mrs. Wood, she’s Ms. Wood.She calls her baby “it” not “her.”

Comments (Archived)

  1. Hidle

    Single motherhood’s becoming a rather popular trend these days, but I could be wrong… :/

    Really admire your works so much, keep up the good work! ^//w//^

    • Rachel the Great

      My mom was a single mother. I see plenty of women making it work. I wonder how their daughters will turn out? Maybe they will believe they can do anything! That they don’t need a man in their life unless they want him there–including if they decide to start a family!