Going Gothic, Page 6

PANEL 1

Olivia (wearing a black "I vant to be alone" t-shirt with fishnets and striped pants) shows off chain accessories while another girl watches.

OLIVIA: "Nice! Now show me the other style!"

TEXT: "For a more "hardcore" effect, we could go to the hardware store and buy two lengths of a fine but substantial chain."

PANEL 2

Illustration of striped pants with chains attached at the waist.

TEXT: "Attach them in the same places as we did with the safety pin straps, but this time secure them with padlocks!"

PANEL 3

A small chibi character explains an alternative.

TEXT: "If the chains links are too small for padlocks to fit through, we could use safety pins to attach it to the belt loop and add the padlocks for decoration."

PANEL 4

Two girls discuss, one with dark hair looking skeptical.

GIRL 1: "Cool! Lets do that, too!"

DARK-HAIRED GIRL: "Arent you forgetting something?"

I tried using chains, too, but they were heavy and hard to contrive. So I stuck to safety pins