The Wind, Page 1

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Title: "The Wind" by Rachel Nabors

Website credit: SubcultureOfOne.com

Swirling, decorative wind patterns frame the entire page, creating an unsettling atmospheric backdrop.

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Two figures sit on a couch watching a TV screen. Seen from behind.

Narration: "I woke up to find my room mates watching the news, something I'd never seen them do."

TV NEWS: "...a shooter massacred students in nearby town of..."

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Wind swirls ominously around the exterior of a building.

Narration: "A cold wind pounded on the apartment complex."

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A figure stands in a shower, surrounded by steam and flowing water.

Narration: "I just took a warm shower."

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Close-up profile of an ear, with swirling wind patterns in the background.

Narration: "On my way to the library, a stranger started walking next to me."

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A figure bundled up in winter clothes, seen from behind. A falling leaf drifts nearby.

STRANGER: "Did you hear? The death toll is at 22."

Soon after I moved out on my own, April 16, 2007, there was a shooting at the college near me, Virginia Tech. I was in Roanoke and was right up the street from where the assailant bought his ammunition. I lived in an apartment complex where many of the employees of the local television station also lived.

This comic is actually auto-biographical, hence there is no Rachel the Great character for comic relief.