AMERICAN JUSTICE 445 JULY 2010

THE INTERVIEW PT. 2

PG 1 (ENTIRE PAGE IN GOLDEN AGE ART STYLE)

[1].
LONG; TWO THUGS DUMP GREEN CHEMICALS OUT OF A BARREL, OFF A PIER, INTO A BAY. BEHIND THEM HOVERS THE SHADOWY FIGURE OF DOC TERROR.

CAP A: IN 1938 I ATTEMPTED TO POISON PERSONVILLE'S WATER SUPPLY.

[2].
LONG: TOM JEFFERSON SHOOTING OUT THE WHEELS OF A TRUCK SPEEDING AWAY FROM HIM.

CAP A: TOM JEFFERSON, THE DARING "DETECTIVE", INTERFERED.

[3].
LONG: TRUCK; CRASHED, ON FIRE. DOC TERROR MASK AND CLOAK JUST OUTSIDE OF FLAME BUT CLEARLY SCORCHED, LAYING IN FOREGROUND.

CAP A: THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I DIED.

[4].
LONG: SILHOUETTE OF DOC TERROR RUNNING AWAY DOWN A DARKENED ALLEY.

CAP A: BUT I FOUND DEATH A RATHER EASY THING TO ESCAPE FROM.

PG 2

[1].
MEDIUM ON RANDOLPH OLIVER RYAN; HEALTHY 70'S, LONG GRAY HAIR AND BEARD OBSCURE FACE. MOUTH IS CLEARLY OPEN IN SPEECH. BARE CHESTED WITH SCARS AND BULLET WOUNDS. A SINGLE STREAM OF LIGHT ILLUMINATES HIM FROM ABOVE. BACKGROUND: BLACK

R: IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT I FOLLOWED THROUGH ON AN IDEA I HAPPENED UPON IN THE WORKS OF DOCTOR FREUD. BUT ONCE AGAIN TOM JEFFERSON PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE ADVERSARY.

[2].
MEDIUM; R; SITING, LOOKING AT VEIWER, MOUTH OBSCURED BY BEARD.

[3].
SAME AS PREVIOUS.

R: TOM JEFFERSON.

[4].
(GOLDEN AGE STYLE) WIDE ON A T-SHIRTED TOM JEFFERSON; STANDING! AND BREAKING ROPES ACROSS HIS CHEST, A WOODEN CHAIR SPLINTERING BEHIND HIM. BACKGROUND: ACTION EXPLOSION LINES!

CAP A: IT'S LITTLE WONDER THAT MAN BECAME PRESIDENT DURING THE SEVENTIES. HE WAS AN OBSTINATE MAN. A TRUE ADVENTURER. I PUT ALL MY HOPES INTO NIXON. I COULD'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH IF HE'D BEEN IN OFFICE. BUT ONCE AGAIN TOM JEFFERSON THWARTED MY DESIGNS. I WAS HAPPY WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED. BUT AS TIME WORE ON...

PG 3

[1].
MEDIUM ON R; LOOKING TO RIGHT OF PANEL.

[2].
MEDIUM ON RANDOLPH; LOOKING TOWARD VEIWER.

R: BUT I SUPPOSE BEING SHOT IN THE BACK IS SOMEWHAT SYMBOLIC. IF HE'D SEEN IT COMING HE MIGHT'VE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT.

[3].
MEDIUM ON R. LOOKING SLIGHTLY DOWN.

R: WHAT A GIFT HE HAD. THOUGH HE COULD BE A REAL JACKASS SOMETIMES.

[4].
MEDIUM ON R. LOOKING UP INTO THE LIGHT.

R: IS HIS KID STILL IN POLITICS?

PG 4.

[1].
MEDIUM ON R. LOOKING UP INTO THE LIGHT.

[2].
SAME AS PREVIOUS.

[3].
SAME.

[4].
MEDIUM ON R. LOOKING TOWARD VIEWER. THE GHOST OF SMILE FROM HIS BEARD.

R: I SEE.

PG 5.

[1].
MEDIUM ON INTERIOR MONITORING CHAMBER. INTERVIEWER 1 IN EXTREME FOREGROUND FILLING UP A MUG WITH COFFEE. INTERVIEWER 2 IN BACKGROUND ADJUSTING DIODES ON MONITORS SURROUNDING HIM.

INTERVIEWER 2: NOW THAT STUFF JUST CREEPS ME OUT.

[2].
SAME AS PREVIOUS; 1 PUTS DOWN POT OF COFFEE. 2 ADJUSTS DIFFERENT DIODES.

1: WHAT'S THAT?

2: HOW CALM HE IS ABOUT BEING TOTALLY CRAZY.

[3].
MEDIUM; 1 WALKS TO HIS EMPTY SEAT NEXT TO 2. 2 LOOKS UP TOWARDS HIM.

1: DIDN'T I TELL YOU.

2: STILL I THOUGHT IT WOULD SHOW MORE. HE SEEMS ALMOST...NORMAL.

[4].
MEDIUM; 1 SITS. 2 LOOKS OVER AT 1.

1: DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU. HE'S A MASTERMIND. AND A PSYCHOLOGIST.

[5].
MEDIUM; 1 KONKING HIS HELMET. 2 LOOKS ON.

1: WITHOUT THESE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET US LISTEN TO HIM.

2: I HEARD THAT BEFORE THEY PUT HIM IN D.L.D.* HIS MOUTH WAS TAPED SHUT AND HE WAS FED BY I.V FOR FIVE YEARS.

CAP A: *DEEP LOCK DOWN-YER EDITORS.

[6].
MEDIUM; 1 DRINKING FROM HIS MUG. 2 ADJUSTING HIS HELMET.

1: THEY SAY HE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS HYPNOTIC THING WITH HIS VOICE. SUPPOSEDLY NOT ANY MORE, BUT THEY AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.

2: GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

[7].
MEDIUM; 1 CHECKING HIS MONITORS. 2 DOING THE SAME.

[8].
MEDIUM; 1 LOOKING TOWARD 2. 2 ADJUSTING DIODES.

2: SO DID YOU CATCH LAST NIGHT'S DEXTER?

[9].
MEDIUM; 1 TURNING DIODES. 2 DOING THE SAME.

1: NO. I WAS READING.

PG 6

[1].
LONG ON R, ILLUMINATED FROM ABOVE.

CAP A: REALLY? YOU DON'T LIKE TELEVISION?

CAP B: T.V'S FINE. I JUST PREFER TO READ.

[2].
CLOSER ON R, STILL FULL FIGURE, DETAILS OF BODY SCARS CAN BE SEEN.

CAP A: WHAT WERE YOU READING?

CAP B: A BOOK.

[3].
MEDIUM ON R. SCRATCHING HIS CHEST WOUND.

CAP A: WHAT BOOK, SMART-ASS?

CAP B: THE INVISIBLE MAN, BY H.G. WELLS.

{4}.
MEDIUM ON R. FACING VIEWER. JUST SITTING.

CAP A: I SEE.

CAP B: WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN.
[5].
SAME AS PREVIOUS.

CAP A: NOTHING. NOTHING. I GUESS YOU DON'T LIKE SCARY THINGS.

CAP B: HAVE YOU EVER READ THE INVISIBLE MAN?

[6].
SAME.

CAP A: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN DEXTER?

[7].
SAME.

[8].
MEDIUM ON R, LEANING IN TOWARD VEIWER.

R: I CAN TELL YOU A SCARY STORY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR IT?

CAP A: TO BE CONTINUED...