Pound issue #2 by Matt Johnson Page 1 1. Pound standing in front of the Seattle police station. Caption: 11:00 AM 2. Pound standing inside the building, at the front desk. He's talking to the secretary. Pound: UM… I WAN TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN, OR WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE. 3. Secretary looking up at him. Secretary: SON, THE CAPTAIN IS VERY BUSY. I'LL SCHEDULE YOU AN APPOINTMENT, BUT I WOULDN'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. 4. Pound sitting down in the waiting room. Page 2 1. Pound sleeping in the waiting room. His head is down and there's a cobweb in-between his chin and chest. Caption: 2 MONTHS LATER. 2. Same shot as panel 1. Secretary (from off-panel): MR. POUND! 3. Pound waking up. Secretary (from off-panel): MR. POUND! 4. Pound at the secretary's desk. Secretary: CAPTAIN SMITH WILL SEE YOU NOW. 5. Pound knocking on the captain's door. The door says "Captain John Smith" Page 3 1. Pound sitting down in front of the captain's desk. The captain (5'8", black, a little chubby) is sitting behind his desk. Pound: JOHN SMITH? THAT'S A LITTLE GENERIC DON'T YOU THINK? Captain Smith: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT? 2. Shot of Pound from across the desk. He's cross-legged. Pound: I NEED A JOB. 3. Captain Smith pointing to the door. Captain Smith: THE SECRETARY WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE ACADAMY IS. 4. Pound leaning forward. Pound: NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE A REGULAR COP. I'M NOT GUNNA DO THAT WHOLE 'PATROL' THING. 5. The captain looking at some papers of his. Pound (off-panel): I HAVE SUPER POWERS. Page 4 1. The captain looking wide-eyed at Pound. 2. The captain laughing his ass off. Captain Smith: HAHAHAH! 3. Pound looking at the captain. Pound: NO, REALLY. 4. The captain going back to his paperwork. Captain Smith: GET OUT OF MY OFFICE, KID. 5. Pound lifting the captain's desk up above his head. The captain looks stunned. Page 5 1. Pound setting the desk back down. Captain Smith: SO, WHAT KIND OF COP DID YOU WANT TO BE? 2. Pound sitting back down. Pound: WELL, I WAS KIND OF THINKING OF A COMMISION THING. LIKE, FOR EVERY BAD GUY I BRING IN, YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS, DEPENDING HOW BAD THE BAD GUY IS. 3. The captain handing Pound a badge. Captain Smith: DEAL. Page 6 (three page long panels) 1. Pound sitting in a diner. We see him from outside the diner, like that one famous movie scene. Caption: LATER THAT DAY. 2. Shot of Pound sitting at the counter of the diner. He has a cup of coffee in front of him. In the background, there's a silhouette of a four-legged spider. 3. The "spider" in the doorway of the diner. He's a short, unbelievably squirrelly looking guy with big-black-rimmed glasses. He's wearing a backpack with four metal spider legs like the one Invader Zim has. Spider: GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, YOU STUPID DINER! THE METAL- ARACHNID DEMANDS IT! Page 7 1. Pound standing up from the counter. Pound: EXCUSE ME, WHAT DID YOU CALL YOURSELF? 2. Close-up of the spider's face. One of his eyebrows is up. Spider: THE METAL-ARACHNID! 3. Pound taking a drink of his coffee. Pound: THAT IS THE SINGLE, DUMBEST NAME I'VE EVER HEARD. 4. Wide shot of the spider and Pound. Pound: 'THE METAL-ARACHNID!' THE SCARIEST NON-INSECT EVER! Spider: I'LL KILL YOU! Page 8 1. Spider lunging at Pound. 2. Spider trying to stop because Pound is holding is hand up like he's singing, "STOP! In the naaaaaaame of love!" 3. Close-up of Spider looking curiously at Pound. 4. Pound punching Spider in the jaw. 5. Spider unconscious on the ground; Pound is sipping his coffee. Page 9 1. Pound talking to Spider through jail cell bars. Caption: LATER. Spider: YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME! NOTHING CAN STOP THE AMAZING METAL-ARACHNID! 2. Close up of Pound. Pound: WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SO HIGH AND MIGHTY? YOU PUT YOUR PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. 3. Bottom third of the page. In the far lower left is the upper-part of Spider's head and the rest is a thought bubble of Spiders. The thought bubble: Spider being lifted in the air by a robot (any robot you want to draw) and his spider backpack putting his pants on both legs at once. Page 10 1. Pound sitting in the captain's office. Captain Smith: SO, WHERE'D YOU FIND THAT PATHETIC PIECE OF WORK? 2. Close-up of Pound. Pound: HE TRIED TO ROB A CAFÉ I LIKE. 3. Close-up of the captain. Captain Smith: HE'S KIND OF AN IDIOT. 4. Captain Smith handing Pound two hundred dollar bills. Pound: YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 5. Pound walking out of the police station. Caption: TWO HUNDRED FOR HITTING A GUY I WOULD'VE ANYWAY. Page 11 1. Pound walking out of the diner from before. Caption: THAT NIGHT. 2. Pound (smiling) walking past a group of "working girls," three or four of them. Pound: WHICH ONE OF YOU LADIES IS A VIRGIN. 3. The hookers speaking all at the same time. Hookers: I'LL BE ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO BE. 4. Pound pointing at one of the hookers. Pound: IN-E-MIN-E-MINE-E-MO! YOU! Page 12 1. Pound and the hooker he picked walking into an alley. Pound: SO, WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES? 2. The hooker pulling a condom out of her purse. Hooker: WELL, I'M REALLY INTO MODERN ART. 3. Wide shot of Pound and the hooker on her knees. His pants are still buckled and she's not naked. Pound: REALLY? Hooker: YEAH. I LOVE PICASSO. HIS PAINTINGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. Page 13 1. Close-up of Pound's face. He's kind of grunting. Pound: Y'KNOW… I'VE NEVER… REALLY LOOKED… AT HIS… WORK… EXCEPT FOR ON… UGH… TV. 2. The hooker standing up. Hooker: OH! YOU REALLY SHOULD. IT'S AMAZING. 3. Pound handing the hooker fifty dollars. Hooker: SO, WHAT ARE YOU INTO? Pound: I LIKE UNSOLVED MYSTERIES. LIKE BIGFOOT AND ALIENS. 4. Pound (with his arm around her shoulders) and the hooker walking away together. Pound: HEY, DO YOU WANT A PLACE TO SLEEP TONIGHT, OR ARE YOU GUNNA LOOK FOR MORE WORK? Hooker: THANKS. I'D LOVE A PLACE TO STAY. 5. Shot of Pound and the hooker walking away. We see them from behind. Pound: YOU HAVE A NAME, OR SHOULD I CALL YOU WHORE? Hooker: DAISY. Pound: AS IN CHAIN? Page 14 This page will be shots of Pound and the hooker walking through the suburbs. Daisy: WHY ARE YOU INTO ALIENS AND STUFF? Pound: I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROOF THAT THEY EXIST, OR THAT THEY DON'T. Daisy: SO, YOU BELIEVE IN ALL THOSE CONSPIRACIES AND PHOTOS OF BIGFOOT? Pound: NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM, YEAH. I MEAN, WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT TRY TO HIDE AREA 51 IF IT DIDN'T HOLD AN ALIEN. Page 15 1. Pound and Daisy walking up Pound's house's sidewalk. Daisy: WHAT ELSE DO YOU BELIEVE IN? 2. Pound putting the key in the lock. Pound: WELL, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF? 3. Pound opening the door for Daisy. There's a big shadow covering both of them. The shadow is unidentifiable. Daisy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN WEREWOLVES? 4. Close-up of Pounds face. Pound: WEREWOLF? 5. Upper half of Daisy's body. She's wide-eyed and scared and is pointing to something off panel. Daisy: --- Page 16 Full-page shot of a Werewolf, big and scary looking. Daisy (from off panel): ---THERE WOLF!