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Tiny Stripz: Slice of life meets absurdist fantasy.
The adventures of Max, 8yo demigod and Celestial Manager, and his family.
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See also: Physics Done Wrong
2019-11-28
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![[Amanda is standing next to Elaine. Elaine is blisfully unaware of Amanda's overdose of caffeine.] Amanda: Ah, Thanksgiving! [A bluebird flies by.] Amanda: The birds are in the air and the trees are in the ground! [We zoom in on Amanda.] Amanda: Turkey, freshly mined and polished! Ripe cage-free applesauce! Elaine (off-panel): Wait, what? [We zoom back out. The caffeine is beginning to go to Amanda's head. She is overexcited and wide-eyed, like the zany face emoji (ðĪŠ).] Amanda: Hahaha! Cranberries! Fully hatched! Scrambled turducken! Grapes! Yum yum yum! Elaine: Maybe you shouldn't have bought those twelve boxes of Thanksgiving Sale coffee.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n5HkGSc0_j7jxRJu0lKNY53DwV95ENSb5ujB6TtvwuUg4td5aAfJybgh_0EjezRNvqGjyBa2sqPflbjRsw8fPzwemtjtvszF9vtdDNdRVPCbKnpPH_wp50cZ9PfuC4z7I0snEKg3IfY/s640/UnHiNgEd.jpg)
![[Alex is sitting in a bed. The window lock rattles and then unlocks.] SFX: RATTLE RATTLE CLICK [A balding doctor with black curls on either side of his head falls out.] SFX: SHF! Doctor: AGH! [He looks up at Alex.] Doctor: ? [He walks over. Alex is disbeleiving after Doctor speaks.] Doctor: Oh, hello! I see our pig brought some new patients! Alex: You're the doctor? [Doctor points his thumbs towards himself.] Doctor: That's me! [Doctor trips and flies through the air over Alex's bed, unexplicably. Alex is bewildered.] Doctor: WAUGH! [He lands off-panel.] SFX (off-panel): THUD Alex: You okay? [We zoom in on Alex's face.] Doctor (off-panel): Yeah. I may be clumsy, but I don't break easily! [Doctor has walked over to Alex's bedside. He is now holding the pig from the previous comic.] Doctor: I'd like you to meet our magic pig. Alex: "Magic?" [The pig's eyes turn all-knowing and green. The background behind him is replaced with a timeless, powerful space background. Green electricity shoots from the pig's eyes.] SFX: KZZT](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWZ4kfxk_gd7p61dsAx9PFoZiwwNsqLX4vLCNiz49YHcD8a5byV76KY84l9G5esNH-wJkZ9NC7QhLJi44TPUabRrkddRGq5_XHZmPa3ZTR0Q0upC3sZ8TUqvE-5MPn6Xq8es_ylRNXL0/s640/NotAgainPartFour+%25282%2529.jpg)
![[Alex and Max are falling, dirt crumbling above them.] Alex: AAAAAAAA [They fall towards the ground. A castle and pig are visible.] Alex: AAAAA [Everything is black.] SFX: THUD [Alex begins to wake up. A drooling adorable pig comes into his vision.] [Alex is in a bed. The pig is flying off of him in surprise, spewing drool.] ALex: ARGHHH! [Alex is covered in pig drool.] Alex: Glechhh... [He looks towards the frost covered window, which rattles and unlocks.] SFX: RATTLE RATTLE CLICK](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsV7t89E_6VwRyV8JZrfNS6a7gNcZNnPhdAVx36a1qfwijfxOmOWulDa6JVczWfY2pI10ZR8lU3p1dMf6L-BQIpnjyTxx4ryx_Mvol0g5XY_LU5votkUrwSMy50LikWOSXXA80TM2TeM/s640/NotAgainPartThree.jpg)
![[Max is kneeling over a hole.] Max: Hmm... Alex: Help? [Max walks away, and has a lightbulb over his head.] [He comes back holding a rope into the hole.] Max: Climb this! [In the hole, Alex tries to climb the rope.] Alex: HRNGHH [Alex falls as the rope goes from taut to loose.] Alex: ?! [Max lands on Alex, holding the rope. Alex has pulled him down! Alex is surprised.] SFX: WHUMP [We zoom out.] Alex: Great. We're stuck down here with no one to help us. Things can't get any wor- [Max lunges toward Alex, panic in his eyes.] Max: DON'T- [The ground gives way beneath them.] SFX: CRUMBLE Max: -jinx it.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PtgVyUvo_G1WgXusOPX9QnH2rQbu9H6xzxx1mT7P9Oph9FE3zEuBIat5lelP7Z_y-MFaiMo7QdO8JT1hMUufo1T5uitJ7nHGnvgeuAUH5GWVJsxmZ-uHaQBYPWPJo6SVHN_J45KREaE/s640/NotAgainPartTwo.jpg)
![[Max and Alex are walking through grass with flowers.] Alex: Nice place for a walk. [They arrive at a fountain. Alex is standing on a suspiciously dark patch of grass.] [Max investigates a metallic swirl-shaped protrusion on the bottom of the fountain.] [He pulls on it. It turns out to be a lever. Silver machinery is revealed.] SFX: CREAK [Max turns around.] Alex (off-panel): AUGHH! Max: ? [We zoom out. The patch of grass was a trapdoor and it is swung open. There is a deep hole.] SFX: THUD [Close-up of Max. Beat.] Max: Oh no.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeUj1HhGh_C3zZmVHNEC_CHCKX_C1UiJPTG0iuW4v2PxugoPssx2FVHE4nNKbRB_PhlPkMVvIaYEYGqawWJKbllA4j3FSXtHN2Yxxgy4LUiTkpF_PnEbmcbU50tmzipDAdyA9MoFKhos/s640/NotAgainPartOne.jpg)
![[Grady is walking into the room. Amanda is relaxing on the couch.] Grady: Hey, what are you doing here? Amanda: Relaxing. This is where I go when I need some peace. [Close-up of Amanda.] Amanda: No distractions, no interruptions...just quiet. [Zooms out again.] Amanda: Peace and quiet... [Fred crashes through the ceiling. Grady jumps.] SFX: CRASH [Fred looks up at the hole.] Fred: I've escaped you again, despicable fiend! [Fred is gone. Grady and Amanda are staring at Fred off-panel to the right.]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXafb-SUh1ujNzxR3fWnWdh3UhMxKu1MCgvUfcovhRT7BI_qPb3A-pyl5-Yoxojs10cn4xmvLBpSyInG5jD-tqTW0ic0yMu8xP1xZ2UKPVl750nZ7D2jjBfw_HiDG1LJ8czf8K2U2KWQ/s640/NoDistractions.jpg)