TITLE The Bastich By Hart
PANEL 1 (An excited BASTICH bursts in on FAITH and HACKER-LAD.) BASTICH: Hold on, Everybody, I've got a PLAN! HACKER-LAD: not again..! FAITH: This better not be another one of your half-baked schemes!
PANEL 2 (BASTICH grins as he raises his index finder into the air.) BASTICH: No, Faith, this scheme has been baked...all the way! I'm going to run for PRESIDENT!
PANEL 3 (HACKER-LAD raises his hand skeptically as BASTICH looks on.) HACKER-LAD: You have got to be kidding, 'Stich! BASTICH: Why? I have every trait you need to be the big cheese... HACKER-LAD: Such as..?
PANEL 4 (BASTICH counts with his fingers as an image of the Flag of the United States of America waves behind him.) BASTICH: Such as charm, wit, political savvy, and of course, I've got the cool hair that wouldn't muss in a 100mph hurricane...
PANEL 5 (BASTICH raises his finger again as FAITH looks on.) BASTICH: Besides, I have one thing over the other candidates... Something that will put me at a certain solid advantage over those other losers... FAITH: oh really..?
PANEL 6 (BASTICH leaps behind the huge CRT monitor of his computer and begins typing frantically as HACKER-LAD and FAITH look on from a distance.) BASTICH: That's right, I've got an INTERNET ACCOUNT! And, by God, I'm not afraid to USE IT! HACKER-LAD: We are well and truly doomed. CAPTION: To Be Continued...
CREDITS (c) 1996 Joshua Adam Hart