TITLE The Bastich By Hart
PANEL 1 (BASTICH and EL-KRAHN THE FUTURE GUY are walking side-by-side outside. BASTICH is wearing a pin that reads "BASTICH 4 PREZ".) BASTICH: So, El-Krahn, you're from the future...Tell me, am I going to win the election in November..?
PANEL 2 (EL-KRAHN raises his palm.) EL-KRAHN: Sorry, Bastich. You know I cannot violate my vow to protect the timeline. Providing the information you request could result in a paradox, destroying the cosmos.
PANEL 3 (BASTICH dejectedly waves his hand at EL-KRAHN.) BASTICH: Oh, so in other words, I lose my shirt..! EL-KRAHN: I did not say that. BASTICH: No, but I can read between the lines! The campaign is off--!
PANEL 4 (EL-KRAHN waves to BASTICH as he steps through a time portal.) EL-KRAHN: Sorry, Bastich. I must return now to my native timezone of the 23rd century. BASTICH: Fine--!
PANEL 5 (EL-KRAHN emerges from the time portal into a space filled with futuristic technology. In front of hi, a muscular cybernetic man wearing a padded vest sits at a high-tech console.) CO-AX: So, El-Krahn, at last you have returned from your journey to the past... EL-KRAHN: Mighty Co-ax, was I successful in my mission..? CO-AX: See for yourself!
PANEL 6 (EL-KRAHN looks in horror at a monitor labeled "WORLD-VIEW: MT. RUSHMORE". On it is an image of Mount Rushmore with BASTICH'S head carved next to Lincoln.) EL-KRAHN: NO, it cannot be! I have failed!!
CREDITS (c) 1996 Joshua Adam Hart