Indifference
My latest written draft, is probably my most heartless and darkest comic in a while. It helps that it is contrasted with a peaceful day evidenced by a calm sea and clear sky. The comic is one with an anthropoid falling into the sea and drowning right in front of the Nihileafs, who watch on seemingly indifferent, hence the title (or perhaps they understand they are useless?). There were a couple variations of this comic that I thought of, although I think this is the version I would like to go with. One variation included a female anthropoid at the top of the cliff, where in the beginning we see some loving affection between the two. The male still falls into the ocean with the change being the female watches on in terror as the male drowns before her eyes. She is desperate and helpless at the top of the cliff… fucked up I know… but so it goes. Another variation had the genders between watcher and drowner switched. In the end I decided that the lone death with no one around except for the Nihileafs, who are unacknowledged by the drowning anthropoid for the simple reason that he is naturally too busy drowning, was a powerful comic in itself. In this comic I didn’t include any dialogue, but one variation I thought of included either Stoke or Brump, in the panel after the anthropoid had drowned, saying ‘I’m as indifferent as god’. I didn’t include it in this comic, but think I’ll use the pithy quip some other time down the road. Even without the female anthropoid or the quote hopefully it is still a powerful comic. I have a couple ideas of what the message of the comic is, but as in life any meaning will have to be derived from by the reader… – Zachary