As the Freak Log continues to do not much of anything, it occured to me that I never got around to doing the Unfaq for Word Smith Episode 8. The lack of an outcry on this matter suggests that nobody cares, but why should that stop me? So lets do this thing.
Episode 8 - Isn't it Ironic?
The episode's title is the same as an Alanis Morissette song. The answer to the title's question (in both cases) is, probably, no, or, at best, maybe. I was a bit wary about doing an episode related to irony as irony is a concept that I don't think that I entirely get. Oh, I went and read the definition and all that, and whilst I sort of "get" it, irony is one of those concepts which to me seems a little bit nebulous, and I'm not sure if I really "get" it on a fundamental level. Or at least when I'm trying to deliberately be (non-)ironic in some fashion. Oh well, lets not dwell on this.
The title page features the "villain of the week," as it were - the Irony Chef, meant to be a spoof on the Iron Chef (a show I've never actually watched, ironically enough.) I tried to associate him with a bunch of things connected to "iron," mostly prominently via a golf club and a curling iron as seen in the title.
Page 1 occurs in another bit of Kitchener/Waterloo - a part of Victoria park, in this instance. We get a look at the transformation sequence of one of the behind-the-scenes villains here. I practiced whirling my cape (that I own) around for the second last panel.
The next scene is another location in K/W. We get to see The Pen and The Waitress hanging out "out of costume" and get to hear about The Waitress' new job working at MegaBook Co. This is a reference back to Episode 2. The unfortunate victim of the cashiers in the middle row is meant to be a cameo of me (and not actually my first appearance.) The Pen's MegaBook Co membership was previously mention on this page.
We then have a series of flashbacks that reveal The Pen's origin story. This sequence is kicked off with a super dorky Magic: The Gathering reference. (Flashback is an ability that appears in some instants and sorceries.) The Pen became "The Pen" due to a co-op job that nobody else applied for. The whole bit about "still better than making charts" is based on one of my own work terms (which involved making charts...)
The final sequence takes place at a mall in K/W, though it's probably not overly obvious since there's no long shots of the mall so only a small portion gets shown in panels. We also find out that the Irony Chef's dialogue seems to involve a lot of iron-related things.
And there's not too much else to say. The situation with the Irony Chef turns out to be a trap that succussfuly lures out The Word Smith. The "book trap" at the end was meant to evoke the traps from Ghostbusters, ending the episode on a cliff hanger.
And with that, Episode 8 is officially finished. The script for Episode 9 is actually mostly written at this point so with any luck, and a bit of self-discipline, work should commence on it soonish and hopefully the adventures of The Word Smith should continue.
Until next time,
Freak Out.
-TFitC
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