Sugar High Comic Book Issue Three – Being Small Hurts

Cover Page: View of Liz sitting on the ground pouting through a magnifying glass.

Page 1: Liz lying on the couch. Lindsay standing looking at her.

Lindsay: Damnit Liz! Why are you so small?!

Liz: What?

Page 2:

Frame1: Liz sitting on the couch pouting.

Liz: There is nothing wrong with being small…

Lindsay: People aren’t normally that small.

Frame2:

Lindsay: It’s not natural.

Liz: Yes it is. I’ve seen plenty of people smaller than me.

Lindsay: Those were children Liz. They don’t count ‘cause they get bigger.

Frame3:

Liz: They were not kids! Remember that little Asian guy we saw on the metro? He was like forty.

Frame4: View of short forty-year-old Asian man standing on the metro.

Page 3:

Frame1: Liz looking pleased with herself. Lindsay looking less happy.

Lindsay: He doesn’t count.

Liz: Why not?

Lindsay: Because he’s illegal.

Frame2: Lindsay smiling, Liz looking worried.

Lindsay: Don’t you know that it’s illegal to be as small as you are?

Liz: No…

Frame3: Dimitri comes in.

Dimitri: You are too small. They will come take you away.

Liz: No they wont, you guys are liars. Big dirty liars.

Page 4: Liz sitting in her room in a corner hugging moose, looking very upset.

Liz: Uh oh, I’m in trouble. Why did no one ever tell me I’m illegal. I don’t want to be taken away. They’ll string me up by my toes until they fall off and then whip me until I dance like a monkey to their elevator music. Worse yet, they will make me do paperwork. It’s a fate worse than death.

I like my toes!

I have to do something to avoid this horrible fate! But what? If only I’d just grown a couple inches more like all the other kids. I would not be having this problem. Unless…

I think it is time for an adventure! Someone out there must know some way I can get bigger. Otherwise there would be more small people.

Page 5:

Frame1: View of Liz packing a bag for her trip, things flying everywhere as she reassure moose.

Liz: This might be a long trip. It might be hard to get people to spill the beans. But don’t you worry. I will write whenever I can. I have every confidence in your ability to hold down the fort while I am gone. Don’t let Lindsay bully you into buying her magic beans. They are just jellybeans… even when she says they aren’t this time…

Frame2: Liz heading towards the door.

Lindsay: Where are you going?

Liz: I have a mission.

Lindsay: Ooo… Can I come?

Liz: No.

Frame3: Liz is gone. Lindsay just standing looking sad.

Lindsay: But I want to go on a mission too…

Frame4: Lindsay talking to Dimitri.

Lindsay: I want to go on a mission.

Dimitri: No.

Frame5: Lindsay sulking on the couch with a tub of ice cream.

Page 6:

Frame1: Liz standing at the bus stop next to an old woman.

Liz: (thinking) That old lady reminds me of my grandma. I bet she knows how I can get bigger. Grandmas know everything.

Frame2: Liz talking to the old woman.

Liz: Do you know how I can grow big and strong?

Old Lady: Aren’t you a sweetie. Just eat your fruits and vegetables every day and you’ll be bigger in no time.

Liz: (thinking) Vegetables…? What are those?

Page 7:

Frame1: Liz standing behind Linda who was sitting at a drawing table working until Liz snuck up on her.

Liz: Linda! I have a problem!

Linda: Gah! Midget, why are you so sneaky?!

Liz: I don’t do it on purpose…

Frame2: Liz talking to Linda while she draws all over the walls.

Liz: Do you know how I can get bigger? The old lady at the bus stop said I should eat lots of vegetables.

Linda: Vegetables? That’s a lie. I was raised on nothing but coffee since I was six and I’m still big.

Frame3:

Liz: Then how did you get to be so big?

Linda: Uh… I don’t know. I just did I guess.

Liz: That doesn’t help me.

Page 8:

Frame1: Linda’s drawing on the wall has turned into a complicated drawing of a cup of coffee.

Linda: Wait… I seem to remember being involved in a freak accident in the science lab while working on a science project in high school. Maybe if we recreated the same environment we could make you bigger.

Liz: That doesn’t sound safe…

Frame2: Linda rummaging through stuff.

Linda: I may need to go get some supplies later but I should have most of the stuff I need laying around.

Liz: I don’t know about this…

Frame3: Liz looking at a complicated and dangerous looking contraption Linda pulled out of somewhere.

Linda: What could go wrong?

Liz: Um. I could die.

Linda: This is true. But anything is worth it in the name of science!

Frame4: Liz baking up towards the door.

Liz: Uh, thanks Linda. I think I am going to go ask some other people now.

Linda: Okay! I’ll call you when my machine is ready!

Page 9:

Frame1: Liz is sitting on the couch with Adrianna playing with the ferrets.

Liz: So you see, if I don’t get bigger they will come take me away.

Adrianna: Who will come take you away?

Liz: The Man.

Adrianna: That’s bad.

Frame2:

Liz: So do you think you can help me?

Adrianna: Maybe…

Page 10:

Frame1: View of a scientific looking diagram of a stick figure under the sun.

Adrianna: In theory all you need is sunlight to grow.

Frame2: View of a scientific looking diagram of a stick figure in a glowing box.

Adrianna: If we could figure out some way to magnify the properties of sunlight that promote growth you could grow the few inches you need in a couple hours.

Frame3: Adrianna and Liz on the couch.

Liz: I think you might be thinking about plants.

Adrianna: What?

Liz: It’s plants that grow a lot in sunlight.

Adrianna: Oh yeah…

Page 10:

Frame1:

Adrianna: Aww, I got confused again. I’ve been studying nothing but plants for so long that I forget not everything works the way it does for plants. I should stop studying when I’m so high…

Liz: That’s okay.

Frame2:

Adrianna: You could always become an outlaw and live on the run.

Liz: Is there candy on the run?

Adrianna: Sometimes.

Page 12: Lindsay sitting on the couch, empty tubs of ice cream and candy wrappers are scattered around her.

Caption: Meanwhile elsewhere…

Lindsay: Stupid Liz and her stupid mission. She’s supposed to be my minion, she’s not supposed to go off on her own. What if I wanted us to go on a mission today? Now I can’t. Dumb.

I’m bored!

I need entertainment. I am not left behind like that little wimpy kid that gets forgotten at the mall by his parents. Something must be done! I am going to find that midget and we are going to have the most hardcore adventure ever to be had!

Hah! I am so smart!

Page 13:

Frame1: Lindsay packing a bag full of candy and energy drink and other supplies needed for good adventuring.

Dimitri: Where are you going?

Lindsay: I have a mission. Want to come?

Dimitri: No.

Frame2: Dimitri standing all alone in the living room.

Frame3: Dimitri sitting in front of his computer playing video games.

Page 14:

Frame1: Liz standing outside Rob’s door.

Frame2: Liz hugging Rob.

Page 15: Lindsay popping her head into Linda’s place. Linda is working on a bizarre looking machine.

Lindsay: Linda, have you seen my midget?

Linda: Yeah, she left a while ago but you have to come see this thing I’m building for her.

Page 16:

Frame1: Liz just staring up at Rob.

Frame2:

Liz: Why are you so tall?

Rob: Because I am tall.

Frame3:

Rob: Why are you so small?

Liz: I don’t know but I need to get bigger.

Page 17: Lindsay mesmerized by a giant glowing box Adrianna has built in her living room.

Lindsay: It’s so shiny…

Adrianna: I have developed the ultimate SAD light. Five minutes in here will keep you good for a month.

Lindsay: Or give you cancer…

Adrianna: That too.

Page 18:

Frame1: Rob and Liz in his living room.

Rob: I have something that will solve your problem. Wait here.

Liz: It’s not vegetables is it?

Frame2: Liz eyeing a mound of candy spread out on Rob’s table.

Frame3: Rob holding out a bag of Miracle Grow with a bow on it.

Liz: Yay! It’s not something that will esplode!

Frame4: Liz holding a bag of Miracle Grow that is half her size.

Page 19: Lindsay bursting in Rob’s door.

Lindsay: Where’s my Midget?!

Rob: She just left. Please don’t kill me.

Lindsay: God Damnit.

Rob: Have some chocolate?

Page 20:

Frame1: Close up view of Liz slicing open the bag of Miracle Grow.

Frame2: Close up view of a spoon digging into the Miracle Grow.

Frame3: View of Liz chewing on the Miracle Grow, looking less than happy with the taste of it.

Liz: I’m going to need a lot of ice cream.

Page 21:

Frame1: Lindsay bursting in the door. Liz still on the couch.

Lindsay: Damnit, how can someone so colorful be so hard to track down?

Liz: Your sulking left the couch all sticky.

Page 22: Liz sprouting petals on her head as she turns into a flower.

Lindsay: You know we were only joking about your size being illegal.

Liz: I hate you.