FULLY SCRIPTED: Bloody Pulp, pages 1-2
Posted by Jorge | Filed under Bloody Pulp, Script Samples, The Work, Zuda, writing
Over at the Zuda competition, folks have expressed a lot of enjoyment and interest in the writing that supports BLOODY PULP. So we thought it might be interesting to share the script here. Below you’ll find the first two pages from the 8 page script. Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment area. We’ll post more pages from the script throughout July. Enjoy!
BLOODY PULP
written by Jorge Vega
PAGE ONE (5 PANELS)
Panel 1 – EUSTACE PARKS sits under a single light bulb in a heavy, hard wood chair. It’s an old electric chair. His forearms are lashed to the chair’s arms, his calves restrained as well. The chair itself is bolted into the concrete floor. EUSTACE’S face is a bloody Picasso hung over a neck.
EUSTACE (small)
Hupf.
PANEL 2 – A massive, gnarled fist comes into the panel. It hits EUSTACE’S face as if it were nothing more than a watermelon— red sprays everywhere. EUSTACE’S skull rattles against the chair’s high back.
PANEL 3 – CARLO stands at the edge of the light, smoking a cigarette; a short pencil thin man with shoulders so disproportionally wide it’s easy to see why the family calls him “TABLETOP”. PULP stands next to him, though all we see is an arm hanging at his side. PULP’S arm is covered, almost up to the elbow, in blood. There’s a small fleck of white lodged in PULP’S bloody fist.
CARLO
Wrong answer.
Panel 4 – Same. CARLO moves his head slightly, noting the white spot on PULP’S hand.
Panel 5 – Same. CARLO looks up at PULP’S off panel face.
CARLO
You gotta tooth stuck in your hand.
Panel 6 – Same. PULP’S lifted his hand out of the panel to examine the embedded tooth. CARLO takes a drag from his cigarette.
PULP (op)
Thanks.
CARLO
Should tape your hands.
PULP (op)
I’ll look into that.
PAGE TWO (5 PANELS)
Panel 1 – CARLO leans in close to EUSTACE. Ropey strands of blood, saliva and snot hang from the tortured man’s face.
CARLO
Always enjoyed your music. Big fan.
Panel 2 – EUSTACE POV – CARLO walks away, leaving PULP to finish business.
CARLO
Mister DeSanti says no loose ends, Pulp. Come see us when you finish. And don’t forget about the tape next time. Get an infection that way.
Panel 3 – EUSTACE POV – PULP stares down at the reader, giving us our first look at his face. It’s a flat, unreadable stare. He wipes a hand on his shirt, streaking blood down his front.
PULP
You on the radio?
Panel 4 – The view switches to just a few inches off the ground. We see PULP’S heavy black shoes. He’s standing on the balls of his feet like a fighter. EUSTACE’S legs are lashed to the chair but his feet jerk wildly in response to PULP’S punch.
PULP (op)
I’d like to put a radio in my house.
SFX (op punch)
>>KRAK!<<
Panel 5 – Another punch rains droplets of blood down on the floor by EUSTACE’S feet. The force of the blow lift the chair’s front legs from the ground, pulling up the bolts.
PULP (op)
Would be nice to listen to at night.
SFX (op punch)
>>KRAK!<<
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One Response to “FULLY SCRIPTED: Bloody Pulp, pages 1-2”
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Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Zudist Colony: Talking to this month’s Zuda competitors Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 4:12 pm[...] I’ve worked with Jorge before and know what he’s capable of as a writer and this Bloody Pulp script just far exceeded what I expected. He had taken my vague concept and given it depth, character and [...]
