Story & Art

Charlie Beck

Starring (in order of appearance)

Tarah Engelke
    as Molly

Published in

THE COLLECTED TRANSPARENT LIFE VOLUME 2
Undertoad Comics
March 2009















This comic is included in The Best of Transparent Life largely because it represents a large portion of my work: a series of short (2 or 3 pages) photo-comics made up of very small panels with a single character looking straight at the camera and talking directly to the reader.  I’ve always referred to these as my “Monologue Comics” and they express my interest at the time of more obviously and directly delivering some of my views on a variety of subjects to the reader.  It started with “Meaning” starring Bryan Quinn (Frank) and ended with “Cell Out!” starring Hannah Schmiege (Gretchen), though Ben Parman (Marv) also has one in the Chapter 1 of 1000 Miles.  Nearly every major character got one eventually (including Ruth, Mary, Molly, Kevin, Tom, Julie, Hannah, and two for Frank) though Jasper is conspicuously absent.  After awhile, though, I got a little sick of the format, and I don’t intend to do anymore.  At least not for quite awhile.
 

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