The Freak Issue (comic story): Difference between revisions
From Jenny Everywhere Wiki
(→Jenny) Tag: visualeditor-wikitext |
No edit summary Tag: visualeditor-wikitext |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
|caption1= First page of the story. | |caption1= First page of the story. | ||
|other_titles= | |other_titles= | ||
|hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere | |hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
|villain(s)= [[Mr Haffalife]] | |villain(s)= [[Mr Haffalife]] | ||
|featuring= [[Trip]]<br>[[Ani]]<br>[[Gordon (The Freak Issue)|Gordon]]<br>[[Trav]]<br>[[Dromedary Man]]<br>[[J.D.]]<br>[[Bell]]<br>[[Peacock Girl]] | |featuring= [[Trip]]<br>[[Ani]]<br>[[Gordon (The Freak Issue)|Gordon]]<br>[[Trav]]<br>[[Dromedary Man]]<br>[[J.D.]]<br>[[Bell]]<br>[[Peacock Girl]] | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
When the theft of his stuffed [[Giant Panda]] makes neurotic fun-fair-owner [[Mr Haffalife]] even more of a menace to his underpaid employees than ever before, [[Jenny Everywhere | When the theft of his stuffed [[Giant Panda]] makes neurotic fun-fair-owner [[Mr Haffalife]] even more of a menace to his underpaid employees than ever before, [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Trip]] decide to get involved and solve whatever has everybody on the pier in such a gloom — from Haffalife to the nihilistic stand-keeper [[Ani]]. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny==== | ====Jenny==== | ||
* This story features a [[Jenny Everywhere | * This story features a [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] who has [[Trip]] as a sidekick-slash-best friend. She was apparently created by mad scientists as “a prototype for a superior human species”; she has an “ultra-sensitive endocrine system” and occasionally develops new powers, including “a mental conduit to the invisible plane of ecstasy unobtainable to we average mortals” and, most recently, the ability to feel other people's ennui. Although it goes unremarked upon, she also displays the ability to levitate [[Giant Panda]]. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* The ending narration notes that this is the second story to end with a full-page spread of the whole cast dancing. This references [[COMIC]]: ''[[Name's Not Down (comic story)|Name's Not Down]]''. | * The ending narration notes that this is the second story to end with a full-page spread of the whole cast dancing. This references [[COMIC]]: ''[[Name's Not Down (comic story)|Name's Not Down]]''. | ||
* This story takes place in a seaside town with a pier home to a fun fair, which appears to be [[Jenny Everywhere | * This story takes place in a seaside town with a pier home to a fun fair, which appears to be [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]]'s home. ''Name's Not Down'' and [[COMIC]]: ''[[Damn Fine Hostile Takeover (comic story)|Damn Fine Hostile Takeover]]'' featured a [[Jenny Everywhere#In Right-On By The Sea|different Jenny]] living in such a city, [[Right-On By The Sea]]; it is unclear if the city in ''The Freak Issue'' is intended to be a parallel universe version of it specifically, but the aesthetic connection from a real-world perspective remains. | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Read online=== | ===Read online=== | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 9 May 2023
The Freak Issue was an early Jenny Everywhere comic story. Though created by Gretchen Quixote early on in Jenny's history, it is not considered part of the original line-up of the 13 first Barbelith Jenny stories.
Contents
Plot
When the theft of his stuffed Giant Panda makes neurotic fun-fair-owner Mr Haffalife even more of a menace to his underpaid employees than ever before, Jenny Everywhere and Trip decide to get involved and solve whatever has everybody on the pier in such a gloom — from Haffalife to the nihilistic stand-keeper Ani.
Worldbuilding
Jenny
- This story features a Jenny Everywhere who has Trip as a sidekick-slash-best friend. She was apparently created by mad scientists as “a prototype for a superior human species”; she has an “ultra-sensitive endocrine system” and occasionally develops new powers, including “a mental conduit to the invisible plane of ecstasy unobtainable to we average mortals” and, most recently, the ability to feel other people's ennui. Although it goes unremarked upon, she also displays the ability to levitate Giant Panda.
Universes
- This story takes place all in one universe, which is rather mundane and includes a seaside town similar to Right-On By The Sea.
Other
- Mr Haffalife worked in a circus as a young man, but his dream since childhood was to build a funfair, which he eventually achieved, building and owning the amusement park on the pier.
- Ani keeps a journal called This Place Is A Mess.
Continuity
- The ending narration notes that this is the second story to end with a full-page spread of the whole cast dancing. This references COMIC: Name's Not Down.
- This story takes place in a seaside town with a pier home to a fun fair, which appears to be Jenny Everywhere's home. Name's Not Down and COMIC: Damn Fine Hostile Takeover featured a different Jenny living in such a city, Right-On By The Sea; it is unclear if the city in The Freak Issue is intended to be a parallel universe version of it specifically, but the aesthetic connection from a real-world perspective remains.
Behind the scenes
Read online
The Freak Issue was once available on Nelson Evergreen's website. As it is no longer online, we reproduce the seventeen pages of The Freak Issue here.
Page 1/17
Page 2/17
Page 3/17
Page 4/17
Page 5/17
Page 6/17
Page 7/17
Page 8/17
Page 9/17
Page 10/17
Page 11/17
Page 12/17
Page 13/17
Page 14/17
Page 15/17
Page 16/17
Page 17/17
