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|hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Flat Earth Bar|Jenny Everywhere]]
|hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere]]
|villain(s)=
|villain(s)=
|featuring= [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere's friend]]<br>[[Daughter (Tribute)|Their daughter]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[David Cassidy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Commissioner Gorodn]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small>
|featuring= [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere's friend]]<br>[[Daughter (Tribute)|Their daughter]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[David Cassidy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Commissioner Gordon]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small>
|setting= [[Flat Earth|Flat Earth bar]], [[Universe (Cars)|unnamed universe]]
|setting= [[Flat Earth|Flat Earth bar]], [[Universe (Cars)|unnamed universe]]
|length= 25 pages
|length= 25 pages
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|artist(s)= [[Steven Wintle]]
|artist(s)= [[Steven Wintle]]
|colours=
|colours=
|dates= [[Jenny Everywhere Day#2011|August 13th, 2011]]
|dates= May 25th, 2005 <small>(creation)</small>
[[Jenny Everywhere Day#2011|August 13th, 2011]] <small>(release)</small>
|original_link= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104071058/http://iwasben.com/2011/08/13/jenny-is-ten/]
|original_link= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104071058/http://iwasben.com/2011/08/13/jenny-is-ten/]
|seriesnav= [[Jenny Everywhere Day]] stories
|seriesnav= [[Jenny Everywhere Day]] stories
|previous= ''[[Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere]]'' by [[Craig Oxbrow]]
|previous= ''[[Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere]]'' by [[Craig Oxbrow]]
|next= [[Untitled (Benj Christensen's 2012 Jenny Everywhere Day comic)|Untitled comic]] by [[Benj Christensen]]
|next= ''[[Past Prologue (short story)|Past Prologue]]'' by [[Nicholas Ahlhelm]]
}}'''''Tribute''''', also known as '''''Jenny is Ten''''', was a 24-hour comic created by [[Steven Wintle]] and released on [[Jenny Everywhere Day#2011|Jenny Everywhere Day 2011]] for [[Jenny Everywhere]]'s tenth anniversary. It was notable as the second-ever Jenny story by her main “creator”, Wintle, and the only one he ever completed.  
}}'''''Tribute''''', also known as '''''Jenny is Ten''''', was a 24-hour comic created by [[Steven Wintle]] and released on [[Jenny Everywhere Day#2011|Jenny Everywhere Day 2011]] for [[Jenny Everywhere]]'s tenth anniversary. It was notable as the second-ever Jenny story by her main “creator”, Wintle, and the only one he ever completed.  
==Contents==
==Contents==
===Plot===
===Plot===
[[Jenny Everywhere#At the Flat Earth Bar|Jenny Everywhere]] meets [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|a friend]] at [[Flat Earth|a bar]]; we get brief illustrations of visits over many years.
[[Jenny Everywhere (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere]] meets [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|a friend]] at [[Flat Earth|a bar]]; we get brief illustrations of visits over many years.


At the beginning of the story they are celebrating the friend's coming of age; when they look back on the fake ID card Jenny had gifted them earlier, and which they now no longer need, Jenny admits to having ‘borrowed’ it from their older counterpart in [[Universe (Tribute)|a parallel world]]. At the end Jenny departs, taking a beer with her.
At the beginning of the story they are celebrating the friend's coming of age; when they look back on the fake ID card Jenny had gifted them earlier, and which they now no longer need, Jenny admits to having ‘borrowed’ it from their older counterpart in [[Universe (Tribute)|a parallel world]]. At the end Jenny departs, taking a beer with her.
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===Worldbuilding===
===Worldbuilding===
====Jenny====
====Jenny====
* [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Flat Earth Bar|Jenny Everywhere]] appears in the same incarnation previously seen in ''[[Cars (comic story)|Cars]]''. She is characterised as cheerful and open, with a somewhat poor grasp of the travails of an ordinary human life when set against her own whimsical adventures. Despite the story depicting four scenes years apart, Jenny interestingly never appears any older.  
* [[Jenny Everywhere (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere]] appears in the same incarnation previously seen in ''[[Cars (comic story)|Cars]]''. She is characterised as cheerful and open, with a somewhat poor grasp of the travails of an ordinary human life when set against her own whimsical adventures. Despite the story depicting four scenes years apart, Jenny interestingly never appears any older.  
====Universes====
====Universes====
* This story takes place in [[Universe (Cars)|one, mundane universe]], though with references and flashbacks to others, including [[Universe (Tribute)|one]] where “[[David Cassidy]] became President of the United States”.
* This story takes place in [[Universe (Cars)|one, mundane universe]], though with references and flashbacks to others, including [[Universe (Tribute)|one]] where “[[David Cassidy]] became President of the United States”.
====Other====
====Other====
* [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere's friend]] quips that they're “like [[Commissioner Gordon]]” after Jenny disappears on them for the second time without saying goodbye.
* [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|Jenny Everywhere's friend]] quips that they're “like [[Commissioner Gordon]]” after Jenny disappears on them for the second time without saying goodbye.
=== Continuity ===
* Jenny and [[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Cars)|her friend]] were previously seen in [[Steven Wintle]]'s earlier, unfinished comic story [[COMIC]]: ''[[Cars (comic story)|Cars]]'', already enjoying themselves at a bar (which can be assumed to already be the ''[[Flat Earth]]'', although it is not seen from the outside).
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
=== Background ===
=== Background ===
Upon releasing the story for Jenny's tenth anniversary, [[Steven Wintle]] appended a short commentary. It states that he actually created the story “a few years” earlier than 2011, though it is not clear if he had already made it public.
[[File:Tribute-Panel.jpg|left|thumb|Single panel posted in 2005]]
{{quotebox|It’s been ten years since Jenny Everywhere was first made public. I check up on her every couple of months, and I’m always shocked and pleased to see new people discovering her and creating new worlds for her. Thanks to everyone who took a chance on her. The toast is on me.
Steven Wintle created the story as part of a twenty-four hour comic challenge in 2005, posting a single panel from it on the Barbelith forum on May 25th.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080807182835/http://www.barbelith.com/topic/14484/from/385 | Barbelith thread]</ref> The file name of the image, 'tribute4gi.jpg', indicates that the story's title was already set at this point, although it was not referred to as such by Wintle at the time.
 
Upon releasing the story for Jenny's tenth anniversary, [[Steven Wintle]] appended a short commentary, in which he states that he created the story “a few years” earlier than 2011, though it is not clear if he had ever made it public in the intervening years.
{{quotebox|
It’s been ten years since Jenny Everywhere was first made public. I check up on her every couple of months, and I’m always shocked and pleased to see new people discovering her and creating new worlds for her. Thanks to everyone who took a chance on her. The toast is on me.


In celebration of her tenth birthday, I present the only Jenny Everywhere story I’ve ever completed, a 24-hour comic from a few years back. Check out the hot mess after the jump.|Steven Wintle}}
In celebration of her tenth birthday, I present the only Jenny Everywhere story I’ve ever completed, a 24-hour comic from a few years back. Check out the hot mess after the jump.|Steven Wintle}}

Latest revision as of 07:33, 27 January 2024

Tribute, also known as Jenny is Ten, was a 24-hour comic created by Steven Wintle and released on Jenny Everywhere Day 2011 for Jenny Everywhere's tenth anniversary. It was notable as the second-ever Jenny story by her main “creator”, Wintle, and the only one he ever completed.

Contents

Plot

Jenny Everywhere meets a friend at a bar; we get brief illustrations of visits over many years.

At the beginning of the story they are celebrating the friend's coming of age; when they look back on the fake ID card Jenny had gifted them earlier, and which they now no longer need, Jenny admits to having ‘borrowed’ it from their older counterpart in a parallel world. At the end Jenny departs, taking a beer with her.

An unknown time later, Jenny arrives to find her friend sitting on the sidewalk outside the bar. They are implied not to have seen each other in a while; Jenny says, "I think I owe you a beer...", and the friend, in the face of Jenny's oblivious cheerfulness, refuses to speak about the problems they've been having in their own life. Just when they seem to have found the courage to open up, they find that Jenny's disappeaed again.

When they meet up again her friend is wearing a bandana, with no hair visible. They both announce they have something to say, but when Jenny speaks up first to tell her friend about how they are the only constant in her life and she doesn't know what she would do without them, the friend ends up not saying what was on their mind.

Some time later Jenny comes to the Bar again but waits in vain. Realising what has happened, she runs out of the bar in tears.

Worldbuilding

Jenny

  • Jenny Everywhere appears in the same incarnation previously seen in Cars. She is characterised as cheerful and open, with a somewhat poor grasp of the travails of an ordinary human life when set against her own whimsical adventures. Despite the story depicting four scenes years apart, Jenny interestingly never appears any older.

Universes

Other

Continuity

  • Jenny and her friend were previously seen in Steven Wintle's earlier, unfinished comic story COMIC: Cars, already enjoying themselves at a bar (which can be assumed to already be the Flat Earth, although it is not seen from the outside).

Behind the scenes

Background

Single panel posted in 2005

Steven Wintle created the story as part of a twenty-four hour comic challenge in 2005, posting a single panel from it on the Barbelith forum on May 25th.[1] The file name of the image, 'tribute4gi.jpg', indicates that the story's title was already set at this point, although it was not referred to as such by Wintle at the time.

Upon releasing the story for Jenny's tenth anniversary, Steven Wintle appended a short commentary, in which he states that he created the story “a few years” earlier than 2011, though it is not clear if he had ever made it public in the intervening years.

It’s been ten years since Jenny Everywhere was first made public. I check up on her every couple of months, and I’m always shocked and pleased to see new people discovering her and creating new worlds for her. Thanks to everyone who took a chance on her. The toast is on me.

In celebration of her tenth birthday, I present the only Jenny Everywhere story I’ve ever completed, a 24-hour comic from a few years back. Check out the hot mess after the jump.

Steven Wintle

Although it is never explicitly stated in the story, the implication is that Jenny Everywhere's friend died of cancer. The symbol on the cover of the story alludes to this.

Read online

Although the original site on which Tribute was uploaded by Wintle in 2011 is now offline, it was saved on the Internet Archive, allowing us to present it here.