Cars (comic story)
Cars was a standalone Jenny Everywhere comic story created in 2002. It is unclear whether the story is unfinished or if it was intentionally hastily made (having been created as part of a twenty-four hour comics challenge[1]), as the five pages which exist are penciled but not inked. The comic is notable as one of the only two Jenny stories ever created by Steven Wintle, Jenny's principal creator; as such, the version of Jenny used is almost exactly the one in the original public-domain sketch created by Wintle.
If the story is in fact considered finished in its existing form, then it holds the distinction of being the first completed story to star Jenny Everywhere, having been released in February of 2002, several months before the usual candidate for the title, Name's Not Down.
Contents
Plot
It's apparently karaoke night at a bar, and Jenny Everywhere sings a flirtatious song to a friend of hers. Things are awkwardly interrupted when Jenny forgets the lyrics.
Worldbuilding
Jenny
- This story features a version of Jenny with the standard scarf, goggle, short hair and Asian features. She wears a small flower hair-clip.
Universes
- This story features no shifting and takes place all in one nondescript universe.
Continuity
- Steven Wintle returned to Jenny's relationship with her unnamed friend from this story in his single other Jenny Everywhere comic, COMIC: Tribute, where the bar they usually meet up at is dubbed the Flat Earth.
- This story's incarnation of Jenny was one of the incarnations glimpsed by the Nommo in COMIC: Say The Word.
Behind the scenes
Background
Wintle created the story as part of a twenty-four hour comics challenge.[1] He would later attempt another Jenny comic for the same challenge in 2003, but fail to complete it within the time limit; consequently, the story was never posted.[2] He would go on to participate in the challenge again in 2005, producing COMIC: Tribute
The image file of the fifth and final known page of the story, as released on Geocities, is actually Page6.jpg; there is no actual Page 5. It is unclear if this was a typo or if a missing Page 5 does exist (or was at some point planned to exist only to never be completed).
The song which Jenny sings is "You're All I've Got Tonight" by American new wave band The Cars, who are presumably the source of the story's title.
Read online
Cars was originally available under the /flatearthcomics/ domain on Geocities, but has since gone offline. We reproduce its six pages here.
Page 1/5.
Page 2/5.
Page 3/5.
Page 4/5.
Page 5/5.
Notes & References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Archived version of the Barbelith Thread in which the original link was posted (06 February 2002). Retrieved on April 29, 2024.
- ↑ '24' on the Flat Earth! blog (10 July 2003). Retrieved on April 29, 2024.
