When Casting Calls (comic story): Difference between revisions

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}}'''''When Casting Calls''''' is a [[Jenny Everywhere]] comic story written by [[Jason Frank]], illustrated by [[Scott Wegener]] and coloured by [[Lawrence Basso]], with a cover and backcover by [[Christian Ward]], additional art by [[Nelson Evergreen]], and lettering by [[Jeff Powell]]. Designed as an attempt at a “proper” Jenny Everywhere comic book, it was branded as an actual “''Jenny Everywhere'' #1” and released commercially as a print-on-demand physical comic on IndyPlanet, as well as being available for download as an encrypted PDF.

== Contents ==

=== Plot ===

However, taken to see Alexander, they discover that Barbara actually moved in with him willingly, eloping from the studio; they believe that the other is the only one who understands them, Alexander because he feels a genius supervillain has no place in the modern world, Barbara because she is unable to relate to people less “perfect” than she is. Though not particularly drawn to either of the pair, Jenny realises the best way to help them is to [[shift]] them to universes where they'll fit in, something to which they both enthusiastically agree. Jenny returns to the movie studio to find that the boss has decided that he didn't want a star like Barbara anymore anyway, and instead wants Jenny to become the studio's new shining star. Thoroughly uninterested, a panicking Jenny shifts away right from his office with hurried goodbyes.

=== Worldbuilding ===

==== Jenny ====

* [[Jenny Everywhere#With Walt|Jenny Everywhere]] appears in an incarnation who wears beige trousers, a dark blue shirt with a large red star design, black [[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|goggles]] with red lenses, and a white [[Jenny Everywhere's scarf|scarf]] with red trimming.

==== Universes ====

* This story mostly takes place in [[Universe B (When Casting Calls)|a largely mundane universe]] with the occasional supervillain, where Jenny has taken a job as a movie actor.

* The metafictional prose introduction sees [[Jason Frank (in-universe)|an in-universe Jason Frank]] reflect on his encounter with Jenny in [[Universe A (When Casting Calls)|his own universe]], in [[Brooklyn]].

* [[Barbara Mattel]] moves to [[Dimension 12:51:908]] and [[Alexander (When Casting Calls)|Alexander]] to [[Dimension 87:50:545]].

==== Other ====

* While with Walt, Jenny has been secretly sleeping on the studio backlot — on the couch in the middle of the set of the sitcom ''[[Everyone Is Ambivalent Towards Miranda]]'', to be exact.

* A ''[[Killer of Demons]]'' comic is seen.

* On the back-cover illustration, Jenny is seen reading the ''[[Hitchhiker's Guide To The Multiverse]]''.

=== Continuity ===

* This story's [[Jenny Everywhere#Creating a Twitter account|version of Jenny]] later appeared as the host of the short-lived [[Jenny Everywhere's Twitter (short story)|in-universe ''Jenny Everywhere'' Twitter account]].

== Behind the scenes ==

=== Read online ===

The story is still available for purchase, both as an encrypted PDF and as print-on-demand, on [https://indyplanet.com/jenny-everywhere-1 IndyPlanet].