Name's Not Down (comic story)

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Name's Not Down was a standalone Jenny Everywhere comic story written by Joe Macaré and drawn by Nelson Evergreen. It is believed to have been the first of the original Barbelith Jenny Everywhere stories to be released, although My Bloody Valentine was begun first, and Jenny made a cameo in Late Night Queueing, a slightly earlier comic also drawn by Nelson Evergreen, in addition to having starred in Cars, an earlier story which was penciled but never inked.

In an effort to establish a potential setting and status-quo for the Shifter, the story also introduced Jenny's friends Clea, Lex and Bradley and the town of Right-On By The Sea, which would recur in other stories. The characters would eventually be officially released as open-source in 2023.

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Plot

Jenny Everywhere and her friends Clea, Lex and Bradley, who, together, form the band of Right-On By The Sea's most notorious chaotic troublemakers, try to get into an exclusive concert, but the bouncer insists that their name's not on the list — even though Jenny was pretty sure she had tricked Nathan, the promoter, into letting her come. The bouncer ends up touching the limits of Jenny's patience…

Worldbuilding

Jenny Everywhere

Universes

Other

  • The concert Jenny and her friends are intent on attending is a night of “queer hip-hop post-glitch electronica and glum'n'bass” at Club Twart.

Continuity

Enjoyed drawing them, so shoved them in here too. (…) I do remember thinking wouldn’t it be sweet if, after an awkward start, the two of them got together and went on to spend all their time in queues because it reminded them of how they first met.
Nelson Evergreen

Behind the scenes

Joe Macaré first mentioned the then-unfinished story on February 12th, 2002, describing it as follows:[1]

I can tell you my plan at the moment if you like - I'm writing a story that might be 4, more likely be 6 pages, revolving primarily around the character of Jen aka Shifter (Shifter is her 'tag' name in this universe...), she'll have all of the visual signifiers and the innate sense of mischief and fun I perceive in the original sense, but mine might be a bit more prone to senseless violence...
Joe Macaré


Read online

Name's Not Down was originally available on Nelson Evergreen's personal website, but this page is no longer available. The seven pages of the story are reproduced here.

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