The Mind of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)
The Mind of Jenny Everywhere was Benj Christensen’s contribution to The Sketchbook Project and it was presented for the 2019 Jenny Everywhere Day.
While listed as a comic story it is not a traditional narrative. It is readable as a series of standalone sketches and as a basic introduction to Jenny Everywhere. There are also more subtle sequences, indicated by short chains of letters, that connect related thoughts on non-sequential pages.
Contents
Summary
Pages are identified by letters as well as numbers.
A (front cover)
Jenny: Short haired Jenny with dice earring and white scarf with red stripe
Captions: The Mind of Jenny Everywhere; AKA The Shifter; Open Source Super Hero
Dialogue: "The universe is infinite"
Chain: O→D→N→K; following this sequence reveals the quotes, “In every universe there’s me.” “I am infinite.” “I am a single being in an endless number of bodies.” “The same me.”
Other: none
B (inside front cover)
Jenny: Plump Jenny with goggles down, in green shirt and without a scarf
Captions: Created in 2001 by Steven Wintle; and the Barbelith community; The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.
Dialogue: "There’s a me that’s always happy"
Chain: none
Other: Geometric figure in upper left corner, right angle with square
C
Jenny: Bald Jenny without a scarf
Captions: none
Dialogue: "Not metaphorically"
Chain: B→F→I→?→E
Other: Geometric figure in upper right corner, right angle with square
D
Jenny: Side-cut Jenny in green T-shirt with S logo
Captions: The Infinite; A place between realities; Perpetual night; Sort of a home for Jenny
Dialogue: "I am infinite"
Chain: none
Other: Geometric figure in upper left corner, vertical line with square to right
E
Jenny: Shy Jenny in winter coat with hourglass logo
Captions: The stars are different universes; A culture of Jennys live there
Dialogue: "It's all my fault"
Chain: none
Other: Geometric figure in upper right corner, vertical line with square to left
F
Jenny: Blonde Jenny Nowhere in hoodie
Captions: none
Dialogue: "Nowhere"
Chain: 2→D→9→?→?→L
Other: Geometric figure in upper left corner, right angle with square
G
Jenny: Face shot of Jenny with dice earring
Captions: The Key
Dialogue: "And that's why"
Chain: none
Other: Geometric figure in upper right corner, right angle with square
H
Jenny: Jenny in blue winter coat and no goggles, shift in progress to right
Captions: Shifting; Two Jennys swap objects; Requires concentration; Some wild results
Dialogue: "They're you, but not you"
Chain: none
Other: none
I
Jenny: Older Jenny in winter coat
Captions: The Mama
Dialogue: "They both cause pain"
Chain: E→R→P→6
Other: none
J
Jenny: Nonhuman yellow Jenny with scarf and dice earring
Captions: The Nolon [in mirror writing]
Dialogue: "All realities, all possibilities" [in mirror writing]
Chain: none
Other: none
K
Jenny: Small child Jenny with long hair
Captions: Knowledge; Jenny has access to complete knowledge; Impossibly massive amount of info
Dialogue: "The same me"
Chain: none
Other: none
L
Jenny: Green haired Jenny in T-shirt
Captions: This knowledge comes from other Jennys who have directly experienced that knowledge; Must concentrate to pull information from the multiverse
Dialogue: "I'll explain this as clearly as I can"
Chain: none
Other: A 6x6 grid of multi-colored squares, in lower left corner
M
Jenny: Mohawk Jenny with dice earring hugging her winter jacket
Captions: Michael Wherever
Dialogue: "There's a me that's always sad"
Chain: V→7→B→M
Other: none
N
Jenny: Black Jenny in blue T-shirt with S logo
Captions: Shifter's kit; A container with objects that will shift to specific tools or allies
Dialogue: "I am a single being in an endless number of bodies"
Chain: K→4→2→V; following this sequence reveals the quotes, "The same me." "The same mind." "The constant." "It's all the same to me."
Other: none
O
Jenny: Six-armed superhero Jenny, upside down
Captions: The Stray [upside down]
Dialogue: "But in every version of every universe there's me" [upside down]
Chain: J→V→C→?→2
Other: none
P
Jenny: Huge muscular Jenny with dice earring and red T-shirt with S logo
Captions: Friends; Jenny tends to 12 abstract types of people
Dialogue: "It's useless"
Chain: none
Other: none
Q
Jenny: Mechanical robot Jenny in scarf
Captions: none
Dialogue: "Living in countlessly different universes"
Chain: Q→H→1→O; following the chain leads to the quotes, "Living in countlessly different universes," “They’re you, but not you,” "Physically identical yet altered by their experience," "But in every version of every universe there's me"
Other: Another 6x6 colored grid, not identical to the first
R
Jenny: Running Jenny in matching scarf and shirt
Captions: Her adoptive parents are aware of her abilities; Her adoptive sisters, Julie and Jordan, are not
Dialogue: "I try to stop it"
Chain: none
Other: none
S
Jenny: Jenny in winter coat but no scarf or goggles
Captions: The Tinker
Dialogue: "I'm not sure which is better"
Chain: 3→Y→8
Other: none
T
Jenny: Extreme profile closeup of Jenny with dice earring
Captions: Family; Jenny can have any origin story; One involves her adoption by the Jacobs family
Dialogue: "There is an infinite number of you"
Chain: none
Other: none
U
Jenny: Jenny with arms out and head down, wearing her winter coat and a green shirt with S logo
Captions: none
Dialogue: "Its failure is... everywhere"
Chain: none
Other: Another 6x6 colored grid
V
Jenny: Heroic Jenny in red and blue, in landing action pose
Captions: Teleportation; Jenny can "teleport" between realities
Dialogue: "It's all the same to me"
Chain: L→?→A→?→J
Other: none
W
Jenny: Zombie Jenny in tattered clothes, with dice earring
Captions: She shifts her focus from one body to another; She can take people with by shifting them between the two Jennys; Requires hand contact
Dialogue: "I terrify people as much as I inspire them"
Chain: none
Other: none
X
Jenny: White rabbit Jenny
Captions: The Silly
Dialogue: "They make the Everett because of me"
Chain: none
Other: A 6x6 grid of colored squares in lower left corner
Y
Jenny: Jenny with upraised sword matching her scarf
Captions: The Chosen
Dialogue: "I create terrible enemies"
Chain: X→U→E→C
Other: none
Z
Jenny: Jenny in black tank top
Captions: none
Dialogue: "I'm saving him"
Chain: W→S→I→X
Other: none
0
Jenny: Sleek robot Jenny in winter coat
Captions: The Teacher [in mirror writing]
Dialogue: "They all exist simultaneously" [in mirror writing]
Chain: none
Other: none
1
Jenny: Teddy bear Jenny in red t-shirt
Captions: The Wizard
Dialogue: "Physically identical yet altered by their experience"
Chain: C→R→Z→3
Other: none
2
Jenny: Jenny in yellow scarf and blue shirt with S logo, shift in progress from left
Captions: none
Dialogue: "I am the constant"
Chain: none
Other: A 6x6 colored grid in lower right corner. Two crude blob figures in blue crayon above Jenny's head
3
Jenny: Blonde Jenny and Michael Wherever
Captions: none
Dialogue: "Michael"
Chain: M→E→5→W
Other: none
4
Jenny: Lilac haired Jenny in winter coat, with earring
Captions: The Odious
Dialogue: "The same mind"
Chain: none
Other: none
5
Jenny: Jenny confronting man in orange coat
Captions: none
Dialogue: "I make mistakes"
Chain: none
Other: none
6
Jenny: Blonde Jenny in white garment with huge sleeves
Captions: The Judge
Dialogue: "They're gone"
Chain: none
Other: none
7
Jenny: Glowing blue Jenny in red shirt and blue winter coat
Captions: The abyss; Chaotic mashup of realities; Inescapable
Dialogue: "It all happens at once"
Chain: none
Other: One last 6x6 colored grid
8 (inside back cover)
Jenny: no Jenny, only the lemon yellow figure of Chaos
Captions: Parasitic, eating other realities; Inhabitants desperate to survive
Dialogue: "CHAOS"
Chain: J→0→T→Q
Other: Contact information for Benj Christensen and Jenny Everywhere Day
9 (back cover)
Jenny: Short haired Jenny, hands in pockets, looking at reader; she wears a red shirt and a dice earring, no goggles
Captions: none
Dialogue: "I am Jenny Everywhere"
Chain: 6→G→M→J
Other: At bottom, a tracking label for the Sketchbook Project library, bearing the number 357.16-4 Geometric figure in upper left corner.
Continuity
- Jenny's adoptive sisters Julie and Jordan, as introduced in COMIC: The Jenny Everywhere Chronicles and also seen in GAME: The Jenny Everywhere Roleplaying Game, are mentioned.
- The blob-headed Chaos has appeared elsewhere as a recurring antagonist.
Behind the scenes
On the Sketchbook Project website the artist wrote,
| This sketchbook is an exploration of the infinitely disconnected mind of the open source superhero Jenny Everywhere. It's also a collection of my own notes on the character and can serve as a guide to anyone that might want to create a Jenny Everywhere story. |
| —Benj Christensen |
Read online
The sketchbook was online at https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/22442 but this is currently offline, temporarily or permanently. Therefore, the art is reproduced here.
Page A, the front cover
Pages B & C
Pages D & E
Pages F & G
Pages H & I
Pages J & K
Pages L & M
Pages N & O
Pages P & Q
Pages R & S
Pages T & U
Pages V & W
Pages X & Y
Pages Z & 0
Pages 1 & 2
Pages 3 & 4
Pages 5 & 6
Pages 7 & 8
Page 9, the rear cover
