SCRIPT:

PANEL 1 (INSERT): EXTERIOR - GYMNASIUM. Establish.

PANEL 2: A row of FEMALE STUDENTS lined up (more or less) along a wall; Ichi and Asrial among them.

[DIALOGUE: Scattered speculation about what the new gym teacher will be like.]

PANEL 3: Ichi's head turns (and if there's room in the panel, show others' heads turning as well) at the sound of Tetsuko's voice.

TETSUKO(o.p.) Good MORNING, class!

PANEL 4: Full-length view of Tetsuko, wearing a spandex crop-top and gym shorts; her muscularity is breath-taking. She carries a volleyball under one arm.

TETSUKO: My name is TETSUKO LOCKHART, and I'm your NEW GYM TEACHER!

PANEL 3: A row of female students' faces, including Ichi's, all registering slack-jawed surprise; Tetsuko looks nothing like they'd imagined.

PANEL 4: OUTSIDE the gym, the boys' gym class (Jeremy among them) is ogling Tetsuko through the windows; drooling, leering, jockeying for better views, etc.

BOY #1: You HEAR that, Jeremy? She's the TEACHER!!
BOY #2: She's HOT!
BOY #3: Lookit how BUFFED she is!!
JEREMY: I didn't think I'd LIKE muscles on a girl, but on HER it WORKS!!
BOY #4: ARNIE ought to be here to see her! Where IS he anyway?
BOY #5: He went out of town to visit relatives...

PANEL 5: High above the earth, a strange menacing SPACESHIP hovers.

PANEL 6: INSIDE the ship: A view of its instrument panel shows a blinking light on a radar-like grid. A metal-encased hand points at the screen.

ALIEN #1 (o.p.): HE IS HERE... just as it was SAID he'd be!!
ALIEN #1 (o.p.): At "QUAGMIRE HIGH SCHOOL"!

COMMENTS: A lot of "shocked expressions" in this story.

I made a notation that there were to be a few balloons of dialogue in Panel 2, but hadn't gotten around to writing the actual lines. They'd have been along the idea of "wonder what the new teacher's gonna look like", "hope we don't get another [whatever]".

"Ninja High School", its associated characters, locations, designs, etc. © Antarctic Press

All other material © 2006 David C. Matthews