“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IMAGO!”

Starring Imago and friends.

Big series of illustrations on top, no gutters, just a single flow of images over the apartment layout; three smaller panels along bottom.

Page 3 (of 3)

Top Ills.:

CAPTION: “Earlier today.”

• Imago emerging from a giant cocoon at the foot of his bed, crawling and pulling his way out, half of his body still inside.
  

  IMAGO: “AHHHH!”

• Imago crawling along the floor toward the bathroom door, passing a dresser, a slime trail following him.
  

  IMAGO: “Oh geez, oh geez…”

• Imago lurched over the edge of the bathtub, crawling into it from the left side.
  

  IMAGO: “Just clean up, get refreshed. That’ll jog your memory.”

• #3 and #4 are the same image of the bathtub, no breaks between them; #4 is the right side, where we the curtain is closed, Imago’s shadow standing there, steam rising from the top.
  

  IMAGO: Musical notes.

• Imago a few paces from the bathtub, standing on a towel in front of a fogged up mirror, a small area of it wiped off. He is now wearing a bath robe, his hair sticking up everywhere.
  

  IMAGO: “Your name is Imago.”

• Imago stepping down a short flight of stairs (flat white, only the edges are visible), coming down from the top right of the page (last image), buttoning up his slacks as he trundles down. His hair is slicked back, he’s wearing a pair of brown leather shoes, and is just generally looking a whole lot better than he did when he first crawled out of the cocoon.
• Imago at the bottom of the flight of stairs, buttoning up his shirt along the front.
  

  IMAGO: “Imago. Today is your birthday.”

• Underneath the bathroom series of images, we have Imago stopping to look at a picture (random strokes in the avant garde style) hung on the wall near the door.
  

  IMAGO: “My, you have exceptional taste, Mr. Imago.”

• Right below the very first image, we have the last image in the sequence: Imago standing at the sliding door.
  

  DOOR: Buzzing SFX.

Ill. 2:
Imago standing in front of the sliding door, looking at Spore A, who waits outside with a wrapped box (with a big bow) in hand.

SPORE A: “Happy Birthday, buddy!”
IMAGO: “Imago, actually. You must be a dear old friend.”
SPORE A: “I sure am!”

Ill. 3:
Imago standing in a kitchen area with Spore B, Imago looking up at Spore B from a notepad he is pencilling on.

IMAGO: “I owe you how much?”
SPORE B: “You owe me a thousand, no, two thousand…”
IMAGO: “Yes, for what again?”

Ill. 4:
Imago putting a piece of cake onto a plate, smiling broadly.

IMAGO: “Gosh, I wouldn’t even know what to wish for, Jane.”
IMAGO: “It is Jane, right?”

CAPTION: “The Beginning… or the End… or…”