It was about two in the afternoon when Black Lumberjack showed up at Downtown Lounge. The place was empty with the exception of a local who was sitting at the bar sipping on some whiskey and talking to the bartender. 
Black Lumberjack went right up to the bartender and waited impatiently for the conversation to end. The bartender, taken aback by the image of the large axe welding black man, asked the Lumberjack,
"Can I help you?"
Black Lumberjack pushed a photo of Tonya across the bar.
"Does the woman in this picture look familiar?" He questioned.
The bartender picks up the picture, glances at it quickly and gives it back.
"I've never seen her around here..." The bartender nervously said.
Black Lumberjack gave the bartender a skeptical look
"I asked you if she looks familiar and not if you've seen her around!"
He barked.
Black Lumberjack then proceeds to catch a glance of a photo hanging behind the bar. The photo was of a man wearing expensive jewelry, and a purple suit with his arms around 3 women. He looks closer at the picture and sees that one of the women in the picture is Tonya!
Black Lumberjack becomes enraged and in one motion jumps over the bar and onto the bartender.
"Where is she?" "When was this picture taken?" "Who's the man in the photo?"
He squeezed the handle of his axe up against the bartender's throat.
"Okay, Okay, I'll tell you!" The bartender breathed.
The bartender being scared for his life says, "That man in the picture is Latroy Mason, a.k.a "The Mayor", he runs the South-side". As soon as the bartender told him this, Black Lumberjack then felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and collapsed.
He caught a glimpse of the man sitting at the bar standing above him just as his eyes proceeded to close.
Black Lumberjack went right up to the bartender and waited impatiently for the conversation to end. The bartender, taken aback by the image of the large axe welding black man, asked the Lumberjack,"Can I help you?"
Black Lumberjack pushed a photo of Tonya across the bar.
"Does the woman in this picture look familiar?" He questioned.The bartender picks up the picture, glances at it quickly and gives it back.
"I've never seen her around here..." The bartender nervously said.
Black Lumberjack gave the bartender a skeptical look
"I asked you if she looks familiar and not if you've seen her around!"
He barked.
Black Lumberjack then proceeds to catch a glance of a photo hanging behind the bar. The photo was of a man wearing expensive jewelry, and a purple suit with his arms around 3 women. He looks closer at the picture and sees that one of the women in the picture is Tonya! Black Lumberjack becomes enraged and in one motion jumps over the bar and onto the bartender."Where is she?" "When was this picture taken?" "Who's the man in the photo?"
He squeezed the handle of his axe up against the bartender's throat.
"Okay, Okay, I'll tell you!" The bartender breathed.The bartender being scared for his life says, "That man in the picture is Latroy Mason, a.k.a "The Mayor", he runs the South-side". As soon as the bartender told him this, Black Lumberjack then felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and collapsed.
He caught a glimpse of the man sitting at the bar standing above him just as his eyes proceeded to close.
4 comments:
I know BLJ only does two things; he chops down trees and kicks some ass. I'm guessing he won't be getting a whole lot of tree choppin done in the city!
Your best written/drawn one yet!
Nice drama. I appreciate the added perspective and camera angles, and shadows. Keep it up. It's very cool to see so much improvement since the first Danada drawings.
You are nailing noir storytelling in this strip. It might just be me but I am becoming concerned about TBL. What is going to happen next?Close up of the bartender and TBL is great.
Noir Lumberjack
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