Zombies eating people under an umbrella while it rains. Vampires, mummies and skeletons chasing people then stopping for photo ops before continuing the chase. A "Terminator" slapping himself after forgetting to use his catch phrase. Most of these wordless comic strips by Jason are pretty funny.
Some of it gets a little sexual (a few panels are a lot sexual), but otherwise most of these cartoons are great examples for teens to learn the art of telling a story without words. If your library teaches kids how to do webcomics, some of Jason's strips can be really helpful (and most are pretty funny).
I really liked one with the vampire out at a bar, but he couldn't hook up so he gets a beer and some snacks and goes home to watch TV; and just as he's nodding off, Professor Van Helsing jumps out and plunges a stake through the vampire's heart. I know I hate it when someone interrupts my nap to kill me.
I remember after I saw The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price (and not that completely stupid "blockbuster" starring Will Smith) and wondered what it was like for the vampires he hunted. Like if they published a newspaper with headlines like,
DAYTIME KILLER STRIKES AGAIN
"We were completely helpless," reports the lone survivor of the brutal mid-day attack. "Once the sun is in the sky and he knocks down the door and lets in all that sunlight, there's no way to defend yourself. And the garlic! He it throws through the window like a bomb, and you don't have any choice but to run, screaming, into that deadly blinding light. Look at the burns on my face! I barely escaped with my life. He's a menace and must be stopped."
Council members have sent good will ambassadors to the human's lair, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears, often meeting a brutal and irrational reply from him.
Many demand a stronger response from our leaders. "We are a civilized race," says the Council Leader, "why can't we all just get along?"
I'd love to see a movie told from the other side.
In this example from the book, the Martian is kidnapping women (because Mars Needs Women), but only after getting sidetracked by the fantastic collection of library books available to all visitors. [c2005, Jason]
