Comics Tagged : weird things people do
Enhance!
Bonus Panel
Strip Info
- Title
- Enhance!
- Date
- September 11, 2023
- Tags
- AI art, AI training, anime, awkward, bonus panel, crime, entertainment, police, Stable Diffusion, TV, waifu, weird things people do
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Police Squad Room – Day
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A tech sits in front of a monitor and keyboard. A police sergeant leans over his sholder.
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- Tech
- Sergeant! We have security camera footage from the crime scene!
- Sergeant
- Show me.
- Panel 2 : Int. Police Squad Room – Continuous
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Close on the monitor: grainy footage of a parking garage. The sergeant points at a small, dark silhouette of a figure walking.
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- Sergeant
- There’s our perp. Enhance!
- Panel 3 : Int. Police Squad Room – Continuous
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The footage zooms in 200% on the silhouette. Not much more detail.
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- Sergeant
- Enhance again!
- Panel 4 : Int. Police Squad Room – Continuous
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The footage zooms in to 400%. A little contrast in the figure, but still not enough.
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- Sergeant
- Enhance using generative A.I.!
- Panel 5 : Int. Police Squad Room – Continuous
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The footage transforms into a purple-haired anime waifu with… a rather large chest. She winks and throws up the “peace” sign.
- Panel 6 : Int. Police Squad Room – Continuous
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Back to the tech and the sergeant.
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- Sergeant
- Nice.
Starting A New Hobby – Part 2
Strip Info
- Title
- Starting A New Hobby – Part 2
- Date
- April 2, 2023
- Tags
- Bird, crafts, creativity, hobbies, Kevin, metalworking, recreation, relatable, weird things people do
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Day
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Kevin stands at his table, wearing a metalworking visor, apron, and gloves. He holds a welding torch in his hand. On the table in front of him, a vise holds a piece of metal. Kevin’s bird, wearing a visor of his own, looks on from a pile of nearby metalworking gear.
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- Kevin
- OK! After buying all this gear, I’m finally ready to try my new hobby for the first time!
- Panel 2 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Continuous
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Kevin presses his torch to the metal. Sparks fly everywhere.
- Panel 3 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Continuous
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Kevin turns off the torch. The metal has melted into an unattractive lump.
- Panel 4 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Continuous
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Kevin turns to walk away, throwing the torch over his shoulder.
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- Kevin
- Whelp, I’m no good at this. I quit!
- Panel 5 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Months Later
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Kevin sits on his couch, rubbing his chin in thought.
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- Kevin
- I think I want to try a new craft as a hobby…
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His bird facepalms.
Starting A New Hobby – Part 1
Bonus Panel
Strip Info
- Title
- Starting A New Hobby – Part 1
- Date
- March 26, 2023
- Tags
- Bird, bonus panel, crafts, creativity, hobbies, Kevin, metalworking, recreation, relatable, weird things people do
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Day
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Kevin sit on his couch, rubbing his chin in thought. His bird sits on his arm.
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- Kevin
- I think I want to learn a new skill as a hobby.
- Bird
- Cool!
- Panel 2 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Months Later
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Kevin sits at his table, hunched over his laptop. His bird sits on his shoulder.
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- Bird
- Make anything yet?
- Kevin
- Not yet. I’m still researching techniques and gear…
- Panel 3 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Months Later
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Kevin sits in the same spot, wearing protective eyewear. Some metalworking gear sits on the table next to him.
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- Bird
- Anything yet?
- Kevin
- Not yet. I need better gear…
- Panel 4 : Int. Kevin’s Apartment – Month’s Later
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Kevin sits at the same spot, wearing a leather apron and a safety face shield. Metalworking gear sits on the table next to him. His bird sits atop a pile of unopened boxes of stuff behind him.
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- Bird
- Anythi-
- Kevin (interrupting)
- Look: this is half the fun of this for me, okay?!
- Panel 5 : Ext. Graveyard – Day
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A tombstone reads: “Here lies Kevin. Who almost started a new hobby.”