TITLE The Bastich By Hart: Summer "Vacation" Part 14
PANEL 1 (EL-KRAHN emerges from a time portal in front of BASTICH.) BASTICH: It's El-Krahn - THE FUTURE GUY! EL-KRAHN: Correct, Bastich. It is I..!
PANEL 2 (Close up on EL-KRAHN.) EL-KRAHN: ...and once again, I am here to prevent your antics from wreaking havoc on the timestream! This flashback storyline must be terminated at once!
PANEL 3 (BASTICH points at EL-KRAHN as MTN. DEWD stands in the background.) BASTICH: I agree. In fact, we were just about to ditch this town when you so rudely interrupted us..! EL-KRAHN: No, FOOL! Can't you SEE?! MTN. DEWD: (Thinking) "FUTURE GUY?" O..KAY.
PANEL 4 (EL-KRAHN presses a button on his wrist to project a graphic of a time spiral connected to an explosion.) EL-KRAHN: This flashback began in August 1997, and was supposed to cover a 10 week period starting in June. Now it's March 1998, and your 10-week "vacation" has been stretched to over 6 months, real time!
PANEL 5 (Another close-up on EL-KRAHN.) EL-KRAHN: You cant drive away from this, Bastich! You're all stuck in a pocket of TEMPORAL LETHARGY! You're out of sync with REALITY!
PANEL 6 (MTN. DEWD and BAPPER stand side-by-side and comment.) MTN. DEWD: Wow, and I just thought it was the corporate life... BAPPER: Good thing we spent the whole time goofing off, or it REALLY would've dragged! CAPTION: No, it's not over yet...
CREDITS Bastich (c) 1998 Joshua Adam Hart
Commentary
Just like Exit: Multi-Stich, El-Krahn swoops in to wrap up a storyline. In the process, I got a chance to play with time loops and take one last jab at cubicle life on the way out.