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Saturday, September 3, 2011

West of Bathurst 931

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Sorry for the tardiness. I have been attempting to recover from that whole "travelling halfway across the country" thing.

Saturday, September 3, 2011
Panel 1: In the title panel of this Sunday-style colour comic, Barbara is dressed as Hester Prynne, scarlet "A" and all. Three young people, also dressed as seventeenth-century Puritans, point at her disapprovingly. This is all happening against a backdrop of Davies College bricks. The words "West of Bathurst by Kari Maaren" are carved into the wall.

Panel 2: Barbara is sitting in the Davies College common room, reading the newspaper. A young woman sits beside her on the couch and holds out her hand.

Woman 1: Hi! I'm Cynthia. I'm a new Junior Fellow.

Barbara: I'm Barbara. I'm an alum.

Panel 3: Cynthia withdraws her hand.

Cynthia: ...Oh.


Panel 4: Cynthia retreats behind the couch and is joined by a man and a woman.

Man 1: Who's that? Does she live here?

Cynthia: No, she's an alum.

Woman 2: ...Oh.

Panel 5: Another man appears. Barbara is looking decidedly jaded.

Man 1: What's she doing here, then?

Cynthia: I think they're allowed.

Woman 2: Should they be?

Man 2: I'm scared.

Panel 6: Barbara swings up onto her knees and reaches out towards them.

Barbara
[very loudly]: UNCLEAN!

Panel 7: The Junior Fellows are gone. Barbara reads the newspaper as Rahim approaches.

Barbara:
They make it so easy.

Rahim:
You know, you may be the reason new Junior Fellows treat alumni like that.

Alt-Text: It's funny how much less cruel that sort of thing seems when you're the one complaining about the filthy outsiders invading your community.

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