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Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of breath...

(Mr Utterson)•

I am Mr Utterson

of Gaunt street, an old friend of Dr Jekyll’s.

I thought you might admit me...?

(Hyde)•

That is my name.

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What do you want?

(Unseen speaker)•

Then will you do me a favour?

Will you let me see your face?

(Hyde)• You will not find Jekyll.

He is from home.

(next bubble)•

The pair stared at each other fixedly...

(Hyde)• It is as well we have met.• And now... How did you know me?

(Unseen speaker)• We have common friends.

Jekyll, for instance.

(Hyde)•He never told you!

I did not think you would have lied!

(next bubble)•

Next moment, with extraordinary quickness,

he had disappeared into the house .

Illustrations (c) Cam Kennedy, 2007. Adaptation (c) Alan Grant, 2007. Reproduced by kind permission of Waverley Books Ltd.

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How would you transform the

inks into a full colour

page?

And how would you “letter” them?

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When the inks come back, it is up to the colourist, and after

that, the letterer, to take the final two steps in the comic’s

creative process.

Here are 3 actual inks that were used for the Jekyll & Hyde comic.

It is now up to you to complete them, by

giving ‘em some colour, and letter the pages!

Suggestion 1: The colour and style you use can really enhance the feel of it all, if it is done well. So, think what is suitable for the story you are dealing with, but don’t be afraid to be bold and different!

Suggestion 2: By applying different colours to the text boxes, you can clarify its function, or highlight the type of text that is in it (narrative, descriptive, etc). You don’t need to, but you might want to give it some thought.

Suggestion 3: The letterer can create great effects by changing the style of letters used, for instance to differentiate between speaking, whispering, and shouting. You can probably think of ways to do this yourself too.

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Illustrations (c) Cam Kennedy, 2007. Adaptation (c) Alan Grant, 2007. Reproduced by kind permission of Waverley Books Ltd.

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I was now confined to the better part of my existence; let Hyde

peep out for but an instant, and the hands of all men would be raised to slay him!

(next bubble)•

There comes an end to all things, seated in Regent’s Park on a fine January day, a qualm came over me a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering...

(next bubble)•I was once more Edward Hyde!

(next bubble)•If I sought to enter my house, my own servants would consign me to the gallows.

I saw I must employ another hand –

and thought of Lanyon.

(next bubble)•

From that day forth, it was only under the immediate stimulation of the drug that I was able to wear the countenance of Jekyll.

If I slept, or even dozed for a minute, it was a Hyde that I awakened!

Illustrations (c) Cam Kennedy, 2007. Adaptation (c) Alan Grant, 2007. Reproduced by kind permission of Waverley Books Ltd.

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Text to be added to page 2• Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon’s narrative

(next bubble)• “On the 9th of January I received an envelope in the hand of Henry Jekyll...”

(Dr Lanyon)•

Dear Lanyon, My life, my honour, my reason are all at your mercy.

If you fail me tonight, I am lost!

(next bubble)•

Drive straight to my house.

You are to enter my cabinet and draw out, with all its contents, the forth drawer from the top...

(next bubble)•

At midnight, admit into your house a man who will present himself in my name, and place his hands in the drawer...

(Hyde)•

Will you suffer me to take the glass in my hand?

Your sight shall be blasted by a prodigy to stager the unbelief of Satan!

(Dr Lanyon)• I have gone too far to pause before I see the end!

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