Save Scarlett

Ink · 2025-12

Save Scarlett, 2025 — ink cartoon by Ray Patrick

Cartoons, Ink, Mersh, B&W, ROTC

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Subject

A short comic sequence. A woman is asked whether she is fine; she is not. A second panel has her weeping with her mouth taped, a balloon saying he will not let her leave, and a man in the corner on a phone. The lower band is lettered with a price and the line that the car is being loaded now.

Composition

Three panels of unequal width stacked and butted together, with the lower band given over entirely to lettering. The tape across the mouth sits at the exact centre of the sheet, which is where the sequence turns.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Heavy solid blacks around the central panel to close it in, against open line in the first. The lettering in the bottom band is drawn large and plain, like a sign rather than speech.

Medium and support

Ink on paper.

Signature

Signed with the artist's name at the lower right and dated in MMDDYY beside it.

From the artist:

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