GLOAMING #4: Page 22
Howdy neighbour, have you heard the good news?
LAST PAGE: A story resolution, sunny side up.
PAGE TWENTY-TWO
PANEL ONE: Flashback: BAXTER grabs a vacant, staring CARTER who is just staring into the mirror (in which there is nothing but his reflection)
NARR:
You were pretty gonzo after you torched the doll. Kept staring into the mirror. I grabbed you and ran…
PANEL TWO: BAXTER pulls the fire alarm on the way out of the building.
NARR:
...and pulled the fire alarm on my way out.”
PANEL THREE: BAXTER looks over at the sleeping CARTER in the front seat of his truck, while they are in the parking lot of the Verfall Inn.
NARR:
You passed out in the truck, so I brought you back here and let you sleep it off. Came back this morning to tell you the good news!
CARTER:
The...good news?
PANEL FOUR: BAXTER holds up the morning’s paper.
BAXTER:
Yeah. The Sheriff made an announcement on the radio this morning, and in the paper. See?