AKA Bricolage, cento, or hip-hop writing ;)

The first line from all my favourite graphic novels, rearranged to make nonsense:


Good morning Dean. ⁸Tremor Dose – Michael Conrad (2019) It may not look like much from the outside, but it's a special place. ¹Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees – Patrick Horvath (2023) We huddle together. ²⁷Low – Rick Remender (2014)

There was a time, the distant past, when people looked up to the night sky, to the stars and the moon, and dreamed ...of science ...of exploration. ²Roche Limit – Michael Moreci (2014) It was a time of darkness... ⁴I Kill Giants – Joe Kelly (2014)

Hey man—you read the piece on Slate this morning? ¹⁰Memetic – James Tynion (2015) You're probably sick of that picture by now, huh? ¹¹Ex Machina – Brian K. Vaughan (2004)

I don't understand. ¹²Wild Children – Ales Kot (2012) It was like a horrible game of tag... ²²Black Hole – Charles Burns (1996)

...we've got another warm fall night out there... ⁹Underwater Welder – Jeff Lemire (2012) The Patriot missile bangs off the National Guard mobile launch pad and blurs upward hungrily. ²¹Ruins – Warren Ellis (1995)

When I was six, Fibonacci coding was my passion for two weeks. ⁶Think Tank – Matt Hawkins (2012) It wasn't until I'd met everyone else's measure of success that I realized I'd failed myself. ¹⁶Black Science – Rick Remender (2014) Shadow had done three years in prison. ¹⁵American Gods – Neil Gaiman (2017–2020) Quite possibly the greatest scientist of his time. ³Marvels – Alex Ross (1994) I keep a close watch on this heart of mine... ⁵The March of the Crabs – Arthur de Pins (2010)

Up a goddamn mountain. ³⁸Transmetropolitan – Warren Ellis (1997) I don't care what the Gnishians say, that colony belongs to Sampson! ²⁴Descender – Jeff Lemire (2015)

Mrs. Locke? Sam Lesser. Mister Locke was my guidance counselor last year. ¹⁴Locke & Key – Joe Hill (2008) I seen his face again when I was sleeping. ⁷Sweet Tooth – Jeff Lemire (2009)

Boss, you... You need to see this. ¹⁸Barrier – Brian K. Vaughan (2015)

Something's wrong! ¹⁷Y: The Last Man – Brian K. Vaughan (2002)

Is this...? ¹⁹Paper Girls – Brian K. Vaughan (2015) Not at my school, I'll tell you that. ²³Gantz – Hiroya Oku (2000) God. Just look at them. ²⁰The Joyners – R.J. Ryan (2016)

What are you waiting for? ²⁶The Fiction – Curt Pires (2015)

Are we sure about this? ²⁵The Forevers – Curt Pires (2016)

I love you, Nick. ²⁹Generation Gone – Ales Kot (2018) But I should be dead... ²⁸Demon – Jason Shiga (2016) Lizard on a stick. ³³Limbo – Dan Watters (2016) I am so delighted we passed on that raccoon back there on Interstate Eight. ³⁴Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Reign – Geof Darrow (2017) I told you I need those chicks fed before you can play, let's go! ³¹Essex County – Jeff Lemire (2007)

Bienvenue! Now please, no flashes. ³⁵The Electric Sublime – W. Maxwell Prince (2016)

Imagine out of all the gigs in town, right? ³²Nameless – Grant Morrison (2015) This is the best day. Ever. ³⁶Inuyashiki – Hiroya Oku (2014)

Y'know, you really ruined my afternoon. ³⁰Invincible – Robert Kirkman (2003)

So you have heard of MIND MGMT? ¹³Mind MGMT – Matt Kindt (2012) It's the end, and the beginning. ³⁷Neonomicon – Alan Moore (2010)




Sources

  1. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees – Patrick Horvath (2023)
  2. Roche Limit – Michael Moreci (2014)
  3. Marvels – Alex Ross (1994)
  4. I Kill Giants – Joe Kelly (2014)
  5. The March of the Crabs – Arthur de Pins (2010)
  6. Think Tank – Matt Hawkins (2012)
  7. Sweet Tooth – Jeff Lemire (2009)
  8. Tremor Dose – Michael Conrad (2019)
  9. Underwater Welder – Jeff Lemire (2012)
  10. Memetic – James Tynion (2015)
  11. Ex Machina – Brian K. Vaughan (2004)
  12. Wild Children – Ales Kot (2012)
  13. Mind MGMT – Matt Kindt (2012)
  14. Locke & Key – Joe Hill (2008)
  15. American Gods – Neil Gaiman (2017–2020)
  16. Black Science – Rick Remender (2014)
  17. Y: The Last Man – Brian K. Vaughan (2002)
  18. Barrier – Brian K. Vaughan (2015)
  19. Paper Girls – Brian K. Vaughan (2015)
  20. The Joyners – R.J. Ryan (2016)
  21. Ruins – Warren Ellis (1995)
  22. Black Hole – Charles Burns (1996)
  23. Gantz – Hiroya Oku (2000)
  24. Descender – Jeff Lemire (2015)
  25. The Forevers – Curt Pires (2016)
  26. The Fiction – Curt Pires (2015)
  27. Low – Rick Remender (2014)
  28. Demon – Jason Shiga (2016)
  29. Generation Gone – Ales Kot (2018)
  30. Invincible – Robert Kirkman (2003)
  31. Essex County – Jeff Lemire (2007)
  32. Nameless – Grant Morrison (2015)
  33. Limbo – Dan Watters (2016)
  34. Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Reign – Geof Darrow (2017)
  35. The Electric Sublime – W. Maxwell Prince (2016)
  36. Inuyashiki – Hiroya Oku (2014)
  37. Neonomicon – Alan Moore (2010)
  38. Transmetropolitan – Warren Ellis (1997)