Panel 1: A building labeled "FNN" (Fairmount News Network) is shown with a banner displaying the network's logo. A yellow narration box reads: Narration: "You’d never know it, but the Fairmount News Network is in chaos."
Panel 2: Inside an office with multiple desks, workers look panicked and distressed. Some hold their heads, others gesture as if shouting, and a security guard seems trapped. Speech bubbles are empty. Narration: "Inside: panic, pain, and pandemonium... without a peep!" Narration: "Workers are trapped at their desks, unable to phone for help." Narration: "Security guards are stuck inside invisible constraints."
Panel 3: A dramatic reveal shows a mime in a black beret, striped shirt, and suspenders stepping forward with a menacing pose. A large caption introduces him: Narration: "Presently, the menace behind the mayhem steps out of the shadows..." Large Text: "The ANTI-VOXXER" Footnote: "Note: 'Vox' is Latin for 'voice.'"
Panel 4: The newsroom set is shown with anchors being blown away by a mysterious indoor wind, while the mime approaches. Narration: "A mysterious indoor wind blows the anchors away from the news desk as he approaches!" Narration: "He has the rapt attention of the city — and the nation!"
Panel 5: The Anti-Voxxer gestures dramatically while holding a piece of paper. On-screen text identifies the situation. Narration: "There have been better-thought-out schemes..." Breaking News Caption: "BREAKING: EVIL MIME HIJACKS STUDIO - DELIVERS MANIFESTO ON AIR" Time Stamp: "1:35 P.M."
Consider this another proof-of-concept podcast. We recorded this one on the drive to school using my new Simple Lav microphone plugged into my iPhone (running the 99¢ Audio Memos app). I tell you this because I’m hoping one of you audiophiles can help me dampen the background noise in future podcast — if we decide to keep doing these this way.
Superman vs Batman
My two sons (ages 12 and 8) take the debate beyond the lame “who would win in a fight” potboiler. We get down to the nitty gritty… which is the better superhero? And the answers they come up with are way more complex than I was prepared for.
The boys are really enjoying recording the podcast — and reading the reactions on Twitter, Facebook, etc. So if you’d like to hear them address a specific topic or if you have a show idea, please hit the comments below.
To hear the previous episodes of Hey Comics — Kids, click here. And, of course, 15 Minutes Max, where my 8yo pontificates for a quarter hour on whatever’s on his busy little mind.
