"Big Numbers 3" written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Bill Sinkiewicz

OTHERWISE, THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR ATTENTION IS STILL KEVIN AS HE WALKS OFF PANEL IN THE FOREGROUND. No Dialogue PANEL 12 SAME SHOT, BUT NOW THERE IS NOBODY IN THE FOREGROUND. KEVIN AND MONICA HAVE BOTH GONE THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AND LEFT ONLY THE PARTIALLY STRIPPED MAKE-UP COUNTER GLINTING PLAINTIVELY IN THE FOREGROUND. LOOKING BEYOND THIS AND ACROSS THE AISLE WE SEE SAMMY PORTUS JUST STANDING CALMLY BY THE COMPUTER COUNTER AND WAITING. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT SAMMY IS DRESSED HERE IN THE FAIRLY WILD AND LOOSE ACID HOUSE GEAR THAT HE WEARS ON SATURDAYS RATHER THAN IN THE SCHOOL UNIFORM HE WEARS DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS CONSISTS OF LONG, BRIGHT PSYCHEDELIC SHORTS AND A SORT OF LOOSE, HOODED TOP WITH ETHNIC/PAISLEY/MAYAN/PSYCHEDELIC PATTERNS ALL OVER IT. ON HIS FEET HE WEARS BRIGHT SNEAKERS. I SHOULD ALSO HAVE MENTIONED THAT BENEATH HIS ARM HE IS CARRYING THE BIZARRE, DECORATED SKATEBOARD THAT WE’VE SEEN HIM WITH PREVIOUSLY. AS HE WAITS BY THE COMPUTER COUNTER HE IS GAZING COOLEY AT THE MANAGER, WEIGHING HIM UP EXPRESSIONLESSLY. FINALLY THE MANAGER LOOKS UP FROM WHATEVER PETTY TASK HE’S BEEN ENGAGED IN BEHIND THE COUNTER AND GIVES SAMMY A CONDESCENDING SMILE. WE MAY WELL SEE THIS MANAGER AGAIN. ALTHOUGH HE ISN’T A FEATURED PLAYER IN THE WAY THAT OUR OTHER CHARACTERS ARE. AS I SEE HIM, HE’S IN HIS MID FORTIES, PERHAPS SLIGHTLY BALDING AT THE FRONT, AND IS PROBABLY QUITE A BIG, SOLID, RED FACED KIND OF GUY WHO WILL SUCCUMB TO HEART DISEASE IN HIS MIDDLE FIFTIES. HERE, DRESSED FOR WORK, HE WEARS A SOBER AND DARK TIE AGAINST HIS PLAIN WHITE SHIRT, THE CUFFS OF WHICH ARE ROLLED UP TO THE ELBOWS IN A BUSINESS-LIKE AND HARD WORKING FASHION. LOOKING UP HE GIVES SAMMY A GRUFF, BARELY-PATIENT LOOK. MANAGER: Yes, son, what can I do you for?