I remember the horses… galloping… No, mostly walking and standing about. Contained… or wait… maybe that’s not…
Blind man is who I want to become and Bones is who I am afraid of becoming.
Bones is about a puppet – who is stuck in time. The mental or psychic or perceived time vs the external and public and real time.
The graphic novel
In which for the first time ever, we get inside the spiralling head of the uncompromising figure known as “Bones”. Not! instead we see the physical journey – his history unfolded from here to there, yet seemingly being of little influence on the development of his person.
It follows parallel alternate futures of the same character – Bones and blind man. Exploring the ongoing adventures of them both. Of course, BM doesn’t leave the riverside on his adventures – his journeys are imaginative, and display his presence. In contrast, Bones moves all over the place, reacting to this situation and that, buoyed as on a sea, but not really going anywhere. Bones studio is over the bridge, on the far side from BMs bench.
At times, it’s a bit like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead – we follow the minor characters, and sometimes they cross paths w Bones n BM.
Episode 1 – wherein we meet Bones, doing his (no)thing, in his studio. We circle around from outside the studio, spiraling closer and closer to Bones face, which we double up w the blind man’s.
Episode 2 – wherein nothing happens w Bones, but we notice other activities n goings on. He’s curious about the crows.
Episode 3 – wherein we first meet the postal robot doing his deliveries. We start to follow him cantering to his next delivery…
Episode 4 – wherein we continue to follow the postbot but from underground POV’s. Revealed to be heartman.
Episode 5 – Wherein we follow the blind man to his bench from crow’s POV.
Episode 6 – Wherein the giant Robot funeral passes Bones’ studio and the bridge above blind man.
Episode 7 – in which we explain Bones baldness. Hit on the head – suspicion is that he’s not all there….