Into the Woods
Shaenon: Ooh, look at this! Jenn Manley Lee, creator of Dicebox, drew this lovely pinup of Tip in the “Dead Dogs”/”Big Bad Wolves” arc. It’s entitled “Into the Woods.” I’m a huge slavering fan of Jenn’s comics, so this is enormously exciting for me. Yeek!
Channing: Yowza. Thanks, Jenn! This has a nice woodcut-y feel to it. Despite naming the storyline after the iconic character of the Big Bad Wolf, I never took the leap to dressing Tip as Little Red, an obvious oversight. At least things turn out better for this Little Red Riding Hood than they did for poor Pvt. Hood in-story…
I am deeply disappointed that this wasn’t a scene from the fic or an enlargement!
ALICE!!!
Private Hood… wolves… I JUST got that.
(TUNE: “Into The Woods”, Stephen Sondheim)
“Into The Woods”, a lovely thing!
Chiaroscuro rendering …
Into the woods we go to bring
A basket full of goodies!
Into the woods, Jenn Manley Lee
Drew Sweetheart, wolves and Unity!
Into the woods, what do we see?
Just like a cartoon, “Watch out for that tree!”
The sun may get low,
The shadows may grow,
But have no fear, now here we go!
The woods, they have eyes …
Their eyes are aglow …
Now Tip is sensing malice …
Thank goodness he’s got Alice!
So into the woods we go with Tip,
A perilous and vital trip,
Into the woods we gaily skip,
(Though Tip isn’t gay, please pardon my slip!)
But into the woods …
Into the woods …
Into the woods, deliver the goods,
A Sunday guest strip!