#33 - jury duty (08-97) 



i've had jury duty three times. the first, as i've mentioned, was over an assault charge that hung. that was in 1997. the second--1999, i think--was over a civil case . . . a lady sued a lawyer--who had since died of cancer! and gave depositions literally from her deathbed!-- who had briefly glanced at her civil case against a union as her statute of limitations was expiring! we took five minutes to decide that--including the process of naming me jury foreman--but out of respect chatted about it afterwards and waited for half an hour.

this poor woman's country-fried lawyer was awful.

the third time was in 2000 or early 2001 . . . i never actually served on a jury but spent the morning sitting in the jury room waiting to be called. i wasn't even interviewed for a jury that time; they just sent us all home.

more narrative voice down here . . . bad. twilight zone impressions . . . worse. more inside-the mailbox shots . . . ok. poor wash. attempts at panelling defeated by my insistence on not using outside lines. a piece of my art hanging on the wall of nips' apartment. a great picture of nips insane in a straitjacket. and an allusion to the next comic . . . which was a great idea but failed visually, as you shall see.




 

Posted: Sun - May 2, 2004 at 08:35 AM             |

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