Letters To An Absent Father #11 (click for a larger image). What do you do once you’ve accomplished everything you can think of to win the approval of a dad who isn’t there?
I went ahead and wrote a script idea for the next Letters To An Absent Father strip, just in case Mare Odomo is unsure where to take Ash Ketchum next (aside from Johto). Here’s how the next message to his dad would go:
“I wish I could just make you turn around,
turn around and see me cry.
There’s so much I need to say to you,
so many reasons why.
You’re the only one who really knew me at all.So take a look at me now.
Well, there’s just an empty space.
And there’s nothing left here to remind me,
just the memory of your face.Now take a look at me now,
‘cause there’s just an empty space.
But to wait for you is all I can do
and that’s what I’ve got to face.Take a good look at me now,
'cause I’ll still be standing here
And you coming back to me is against all odds.
It’s the chance I’ve gotta take.
Take a look at me now.”
I’m not sure how he’d fit that in 3-4 panels, but that’s why he’s the artist and I’m the dude who just imagines an entire world around the comics every week here.
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See also: More Letters To An Absent Father strips
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