Angie Benson
The Journal of Angie Benson, Age 12, Special Needs Student, During the Zombie Outbreak
a 24 Hour Comic Day Comic by Corina Becker, 2010
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- Exercise book cover. Name, school, and room number written in marker. In crayon is written “My Journal, Angie, Age 12.”
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- two children painting at an easel “Ms Taylor says to draw my day. Today Billy and me painted.”
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- drawing of girl with a doctor holding a dripping syringe. “Today Mommy and Daddy and me gots shots”
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- drawing of children wearing masks “today we wore masks”
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- two girls playing outside under a sun. “Today Kloe and me played. Billy is sick.”
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- girl sitting alone in an empty classroom. “Today only me in class. It stank.”
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- girl in window of house. “Today there is no school. I stayed home.”
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- girl in house waving to boy outside of house. boy is wearing a sign. “Today the sick people go to camp. Bye Billy.”
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- girl with two people and a large building. “Today we are moved into the city.”
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- Angry people in front of building “Today there is a lot of angry people outside.”
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- a line of people going to camp in front of the building. “Today lots of people go to camp. I see Kloe.”
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- picture of a girl smiling. “Today Mommy says sick people get medicine at camp. I hope Kloe gets well.”
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- people lying down in front of building, sun shining in sky. “Today all the sick people lie down. They didn’t get up.”
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- Girl surrounded by buildings. “Today I go outside. It is Quiet.”
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- Building and sun, overshadowed by smoke. “Today there was smoke from the camp. The sky got dark.”
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- man hammering nails into planks over a door. “Today Daddy hammered the doors and windows downstairs. I can’t go out anymore.”
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- people dripping blood, walking in front of building. “Today, sick people left camp.”
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- happy children “today Daddy says we are going to a safe place and I can play.”
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- girl with man and woman, pulling suitcase, as they walk between houses and buildings. “Today we left the city.”
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- girl in back of car, man driving car. Sun in sky. “Today we found a car and drove a lot.”
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- man frowning at a smoking car. “Today the car broke.”
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- girl walking in a line with other people. The other people are holding various weapons. “Today we walked and walked and walked. I is tired.”
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- girl running away from bleeding people. “Today we met sick people and ran away.”
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- In a field of flowers and under a sunny sky, a man shoots a woman in a large burst of blood. “Today Mommy got infected. Daddy shot Mommy.”
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- girl and people with weapons in underground box, green people standing above. “Today the sick people followed us. We hid.”
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- Girl and man listening to radio. “Today the people on the radio says they can’t help us.”
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- Green people covered in blood at door of house, man on inside. “Today the sick people are still there.”
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- girl holding radio and smiling. “Today I heard people on the radio. Daddy doesn’t believe me.”
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- Girl holding hands with mother and father on either side of her. “Today Daddy says we will see Mommy soon. Tonight, we will have special dinner and cake.”
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- girl holding stomach, looking sick. Around her are people lying down with hands folded over their chests. “Today I feel sick. No one will wake up.”
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- girl, smiling. “This is my last page. I’m waiting. Who will find me?”
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- Back of exercise book, written in crayon with hearts and a sun. “And They Lived Happily Ever After. The End.”
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