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Frank Burly

Frank Burly

Storyboard adaptation of Chapters 1 and 2 of "The Time Machine Did It" by John Swartzwelder.

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January 05, 2025
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  1. Scene 1 Panel 1 / 2 BURLY (V.O): Frank Burly

    is my name. ECarter FrankBurly Page 1/181
  2. Scene 1 Panel 2 / 2 BURLY (V.O): Frank Burly

    is my name. ECarter FrankBurly Page 2/181
  3. Scene 2 Panel 1 / 3 BURLY (V.O): Okay, it's

    not my name. ECarter FrankBurly Page 3/181
  4. Scene 2 Panel 2 / 3 BURLY (V.O): I lied

    about that. ECarter FrankBurly Page 4/181
  5. Scene 2 Panel 3 / 3 BURLY (V.O): My name

    is Edward R. Torgeson Jr. ECarter FrankBurly Page 5/181
  6. Scene 3 Panel 1 / 2 BURLY (V.O): I changed

    it for the business ECarter FrankBurly Page 6/181
  7. Scene 3 Panel 2 / 2 BURLY (V.O): I changed

    it for the business ECarter FrankBurly Page 7/181
  8. Scene 4 Panel 1 / 4 BURLY (V.O): You've got

    to have a tough sounding name.. ECarter FrankBurly Page 9/181
  9. Scene 4 Panel 2 / 4 BURLY (V.O): You've got

    to have a tough sounding name.. ECarter FrankBurly Page 10/181
  10. Scene 4 Panel 3 / 4 BURLY (V.O): You've got

    to have a tough sounding name.. ECarter FrankBurly Page 11/181
  11. Scene 4 Panel 4 / 4 BURLY (V.O): ...if you

    want to be hired out of a phone book. ECarter FrankBurly Page 12/181
  12. Scene 5 Panel 1 / 6 BURLY (V.O): ...if you

    want to be hired out of a phone book. ECarter FrankBurly Page 13/181
  13. Scene 5 Panel 2 / 6 BURLY (V.O): ...if you

    want to be hired out of a phone book. ECarter FrankBurly Page 14/181
  14. Scene 8 Panel 1 / 6 BURLY (V.O): Here’s my

    secretary Elizabeth Squirrel. ECarter FrankBurly Page 28/181
  15. Scene 8 Panel 2 / 6 BURLY (V.O): Reading one

    of those romance magazines that tell you what love is like. ECarter FrankBurly Page 29/181
  16. Scene 8 Panel 3 / 6 BURLY (V.O): Reading one

    of those romance magazines that tell you what love is like. ECarter FrankBurly Page 30/181
  17. Scene 9 Panel 1 / 2 LIZ: "What am I,

    your secretary?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 34/181
  18. Scene 9 Panel 2 / 2 LIZ: "What am I,

    your secretary?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 35/181
  19. Scene 10 Panel 3 / 7 LIZ: "Look, just leave

    me alone." ECarter FrankBurly Page 38/181
  20. Scene 10 Panel 4 / 7 LIZ: "Look, just leave

    me alone." ECarter FrankBurly Page 39/181
  21. Scene 10 Panel 5 / 7 BURLY (V.O): It's tough

    to make a living in my racket... ECarter FrankBurly Page 40/181
  22. Scene 10 Panel 6 / 7 BURLY (V.O): Another thing

    that makes it tough is that I'm not the best detective in town. ECarter FrankBurly Page 41/181
  23. Scene 10 Panel 7 / 7 BURLY (V.O): Another thing

    that makes it tough is that I'm not the best detective in town. ECarter FrankBurly Page 42/181
  24. Scene 11 Panel 1 / 7 BURLY (V.O): In fact,

    ECarter FrankBurly Page 43/181
  25. Scene 11 Panel 2 / 7 BURLY (V.O): In this

    building ECarter FrankBurly Page 44/181
  26. Scene 11 Panel 3 / 7 BURLY (V.O): You have

    to pass the offices of three detectives ECarter FrankBurly Page 45/181
  27. Scene 11 Panel 4 / 7 BURLY (V.O): You have

    to pass the offices of three detectives ECarter FrankBurly Page 46/181
  28. Scene 11 Panel 5 / 7 BURLY (V.O): who are

    better than me ECarter FrankBurly Page 47/181
  29. Scene 11 Panel 6 / 7 BURLY (V.O): To get

    to my place.. ECarter FrankBurly Page 48/181
  30. Scene 11 Panel 7 / 7 BURLY (V.O): So I

    guess I lose some business that way. ECarter FrankBurly Page 49/181
  31. Scene 12 Panel 1 / 19 BURLY (V.O): I was

    about to write off the day as a total loss and take a late dinner, ECarter FrankBurly Page 50/181
  32. Scene 12 Panel 2 / 19 BURLY (V.O): maybe go

    to that new all-you-can-eat spaghetti place downtown. ECarter FrankBurly Page 51/181
  33. Scene 12 Panel 3 / 19 BURLY (V.O): maybe go

    to that new all-you-can-eat spaghetti place downtown. ECarter FrankBurly Page 52/181
  34. Scene 12 Panel 4 / 19 BURLY (V.O): maybe go

    to that new all-you-can-eat spaghetti place downtown. ECarter FrankBurly Page 53/181
  35. Scene 12 Panel 5 / 19 BURLY (V.O): maybe go

    to that new all-you-can-eat spaghetti place downtown. ECarter FrankBurly Page 54/181
  36. Scene 12 Panel 6 / 19 BURLY (V.O): maybe go

    to that new all-you-can-eat spaghetti place downtown. ECarter FrankBurly Page 55/181
  37. Scene 12 Panel 7 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 56/181
  38. Scene 12 Panel 8 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 57/181
  39. Scene 12 Panel 9 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 58/181
  40. Scene 12 Panel 10 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 59/181
  41. Scene 12 Panel 11 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 60/181
  42. Scene 12 Panel 12 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 61/181
  43. Scene 12 Panel 13 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 62/181
  44. Scene 12 Panel 14 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 63/181
  45. Scene 12 Panel 15 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 64/181
  46. Scene 12 Panel 16 / 19 BURLY (V.O): But just

    when I was starting to wonder just how much spaghetti I could eat, ECarter FrankBurly Page 65/181
  47. Scene 12 Panel 17 / 19 BURLY (V.O): Another prospective

    client came in... ECarter FrankBurly Page 66/181
  48. Scene 12 Panel 18 / 19 BURLY (V.O): Another prospective

    client came in... ECarter FrankBurly Page 67/181
  49. Scene 12 Panel 19 / 19 BURLY (V.O): Another prospective

    client came in... ECarter FrankBurly Page 68/181
  50. Scene 14 Panel 1 / 2 HOBO: "Hello. My name

    is Thomas Dewey Mandible, The Third," ECarter FrankBurly Page 69/181
  51. Scene 14 Panel 2 / 2 HOBO: "Hello. My name

    is Thomas Dewey Mandible, The Third," ECarter FrankBurly Page 70/181
  52. Scene 15 Panel 2 / 3 BURLY: "What can I

    do for you, Mr. Mandible?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 72/181
  53. Scene 15 Panel 3 / 3 BURLY (V.O.): He informed

    me that he was a multimillionaire, the wealthiest man in the city. ECarter FrankBurly Page 73/181
  54. Scene 16 Panel 1 / 4 BURLY (V.O.): He informed

    me that he was a multimillionaire, the wealthiest man in the city. ECarter FrankBurly Page 74/181
  55. Scene 16 Panel 2 / 4 BURLY (V.O.): He informed

    me that he was a multimillionaire, the wealthiest man in the city. ECarter FrankBurly Page 75/181
  56. Scene 16 Panel 3 / 4 BURLY (V.O.): He informed

    me that he was a multimillionaire, the wealthiest man in the city. ECarter FrankBurly Page 76/181
  57. Scene 16 Panel 4 / 4 BURLY (V.O.): He informed

    me that he was a multimillionaire, the wealthiest man in the city. ECarter FrankBurly Page 77/181
  58. Scene 17 Panel 1 / 3 BURLY (V:O): I looked

    him over with a discrete, skeptical eye. ECarter FrankBurly Page 78/181
  59. Scene 17 Panel 2 / 3 BURLY (V:O): I looked

    him over with a discrete, skeptical eye. ECarter FrankBurly Page 79/181
  60. Scene 17 Panel 3 / 3 BURLY (V:O): I looked

    him over with a discrete, skeptical eye. ECarter FrankBurly Page 80/181
  61. Scene 18 Panel 1 / 4 BURLY (V:O): I looked

    him over with a discrete, skeptical eye. ECarter FrankBurly Page 81/181
  62. Scene 18 Panel 3 / 4 HOBO: "What is the

    meaning of that look, young man? ECarter FrankBurly Page 83/181
  63. Scene 18 Panel 4 / 4 HOBO: "What is the

    meaning of that look, young man? ECarter FrankBurly Page 84/181
  64. Scene 19 Panel 1 / 3 HOBO: Don't I look

    like a wealthy man to you?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 85/181
  65. Scene 19 Panel 2 / 3 HOBO: Don't I look

    like a wealthy man to you?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 86/181
  66. Scene 19 Panel 3 / 3 BURLY: Yeah I guess

    so... ECarter FrankBurly Page 87/181
  67. Scene 19_A Panel 2 / 3 BURLY: But you look

    more like a tramp. ECarter FrankBurly Page 89/181
  68. Scene 19_A Panel 3 / 3 BURLY: Or maybe a

    maniac. ECarter FrankBurly Page 90/181
  69. Scene 20 Panel 1 / 10 HOBO: Listen. I was

    a multi-millionaire when I had gone to bed that night. ECarter FrankBurly Page 91/181
  70. Scene 20 Panel 2 / 10 HOBO: "At my stately

    Mandible Manor!" ECarter FrankBurly Page 92/181
  71. Scene 20 Panel 3 / 10 HOBO: But somehow during

    the night I was robbed of everything I had in the world. ECarter FrankBurly Page 93/181
  72. Scene 20 Panel 4 / 10 HOBO: "I woke up

    this morning in a cardboard box" ECarter FrankBurly Page 94/181
  73. Scene 20 Panel 5 / 10 HOBO: "I woke up

    this morning in a cardboard box" ECarter FrankBurly Page 95/181
  74. Scene 20 Panel 6 / 10 HOBO: which I was

    told to get out of because it wasn't mine." ECarter FrankBurly Page 96/181
  75. Scene 20 Panel 7 / 10 HOBO: But none of

    that is important. ECarter FrankBurly Page 97/181
  76. Scene 22 Panel 1 / 4 He hands BURLY a

    picture of a figurine about twelve inches high of Justice Holding The Scales: that statuey-looking thing you see when you're watching one of those courtroom dramas on TV. ECarter FrankBurly Page 110/181
  77. Scene 22 Panel 2 / 4 He hands BURLY a

    picture of a figurine about twelve inches high of Justice Holding The Scales: that statuey-looking thing you see when you're watching one of those courtroom dramas on TV. ECarter FrankBurly Page 111/181
  78. Scene 22 Panel 3 / 4 He hands BURLY a

    picture of a figurine about twelve inches high of Justice Holding The Scales: that statuey-looking thing you see when you're watching one of those courtroom dramas on TV. ECarter FrankBurly Page 112/181
  79. Scene 22 Panel 4 / 4 He hands BURLY a

    picture of a figurine about twelve inches high of Justice Holding The Scales: that statuey-looking thing you see when you're watching one of those courtroom dramas on TV. ECarter FrankBurly Page 113/181
  80. Scene 23 Panel 2 / 3 BURLY: Doesn't look very

    valuable to me. ECarter FrankBurly Page 115/181
  81. Scene 23 Panel 3 / 3 BURLY: Doesn't look very

    valuable to me. ECarter FrankBurly Page 116/181
  82. Scene 24 Panel 1 / 4 BURLY: Doesn't look very

    valuable to me. ECarter FrankBurly Page 117/181
  83. Scene 24 Panel 2 / 4 HOBO: "It has no

    monetary value, as you have guessed. ECarter FrankBurly Page 118/181
  84. Scene 24 Panel 3 / 4 HOBO: "But it was

    my family's most prized possession." ECarter FrankBurly Page 119/181
  85. Scene 24 Panel 4 / 4 BURLY: "Who do you

    suspect? Who steals from you normally?" ECarter FrankBurly Page 120/181
  86. Scene 25 Panel 1 / 4 HOBO: My family had

    always had trouble with a group of idle low-lives... ECarter FrankBurly Page 121/181
  87. Scene 25 Panel 2 / 4 HOBO: Called "poor people".

    ECarter FrankBurly Page 122/181
  88. Scene 25 Panel 3 / 4 HOBO: "It might have

    been one of them. Or it could have been one of those pest control people... ECarter FrankBurly Page 123/181
  89. Scene 25 Panel 4 / 4 HOBO: I bring in

    periodically to spray for poor people. ECarter FrankBurly Page 124/181
  90. Scene 26 Panel 1 / 2 BURLY (V.O): "I thought

    about his story" ECarter FrankBurly Page 125/181
  91. Scene 26 Panel 2 / 2 BURLY (V.O) "And consulted

    my notes. ECarter FrankBurly Page 126/181
  92. Scene 27 Panel 1 / 1 BURLY (V.O): " I

    realized I couldn't read my notes" ECarter FrankBurly Page 127/181
  93. Scene 28 Panel 1 / 8 BURLY (V.O): "And had

    forgot most of his story." ECarter FrankBurly Page 128/181
  94. Scene 28 Panel 2 / 8 BURLY (V.O): "And had

    forgot most of his story." ECarter FrankBurly Page 129/181
  95. Scene 28 Panel 4 / 8 BURLY: "I've got to

    warn you," ECarter FrankBurly Page 131/181
  96. Scene 28 Panel 5 / 8 BURLY: "I've got to

    warn you," ECarter FrankBurly Page 132/181
  97. Scene 28 Panel 6 / 8 BURLY: "I'm a pretty

    lousy detective, all things considered." ECarter FrankBurly Page 133/181
  98. Scene 28 Panel 7 / 8 BURLY: "I mean, I

    don't know if things like that matter to you.." ECarter FrankBurly Page 134/181
  99. Scene 28 Panel 8 / 8 BURLY: ...but I stink!"

    ECarter FrankBurly Page 135/181
  100. Scene 29 Panel 1 / 6 MANDIBLE digs into his

    smelly pocket and pulls out his squalid checkbook. HOBO: I knew that before he came up here. No decent detective would take a case like this. ECarter FrankBurly Page 136/181
  101. Scene 29 Panel 2 / 6 MANDIBLE digs into his

    smelly pocket and pulls out his squalid checkbook. HOBO: I knew that before he came up here. No decent detective would take a case like this. ECarter FrankBurly Page 137/181
  102. Scene 29 Panel 3 / 6 HOBO: I had already

    asked them. And they had already said no. ECarter FrankBurly Page 138/181
  103. Scene 29 Panel 4 / 6 HOBO: I had already

    asked them. And they had already said no. ECarter FrankBurly Page 139/181
  104. Scene 29 Panel 5 / 6 HOBO: I had already

    asked them. And they had already said no. ECarter FrankBurly Page 140/181
  105. Scene 29 Panel 6 / 6 HOBO: I had already

    asked them. And they had already said no. ECarter FrankBurly Page 141/181
  106. Scene 30 Panel 1 / 4 He tears off a

    check that has flies buzzing around it and hands it to BURLY. HOBO: "I'm giving you a blank check." ECarter FrankBurly Page 142/181
  107. Scene 30 Panel 2 / 4 He tears off a

    check that has flies buzzing around it and hands it to BURLY. HOBO: "I'm giving you a blank check." ECarter FrankBurly Page 143/181
  108. Scene 30 Panel 3 / 4 He tears off a

    check that has flies buzzing around it and hands it to BURLY. ECarter FrankBurly Page 144/181
  109. Scene 30 Panel 4 / 4 He tears off a

    check that has flies buzzing around it and hands it to BURLY. ECarter FrankBurly Page 145/181
  110. Scene 31 Panel 3 / 8 HOBO: "I don't have

    any money in the bank. ECarter FrankBurly Page 148/181
  111. Scene 31 Panel 4 / 8 HOBO: "I don't have

    any money in the bank. ECarter FrankBurly Page 149/181
  112. Scene 31 Panel 5 / 8 HOBO: "But I will

    soon! ECarter FrankBurly Page 150/181
  113. Scene 31 Panel 6 / 8 HOBO: "Don't worry about

    the money. ECarter FrankBurly Page 151/181
  114. Scene 31 Panel 7 / 8 HOBO: "Don't worry about

    the money! ECarter FrankBurly Page 152/181
  115. Scene 31 Panel 8 / 8 HOBO: "Just get going

    and solve this case! ECarter FrankBurly Page 153/181
  116. Scene 32 Panel 1 / 8 HOBO: "Just get going

    and solve this case! ECarter FrankBurly Page 154/181
  117. Scene 32 Panel 3 / 8 HOBO:"Here are five more

    blank checks! ECarter FrankBurly Page 156/181
  118. Scene 32 Panel 4 / 8 HOBO:"That's how important this

    case is! ECarter FrankBurly Page 157/181
  119. Scene 32 Panel 5 / 8 HOBO:"That's how important this

    case is! ECarter FrankBurly Page 158/181
  120. Scene 32 Panel 6 / 8 HOBO:"That's how important this

    case is! ECarter FrankBurly Page 159/181
  121. Scene 32 Panel 7 / 8 HOBO:"That's how important this

    case is! ECarter FrankBurly Page 160/181
  122. Scene 33 Panel 2 / 6 BURLY (V.O): I agreed

    to take the case... ECarter FrankBurly Page 163/181
  123. Scene 33 Panel 3 / 6 BURLY (V.O): I agreed

    to take the case... ECarter FrankBurly Page 164/181
  124. Scene 33 Panel 4 / 6 BURLY (V.O): I agreed

    to take the case... ECarter FrankBurly Page 165/181
  125. Scene 33 Panel 5 / 6 BURLY (V.O): I agreed

    to take the case... ECarter FrankBurly Page 166/181
  126. Scene 33 Panel 6 / 6 BURLY (V.O): And tossed

    the blank checks in a drawer. ECarter FrankBurly Page 167/181
  127. Scene 33_A Panel 1 / 10 BURLY (V.O): And tossed

    the blank checks in a drawer. ECarter FrankBurly Page 168/181
  128. Scene 33_A Panel 2 / 10 BURLY (V.O): And tossed

    the blank checks in a drawer. ECarter FrankBurly Page 169/181
  129. Scene 33_A Panel 3 / 10 BURLY (V.O): I got

    my hat, gun and notepad and headed for the door. ECarter FrankBurly Page 170/181
  130. Scene 33_A Panel 4 / 10 BURLY (V.O): I got

    my hat, gun and notepad and headed for the door. ECarter FrankBurly Page 171/181
  131. Scene 33_A Panel 5 / 10 BURLY (V.O): I got

    my hat, gun and notepad and headed for the door. ECarter FrankBurly Page 172/181
  132. Scene 33_A Panel 6 / 10 BURLY (V.O): I got

    my hat, gun and notepad and headed for the door. ECarter FrankBurly Page 173/181
  133. Scene 33_A Panel 7 / 10 BURLY (V.O): I got

    my hat, gun and notepad and headed for the door. ECarter FrankBurly Page 174/181
  134. Scene 34 Panel 1 / 3 BURLY (V.O): And Mandible

    left as regally as he had entered. ECarter FrankBurly Page 178/181
  135. Scene 34 Panel 2 / 3 BURLY (V.O): And Mandible

    left as regally as he had entered. ECarter FrankBurly Page 179/181