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The September Comix Jam theme was suggested by Gerard Belec. He thought telling stories backwards would be a ton of fun; and he was SO right! The idea was that the first panel you drew on the page was Panel 6 (that is the END panel of the story). The next person had to draw panel 5 and so on, until finally the last person drew the beginning of the story (Panel 1)

It was a delightful challenge: a much more structured event than usual. When you read the comics, remember that the last panel was drawn first! They should be readable, backward OR forward really. Enjoy!

Thanks again to everyone who came out and took up the jam’s theme: Clayton Jacobs, Andrew Stutt, Elizabeth Walsh, James Rule, Amy VanTorre, Gerard Belec, Susan Shore and guest visitor Keith Savage.

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Gerard started this comic (drew the "final" Panel 6)!

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Susan started this comic (drew Panel 6)

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Amy kicked off this story (starting with Panel 6)

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Liz launched this fun story (starting with Panel 6)

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Clayton pulled this one from his creative brain (starting with Panel 6)

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Suzanne launched this super-heroic tale (starting with Panel 6)

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I _think_ Amy started this oddball tale of MYSTERY (starting with Panel 6)

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Andrew launched this fantasy story (told backwards, but beginning at Panel 1)

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Amy started this tale (starting with Panel 6)

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Suzanne started this fantasy one off (starting with Panel 6 _and_ ending with Panel 1!)

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Gerard got this one going (starting with Panel 4)

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A bit of dinosaur silliness (this started normally, at Panel 1)

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