The Sources Box
A cartoon. The cartoonist's view is their own.
A reporter at a desk, typing. Above her head, a small tidy box labelled WHAT WE KNOW.
Beside it, a second box, three times the size, labelled WHAT WE COULD NOT CONFIRM.
She reaches for the second box. It does not fit through the door of the first.
The finished page. The small box is at the top. The enormous box is at the bottom, in six-point type, and is the only thing anyone has ever written to us about.
The script
PANEL 1 | A reporter at a desk, typing. Above her head, a small tidy box labelled WHAT WE KNOW.
PANEL 2 | Beside it, a second box, three times the size, labelled WHAT WE COULD NOT CONFIRM.
PANEL 3 | She reaches for the second box. It does not fit through the door of the first.
PANEL 4 | The finished page. The small box is at the top. The enormous box is at the bottom, in six-point type, and is the only thing anyone has ever written to us about.
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