We're All Comics

"The shot echoed past his head, missing by nearly half a centimeter. He didn't blink or flinch. Dark eyes glittering with menace, he reached down to his thigh holster and -drew- his -Glock-? Dave, what the -hell- are you reading?" Jacob asked as he read with amusement and tugged the comic from David's hands, breaking his intent concentration at the colorful, angular, and very detailed depiction of PhantoMan's holster.1

"Hey!" David sat up from the bean bag chair he was so languidly perched in with his head snapping up behind him to find a taunting Jacob, "It's a collectors item, issue 71, and I'm studying it for any...devaluing characteristics, if you must know. You just happened upon a provocative page where he's pulled his glock out. Now hand it over gently, and nobody gets hurt." David retorted measuredly, feigning exasperation. He pulled himself up from the chair and stretched, being sure to throw in a few menacing flexes of his biceps towards the decidedly more masculine of the them.2

"Whoa, hey, easy killer...I think it was you who happened upon the page, and all I'm saying is I'm intrigued," Jacob held up his hands, watching as the blond stretched before him and laughing as David grunted in his intimidation tactics. He offering up the comic book in surrender, "I know how voraciously you can devalue my characteristics."3

David's arms fell back to his sides with a curt sigh of protest and wrinkling of his nose as he grabbed for the plastic sleeve on the coffee table.4

"So vulgar!" He said, recovering his posture and looking at Jacob with a coy smile and then a sarcastic pout as he carefully plucked the book from his hands, "Well, looks like I won't be able to sell you after all."5

"Ohhoho, sounds like someone needs me around to recapture their youth." Jacob countered, retreating in laughter defensively as David lunged for him.6

David stopped short of causing any unwanted discomfort and merely pressed the taller boy to the wall with his hips and a smile instead, 7

"You're such a jerk."