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majestic Crown City, which is like an amazing, clockwork/steampunk version of downtown Manhattan. He has his back to us, or perhaps is turned slightly sideways so we can see him in profile. There are people on the streets, traffic with odd steampunk vehicles. Buildings tower around him (not modern buildings, but classic European architecture … like something you might see in Prague or old Berlin, but with an art deco twist). Clock faces are VERY prominent (and the clocks should have alchemy symbols instead of numbers, like on the album cover art). Fancy, colorful zeppelins cruise overhead. Metal frames and struts should emphasize copper. Keep in mind that the Watchmaker’s symbol is the honeybee, and should appear frequently.
    Owen, though, is a rube from the country. His clothes look homespun and out of place from the more stylish duds of the other people on the street. Through coloring and perspective, our eye is drawn to him, even with all this marvelous stuff going on, but the overall effect should make him look very small and overwhelmed in the big city.
    CAPTION (ALL FROM OWEN)
    Crown City
    CAPTION
    Home of the Watchmaker
    CAPTION
    Home of the CLOCKWORK ANGELS …
    CAPTION
    I left my small, comfortable village of Barrel Arbor and my responsibilities as assistant apple orchard manager.
    CAPTION
    I came here through unexpected circumstances, by accident … but I was following my dreams.
    CAPTION
    So I suppose it couldn’t possibly be an accident.
    CAPTION
    My father often said, “Thinking big—that’s your problem, Owen Hardy.” But I can’t stop thinking big.
    INSET
    Close-up of Owen’s face, wide-eyed, amazed, grinning.
    CAPTION
    Still, in a place like this, how can I not feel SMALL?
    PAGE 2
    PANEL 1
    These first few pages are colorful splashy panels of all the wonders Owen sees, with just a hint of darkness (as noted below). Country boy in the big city for the first time.
    Owen walks past fruit vendors’ stalls, trinkets, incomprehensible steampunk and alchemy gadgets on display.
    CAPTION (OWEN)
    So much to see. Everything is new … colorful … interesting. It makes my eyes and my imagination hurt—but in a good way.
    CAPTION (OWEN)
    I’m lost inside a treasure chest of wonderful things.
    PANEL 2
    Two workers in red jumpsuits (like the ones on the cover of the Moving Pictures album) are using a long-handled scrub brush and a bucket to scrub graffiti on the side of a building, the prominent Anarchist symbol (an “A” in a circle). We can see what it was, though partly washed away. Meanwhile, three stiff, straight-backed Regulators in pressed blue Prussian-style uniforms and tricorn hats march past like windup soldiers. (The graffiti and the stern Regulators are a hint of the cracks in the perfect facade, but Owen doesn’t see it.) Note, Owen does not have to be in the panel.
    CAPTION (OWEN)
    This city is kept so clean, everything in perfect order.
    REGULATOR CAPTAIN
    Make way for the Regulators!

    SCRUBBING WORKMAN
    We’ll get this cleaned up right quick, Captain!
    SECOND WORKMAN (MUTTERS)
    Bloody Anarchist …
    PANEL 3
    Owen stops at a Newsgraph Office, a much fancier version than the little office run by Mr. Paquette in Barrel Arbor. Carved in stone above the door are the words WATCHMAKER’S OFFICIAL NEWSGRAPH OFFICE #37, with the honeybee symbol next to it. A man stands in the doorway, reading aloud from a tickertape, like a town crier.
    NEWSGRAPH MAN
    Today’s official pronouncements from the Clockwork Angels! Take heed, and take heart!
    NEWSGRAPH MAN
    *Ahem* “Trust in perfect love, and perfect planning. Everything will turn our for the best.”
    PANEL 4
    In front of a bookshop, Owen stops by a table full of identical books, all thick volumes, all with the honeybee symbol stamped on the cover. The bookshop has a sign that says WATCHMAKER’S OFFICIAL BOOKSHOP #17. Owen picks up one of the books. A bookseller grins at him.
    BOOKSELLER
    The Official Autobiography of the Watchmaker, lad.