Attack of the Mutant (1994) by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1994-04-11T23:00:00+00:00

14

A large, color drawing of The Masked Mutant stared up at me from the table. Startled, I picked it up and examined it.

It had been drawn on thick posterboard in colored inks. The Masked Mutant’s cape swept behind him. Through his mask, his eyes appeared to stare out at me. Evil, angry eyes.

The ink glistened on the page, as if still wet. I rubbed my thumb over an edge of the cape. The ink didn’t come off.

I wonder if Starenko drew this portrait, I thought, studying it.

Glancing across the table, I saw a stack of papers on a low counter that ran along the entire back wall. Hopping off the tall stool, I made my way over to the counter and began shuffling through the papers.

They were ink drawings and pencil sketches. Many of them were of The Masked Mutant. They showed him in different poses. Some of them showed him moving his molecules around, changing into wild animals and strange, unearthly creatures.

I opened a thick folder and found about a dozen color sketches of the members of The League of Good Guys. Then I found a stack of pencil drawings of characters I’d never seen before.

This must be where they make the comic books! I told myself.

I was so excited about seeing these actual drawings and sketches, I nearly forgot about Libby.

This pink-and-green building must be the headquarters of Collectable Comics, I realized.

I was starting to feel calmer. My fears dropped away like feathers off The Battling Bird-Boy.

After all, there was nothing to be afraid of. I hadn’t stumbled into the headquarters of the world’s most evil supervillain. I was in the basement of the comic book offices.

This is where the writers and artists worked. And this is where they print the comic books every month.

So why should I be afraid?

I shuffled through folder after folder, making my way down the long counter. I found a pile of layouts for a comic book that I had just bought.

It was so exciting seeing the actual art. The page was really big, at least twice as big as the comic book. I guessed that the artists made their drawings much bigger than the actual page. And then they shrank the drawings down when they printed them.

I found some really new pencil drawings of The Masked Mutant. I knew they were new because I didn’t recognize them from my comics at home—and I have them all!

Drawing after drawing. My eyes were practically spinning!

I never dreamed that Collectable Comics were made right in Riverview Falls.

I flipped through a sketchbook of Penguin People portraits. I never liked the Penguin People. I know they’re good guys, and people really think they’re great. But I think their black-and-white costumes just look silly.

I was having a great time. Really enjoying myself.

Of course it had to end.

It ended when I opened the last folder on the counter. And stared at the sketches inside.

I gaped at them in disbelief, my hands trembling as I shuffled from one to the next.

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