Panel 1: Manny Joe Candleabra is lying in repose, prepared for his funeral. He is on his back. His arms are crossed and he’s are holding a cross between a short lacrosse stick and a plastic spatula with holes. It has the label “1” pointing at it. Leaning against the table he’s laying on is a musical instrument that is like a steel guitar with saxophone parts attached to the neck. It’s labeled “2”. Manny Joe is wearing a clear, plastic yellow mask that has a band going up across the middle of his head. There’s a blue eye lit up that you can see over his forehead. It’s labeled “3”. On his stomach, curled up, are two small purple and gold ropes with tassels. They are labeled “4”. He’s wearing fancy blue shoes with gold tips and spats that are purple with blue plaid squares sewed in. They are labeled “5”. Floating above his legs, in in a glass domed case, is a gun with a with a serrated blade attached to its muzzle. It has the label of “6”. Text above him says “Here lies Manny Joe Candleabra. A man who was good at getting things.”
Panel 2: In the corner is the number “1.” A close-up of the pink, plastic, lacrosse stick like tool. You can see that is has a lot of holes instead of straps and is translucent. The caption says “Slapperwand, used to drive in the winningpounce at the 3028 Outer Orbital Grail Classic.”
Panel 3: In the corner is the number “2.” A close-up of the musical instrument. The body of the steel guitar like musical instrument is strung with only one string. There are number of knobs around the body. It looks fun to play! The caption says “Handtooled viatarjo on which the quintuple platinum ‘Dry County Rock III’ was composed.”
Panel 4: A head and shoulders shot of Manny Joe. He has dark skin and shoulder length black hair. Pretty dreamy. The mask is translucent plastic, the like Slapperwand. The caption says “Prototype synesthesia inducing headset, instrumental in the Oracle Prize winning discovery of the 13th sense.”
Panel 5: The corner of this panel says “4.” The ropes are looped up. They look like graduation cords. The caption says “Honor colors from the 37 week siege at Reio Vamage.”
Panel 6: A close-up of the shoes and spats. The corner of this panel says “5.” The caption says “Custom spatsby Silvio Sasparilla, wornto accept 3rd straight Little Mister Naricisso Crown.”
Panel 7: A close-up of the gun. It looks like a toy six-shooter from the 1980s, with a serrated kitchen knife on its muzzle. There are lights and buttons along the handle. The captions says “Generic black market rayonette, the implement of choice for taking out super jocks, rock gods, eggheads,war heroes, and beauty kings.”
Panel 8: Manny Joe turns and faces the camera with a big wink. He’s not dead! The caption says “Viking Funeral by Marc Bryant & Mal Jones.”