The Filson Journal

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Filson Adventure Comic

Filson Adventures | Chapter 1

comic: filson adventures, chapter one, the cheechako — 1 of 10

comic: coppercenter, AK 1933 — 2 of 10

comic: snow covered room of roadhouse — 3 of 10

comic: men sitting at table drinking — 4 of 10

comic: barkeep cleaning counter — 5 of 10

comic: floor creaks — 6 of 10

comic: barkeep looks up — 7 of 10

comic: boy enters roadhouse — 8 of 10

comic: boy finally arrives in the REAL Alaska — 9 of 10

comic: Filson Adventures to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 2

comic: filson adventures, chapter 2, the welcome wagon — 1 of 10

comic: man yells at boy to close the door or he will let in the snow — 2 of 10

comic: boy apologizes, closing the door — 3 of 10

comic: man isn't interested in boy as he's just another passing through — 4 of 10

comic: boy says hello to woman as she rolls a cigarette — 5 of 10

comic: woman tells boy to listen to the nan as he doesn't belong — 6 of 10

comic: boy doesn't understand as another man explains to him the culture — 7 of 10

comic: man says things just don't tend to go their way — 8 of 10

comic: another man enters taking control of the room — 9 of 10

comic: man says this place is just looking for a chance to kill you, too be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 3

comic: filson adventures, chapter 3, The Pilot — 1 of 10

comic: barkeep welcoming in the mysterious man — 2 of 10

comic: man saying hi to woman — 3 of 10

comic: barkeep wanting man to pay his bar tab — 4 of 10

comic: man saying he can pay bar tab after his next trip — 5 of 10

comic: boy listening in on conversation about bar tab between man and barkeep — 6 of 10

comic: man noticed boy listening and asked if he can help him with something — 7 of 10

comic: boy suggesting he can help with his trip, man says no — 8 of 10

comic: someone enters and calls out to man, he seems to know him — 9 of 10

comic of filson adventures to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 4

comic: filson adventures, chapter 4, Accounts Payable — 1 of 9

comic: Curly enters wearing wool coat he bar saying, didn't think I'd catch up with you, huh? you owe me a day's wages you slippery son of a bitch! — 2 of 9

comic: Curley wearing wool coat says, Now Im here to git what's rightly mine! — 3 of 9

comic: man in fur coat says, I don't pay you cause you didn't work. you just slept off your hangover while I burned more fuel from your dead weight! Curly, threatening me isn't gonna get you anywhere, as he sets his glass down on the bar — 4 of 9

comic: Curly yells at man in fur coat saying, You got cotton in yer ears? Im gonna cut you if I don't get my money! And the man in the fur coat responds, Curly, Curly, Curly... — 5 of 9

comic: man wearing fur coat punches Curly wearing wool coat in the face and the caption reads KRAK — 6 of 9

comic: Man with fur coat says, You should know better by now than to pull a knife on me... as other man on the floor says ugh — 7 of 9

comic: man wearing fur coat says, Sorry 'bout the mess, ma. Just add it to my tab? as he walks towards the door — 8 of 9

comic: filson adventures to be continued — 9 of 9

Filson Adventures | Chapter 5

cartoon graphic of filson adventures, chapter five, the get ready with a boy wearing a dark coat, white shirt and bleeding from being hit in the face — 1 of 10

a cartoon graphic of bearded man wearing a fur and wool coat readying his small plane — 2 of 10

cartoon graphic of someone grabbing a bearded mans shoulder from behind as he says, kid, if you wanna keep that hand, you'd best let go — 3 of 10

cartoon graphic of boy wearing black zip jacket saying, look-I don't want sympathy or charity. I just have people relying on me back home. People who gave their last dollar to et me here. All Im asking is a chance to prove myself to you. — 4 of 10

cartoon graphic of a man wearing a fur and wool coat looking toward the kid saying, (sigh) what's your name, kid? — 5 of 10

cartoon graphic of the kid responding, it's Jack, sir as the bearded man wearing a wool and fur coat takes off his glasses saying, well Jack - I hope I don't regret this but I'll give you a shot. — 6 of 10

a dark cartoon graphic of a white smudge on a black page that reads, Maybe you're cut out for this, maybe you're not... says the man. on the bottom right corner, 45 minutes later... — 7 of 10

a cartoon graphic of a bush plane crashed in the mountains as snow is heavily falling. A hand peaks out from the open door and the card reads, Just know that it's not gonna be me test you out here... — 8 of 10

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a cartoon graphic of filson adventures to be continued, as a bush plane flies over mountain peaks and old newspaper ads are faded in the background — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 6

cartoon of boy standing in front of burning airplane. copy reads: — 1 of 9

comic of boy getting out of crashed airplane in snowy scene behind him. He has a cut on his cheek. — 2 of 9

comic boy yelling — 3 of 9

Comic of a tattered jacket on the snow-covered ground. — 4 of 9

comic drawing of dark silhouette of a boy standing next to a crashed plane in a snowy environment. — 5 of 9

comic image of a boys face with snow all around him, looking off into the distance. He has a cut above his eye. — 6 of 9

Comic drawing of a boy setting out into the snowy mountains, wearing the jacket he found on the ground. — 7 of 9

comic drawing of darkness with snow all around. — 8 of 9

comic drawing of a mountain landscape with an old plane flying through it. The copy reads: — 9 of 9

Filson Adventures | Chapter 7

Black & white comic drawing of a boy sitting in a snowy setting at night around a campfire. Text reads: — 1 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of a boy sitting near a fire at night in a snowy setting — 2 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of a boy holding a photograph of his family. — 3 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of a close up photograph of a family. The text reads: — 4 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of an old man on a farm, wearing a hat. His speaking, saying: — 5 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of a boys face (outside his house on a farm), with the text (coming from his father): — 6 of 8

Black and white comic drawing of the same boy, now a man, with long hair and a cut on his cheek, back by the fire. The text is still coming from his dad (in the past): — 7 of 8

Black and white comic of a plane flying over snowy mountains, with text that reads: — 8 of 8

Filson Adventures | Chapter 8

filson adventures, chapter eight, The Wild with a illustration of a black wolf huffing and standing its ground — 1 of 9

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool fur coat walking through the woods in the winter, snow falling — 2 of 9

a black and white comic graphic of the boy saying — 3 of 9

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool fur coat standing in the woods looking towards something — 4 of 9

a black and white comic of an angry black wolf circling back and huffing with his eyes locked on something straight in front of it — 5 of 9

a black and white comic of an angry black wolf standing facing the right as the snow comes down in the woods — 6 of 9

a black and white comic of an angry mother moose protecting her young behind her as a black wolf stands in front of the rearing mother moose as the snow comes down in the woods — 7 of 9

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool fur coat standing in the woods with a grey wolf behind him on higher ground as he looks towards something else — 8 of 9

Black and white comic of a plane flying over snowy mountains, with text that reads: — 9 of 9

Filson Adventures | Chapter 9

filson adventures, chapter nine, Into the Drink, the boys face looks startled as he's falling — 1 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool and fur coat turning to his left looking over his shoulder holding a rifle saying, I-I think I lost them.... — 2 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of the bow wearing a wool and fur coat, cuffed pants and boots and holding a rifle as the snow under his feet starts to krack and pop — 3 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool and fur coat falling into a air pocket of snow with a startled face — 4 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of footprints in the snow, the word splash in the bottom right corner — 5 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of a white wolf turning to the right looking towards where the boy fell — 6 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of the white wolf looking towards the foot prints in the snow and the shape of the boy deep below the surface of the snow — 7 of 10

Black and white comic of a plane flying over snowy mountains, with text that reads: — 8 of 10

filson adventures, chapter eight, The Wild with a illustration of a black wolf huffing and standing its ground — 9 of 10

a black and white comic graphic of a boy wearing a wool fur coat walking through the woods in the winter, snow falling — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 10

filson adventures, chapter ten, Rise and Venture, the boy is now wet and trying to claw his way out of the hole he fell into wearing his wool and fur coat — 1 of 10

the boy is now wet and trying to claw his way out of the hole he fell into wearing his wool and fur coat — 2 of 10

the boy frazzled by the huffing noises from the snow around him says, oh god, oh no-no-no — 3 of 10

the boy wearing his fur and wool coat now determined, reaches into his jacket saying, No. — 4 of 10

a close up of the boy starting to pull out a knife with his right hand wearing a black fingerless glove — 5 of 10

The boy now more determined than ever cocks his hand back preparing to stab the ice saying No. — 6 of 10

The boy stabs the ice with his knife making a SNIKT sound as the snow around him goes WOOSH and he starts to pull himself up — 7 of 10

The boy now slowly pulling himself out of the hole little by little, still wearing his wool and fur coat, fingerless gloves and backpack, he's climbing further and saying No. — 8 of 10

The boy now standing with all of his heavy clothes now soaked and full of fresh snow he coughs and looks exhausted — 9 of 10

A close up of the boy holding the knife in the hand he's brought close to his chin saying H-Holy Shit.... to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 11

filson adventures, chapter eleven, Hard to Fail, Jack holds a gun close to his face to aim, pointing it towards something in the distance — 1 of 10

comic: man standing in front of fire in woods with shawl around his shoulders — 2 of 10

comic: hands putting object in drawstring bag in snow storm — 3 of 10

comic: hand holding hard tack above fire, caption — 4 of 10

comic: man sitting by fire in snow storm holding rifle. caption — 5 of 10

comic: hands cocking rifle in snowy field — 6 of 10

Jack holds a gun close to his face to aim, pointing it towards something in the distance — 7 of 10

comic: hand pulling trigger of rifle — 8 of 10

comic: man looking over shoulder holding rifle hearing — 9 of 10

Black and white comic of a plane flying over snowy mountains, with text that reads: — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 12

filson adventures, chapter twelve, Last Leg, Jack with his head down wearing his wool and fur coat walking through a blizzard holding his riffle in his right hand — 1 of 9

a snowy black and white landscape with a pine tree line straight ahead with mountains towering overhead — 2 of 9

Jack walking up a snowy ridge lined with pine trees as the blizzard blows snow covering his footprints and a cabin sits on the crest of the hill — 3 of 9

Jack with his head down wearing his wool and fur coat walking through a blizzard holding his riffle in his right hand — 4 of 9

jack still wearing his coat and holding his gun, exhausted and hungry — 5 of 9

a close up of jack looking hopeful towards something ahead — 6 of 9

an image of jack from behind walking towards the cabin as the blizzard blows snow decreasing visibility — 7 of 9

jack opened the door and is stepping inside the cabin where its dark, full of cob webs and an old wood stove to the left — 8 of 9

Black and white comic of a plane flying over snowy mountains, with text that reads: — 9 of 9

Filson Adventures | Chapter 13

comic: filson adventures Man in parka and backpack standing in snow with distant mountain — 1 of 10

comic: snow covered cabin with distant mountains and pine trees at night, caption: — 2 of 10

comic: man in cabin lit by fire lanterns writing in journal at desk. Caption: — 3 of 10

comic: hand holding can of heinz beans, caption: — 4 of 10

comic: gloved hand annotates map of alaska with pencil, caption — 5 of 10

comic: man putting on jacket in cabin lit by candle, caption: I never would have thought myself, capable of surviving this long. I have the strangest sense of pride regarding it, despite the long journey ahead. — 6 of 10

comic: gloved hand holding rifle, caption: Have to stay focused though on the task at hand. My powder is dry. — 7 of 10

comic: man with parka and backpack standing in snow near cabin with caption: — 8 of 10

comic: note tacked to wooden wall reading — 9 of 10

comic: filson adventure, to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 14

Filson Adventure Comic: Chapter 14 Denouement — 1 of 10

comic: boy sleeping on ground in cave with fire behind him — 2 of 10

comic: close up of boys face as water drops from above — 3 of 10

comic: boy pulls out a gun as a bear approaches behind him — 4 of 10

comic: the bear says RAWR as the boy says gah! — 5 of 10

comic: boy looking straight ahead holding a knife in one hand saying son of a - — 6 of 10

comic: boy stands tall saying ENOUGH and starts yelling at the bear that he wants to fight — 7 of 10

comic: the bear stands down — 8 of 10

comic: the boy standing by the fire looking at the bear as it walks away — 9 of 10

comic: filson adventure, to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Chapter 15

Filson Adventure Comic: Chapter 15 Acta Non Verba — 1 of 10

comic: the boy holding a fun and wearing a fur and wool coat stands on top of a snowy hill — 2 of 10

comic: the boy looks towards a small town with lights on — 3 of 10

comic: the boy enters the saloon where there are others drinking — 4 of 10

comic: the bartender asks the boy what'll it be as he approaches the bar — 5 of 10

comic: the boy asks if they have any bourbon, as someone asks if that's his son — 6 of 10

comic: old man approaching boy saying y-you want to celebrate don't ya? — 7 of 10

comic: boy and bartender talking, bartender saying he'll do or say just about anything for a drink — 8 of 10

comic: boy sipping drink saying I'm good boss, in fact I've never been better — 9 of 10

comic: filson adventure, to be continued — 10 of 10

Filson Adventures | Post Credit

comic: filson adventure, the end — 1 of 8

comic: man laying down and the word SNAP appears — 2 of 8

comic: man looks worried — 3 of 8

comic: wolf approaches man — 4 of 8

comic: man pulls out gun and points it towards the wolf saying I aint dead yet you mangy mutt! — 5 of 8

comic: man reaches back as the wolf circles him saying Huh? — 6 of 8

comic: wolf lies down next to fire and looks at man — 7 of 8

comic: man looks concerned saying well, what now? — 8 of 8

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