DONARUDO
WEEK 083 / 083 — The Eve
Vol. 2 ·  Chapter 8 — The Transition · Jan 10 – Jan 16, 2017
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 83 “The Eve”: Typed pages swirl like black snow around the tower as an unverified dossier breaks and Donarudo roars back in capitals.
JANUARY 10. A DOSSIER OF UNVERIFIED WHISPERS IS LOOSED UPON THE WORLD. THE TOWER ROARS BACK.
“FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!”
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 83 “The Eve”: At a lobby lectern Donarudo jabs a finger at the camera-faced press pack, comparing the leaks to old tyrannies.
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to ""leak"" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 83 “The Eve”: Arms crossed beneath a swinging bulb, Donarudo denies it all: no deals, no loans, nothing to do with Russia.
“Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!”
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 83 “The Eve”: Grandstands and bunting rise on the capitol's west front as Donarudo promises an inauguration bigger than expected.
Inauguration Day is turning out to be even bigger than expected. January 20th, Washington D.C. Have fun!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 83 “The Eve”: Alone on a night balcony Donarudo gazes at the floodlit capitol dome, vowing that the nation's deep hatred will change.
“For many years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting. Many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep. IT WILL CHANGE!!!!”
JANUARY 16. FOUR DAYS TO THE OATH. THE TRANSITION IS OVER — THE CROWN, AT LAST, DESCENDS.
TO BE CONTINUED…

This week in the saga

A dossier of unverified whispers is loosed upon the world and the tower roars back in capital letters. At a lobby lectern he jabs a finger at the camera-faced press pack; against a bare wall he denies everything — no deals, no loans, nothing. On the capitol's west front the grandstands rise. The chapter closes with the protagonist alone on a night balcony, gazing at the floodlit dome. Four days to the oath.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 083. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…