Hot Goss

#30 Art & Comics, #30 Spice, New Content / By
Tayla Colley
Tayla Colley is an Eora/Sydney-based artist perfecting the skill of drawing multiple images that look the same but are slightly different. To speed things up, she also creates comics, dabbles in some crafts, and swears she knows a foolproof way to stop the hiccups.
A predominately black and white comic. All text is featured in white boxes and speech bubbles against the art. The colour palette is black, white, and red. Page 1: Panel 1: Against a black background, two women greet each other. A woman in a striped shirt says, ‘omg it’s been FOREVER!’ The second woman in a plain white t-shirt replies, ‘rightt?? It’s so good to catch up. How’s work a-‘ Panel 2: The women, now closer, are leaned towards one another. There are two small red dots on each of their cheeks. The woman with a striped shirt is leaning her face on her hand as she says, ‘oh come on. Give me the good stuff… any goss?’ The woman in the white t-shirt replies, ‘well… Cassie and Dylan broke up.’ Panel 3: Over the shoulder of the woman with the white t-shirt, there is a close-up on the shocked face of the woman in the striped shirt as she says, ‘Whaatt?! SPILL!’ The woman in the white t-shirt replies, ‘yup. Turns out she was sleeping with … the postie!’ ‘NO!’ exclaims the woman in a striped shirt. The red dots on their faces have grown larger. Panel 4: The two figures are drawn with their faces cut off at the top of the panel, only revealing the bottom half of their faces. With their mouths open, the woman in the white t-shirt continues, ‘and get this, Samara evicted Erica from the sharehouse-‘ ‘Noooo,’ the woman in the striped shirt interrupts. ‘Over BEREAL!’ says the woman in the white t-shirt. ‘GASP!! Omg that’s so spiccyy,’ replies the woman in the striped shirt. Panel 5: The women are pictured medium shot sitting at their table. The red on their faces is now a small line across their faces. The woman in the striped shirt is leaned over and has her mouth open as she says, ‘he did what?? On onlyfans?!’ The woman in the white t-shirt has her eyes closed as she replies, ‘no no no. I just told him “no more yoyo’s in the house.”’ In a small text box, the woman in the striped shirt replies, ‘girl. I’m sweating.’ Panel 6: In a closeup of their faces at the bottom edge of the panel, both women have a thicker line of red spread across their faces. The woman with the white t-shirt has a cheeky look on her face as she says, ‘oh you have to try it! Getting freaky with a jar of olives SAVED my relationship.’ The woman in the striped shirt holds both her hands in front of a smile on her face as she replies, ‘woof! I feel hot. Do you feel hot??’
Page 2: Panel 1: The women have beads of sweat on their faces. The woman in the white t-shirt holds up a phone to the other woman and she says, ‘and check out Jessie’s new boo. He’s a Woolies ‘direct to boot’ guy… if you catch my drift.’ The woman in the striped shirt points towards the phone. There is small white text against the black background above her head that reads, “ooh ur naughty. He he he.’ Panel 2: The women leaned away from each other, the red now colours their entire faces. The woman in white says, ‘damn. I’m gonna need a drink! Hahaha.’ There is a small white text above the woman in a striped shirt that reads, ‘uhuh.’ Panel 3: A large panel spanning across the middle of the page is mostly red with two faces pressed together. Beads of sweat are placed across the panel. The left face has her eyes closed and mouth open as she says, ‘no seriously it’s…it’s too much!! I’M SO HOT!!’ The right face is looking up with tears in her eyes and she says, ‘I can’t feel my tongue!!!’ Panel 4: The two women have an overwhelmed, absent look on their faces. They are both coloured entirely red as their faces splash down into the bowls in front of them. Centred above them is a waiter holding a pitcher of water with a look of shock on his face. He is drawn in black and white, matching the black and white scene around the women. Panel 5: A far establishing shot reveals a restaurant sign that reads, ‘hot hot HOT POT!!’ Two small red figures stand out in the sea of black and white as they are slumped over their table with waves of heat around them. A waiter stands in front of their table with one arm on his hip as he says, ‘some people just can’t handle their chilli.’

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