Modern Snow White - Graphic Novel

 

GRAPHIC NOVEL OUTLINE: "The Fairest // The Shattered Mirror"

Format: 5 Chapters / ~120 pages

Tone: Lyrical, intimate, digital-noir meets soft fairytale realism
Art Style: Minimalist + textured, alternating sleek digital overlays with soft analog paneling (filters vs. real world)

CHAPTER 1: The Collapse (20 pages)

*Title: "When the Filter Fails"

Setting: Queen’s luxury apartment // livestream studio // hospital room

Key Scenes:

  • Livestream Breakdown

    • Queen sits under ring light. Her glam team is missing; she’s haggard but smiling.

    • Snow White works silently behind the camera—worry lines soft on her young face.

    • COMMENT appears mid-stream: “What filter do you use to look so perfect?”

    • Queen stares at the camera—just long enough for it to crack everything.

  • Media Frenzy Montage

    • Snap cuts: Reaction videos. Screen caps. Zoomed faces. Posts tagged #FilterGate.

    • Paparazzi swarm. The Queen’s face on tabloids: "FAIRY FRAUD?"

  • Queen’s Rage (Visually Split Panels)

    • Elegant frame cracking: Queen’s mirror shatters.

    • Queen slaps Snow’s camera off the table. "You ruined everything!"

  • Hospital Cutaway

    • King unconscious, surrounded by quiet.

    • In his hand, a framed photo of Snow White as a child behind a vintage camera.

CHAPTER 2: The Hunt (25 pages)

*Title: "Cancel Her"

Setting: Urban cityscape, tech-noir overlays

Key Scenes:

  • The Huntsman Online

    • Montage of e-boy hacker (neck tattoos, bunny ears headset) at his battlestation.

    • Typing commands. Bots activate. Face-swap video of Snow White crying goes viral.

  • Snow White Evicted

    • Landlord: “I’m sorry, we’re getting threats. I can’t…”

    • Friends block her. Her phone melts with pings, curses, hashtags: #HomeWrecker.

  • Police Visit

    • Queen accuses Snow White of poisoning the King. Dramatic panels show empty bottles. The twist—Snow left before it happened.

  • Escape Sequence

    • In hoodie, backpack slung, Snow vanishes into rain.

    • Last panel: a tweet from a fan: “Where did she go?”

CHAPTER 3: The Forest Offline (25 pages)

*Title: "No Signal"

Setting: Wooded commune, rural hills, twilight palette

Key Scenes:

  • The Seven Strangers

    • Seven misfits find her: each visually distinct, each representing a part of care.

      • A bearded coder.

      • A quiet trans herbalist.

      • A gamer turned gardener.

      • A night-shift nurse.

      • A tired ex-influencer.

      • A junk sculptor.

      • A mute violinist.

  • Quiet Healing Montage

    • Gardening. Warming hands on tea. Watching stars instead of screens.

    • She starts drawing again—no cameras. Just paper.

  • False Safety

    • One night, cleaning out a shared cabin, Snow uses what looks like vinegar.

  • Last Panel

    • Snow collapses. A glass bottle rolls from her hand, marked with a red X.

CHAPTER 4: The Kiss (25 pages)

*Title: "Jane Doe"

Setting: Hospital // Dreamscape // Snow White’s inner world

Key Scenes:

  • Hospital Parallel

    • Two rooms: King in Cardiac, Snow in Coma. Side-by-side panels.

    • Nurses gossip: “This Jane Doe... she looks so familiar.”

  • King’s Dream

    • Surreal inner dream: young Snow with a camera, running through light.

    • Voice: “I’m still here.”

  • King Finds Her

    • Wheelchair. IV line. Determination.

    • He sees her through glass. Shakes. “My girl.”

  • The Kiss

    • Single full-page spread.

    • He presses his forehead to hers. A single tear drops.

    • Her eyelids flutter.

CHAPTER 5: The Garden (20 pages)

*Title: "The Fairest of Them All"

Setting: Back in the hills // Village garden // Starfield

Key Scenes:

  • Funeral by Moonlight

    • The King buried beneath a tree.

    • Snow White plants a seed in his honor.

  • Community Reclaimed

    • Snow helps build a greenhouse. Teaches children how to record stories with paper, not phones.

    • One child asks, “Were you really a princess?”

  • Final Panels:

    • Night sky. Her silhouette under stars.

    • “No,” she says. “I was just someone who remembered what was real.”

  • Closing Text Page (Fairytale Style):

    And though the world forgot her name, the wind remembered.
    And when the stars were just right, they whispered across the hills:
    The fairest of them all.

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