Scott

Scott

Scott was an Iestan writer.

History

At a party held by the Iestan Ambassador, Mary Ernestway met Scott and discussed how she ate lions in Africa. Scott was disgusted by this and upset by Mary's philosophical beliefs. He denounced Mary in print and, eventually, Ham, as well, going so far as to challenge Ham to a duel. Ham publicly dismissed the challenge as beneath him and incompatible with his need to recover from his recent burns. The night that these events were recounted to Cerebus and Jaka, Ham committed suicide.

Dave Sim on Scott

• "I substituted Iestan Ambassador for British Ambassador. The journalist in question (having to real precedent for journalism in Estarcion, I really had to fudge this one), Edward Scott, was an expatriate New Zealander and columnist for the Havana Post. . .I found irresistible the temptation to portray Edward Scott as the spitting image of F. Stop Kennedy, his distinctive profile shaded from view as he engages Mary Ernestway in a conversation which would, in good poetic fashion, lead ultimately to the destruction of her husband, Ham. I have no idea if Edward Scott resembled F. Scott Fitzgerald even fractionally - but it would surprise me more if he didn't than if he did."

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