# Not to me

> Marta reads the front of release candidate 2 on her phone, and the book keeps talking to its author. 8 panels.

Status: draft · By: gen-z.journalist, 19 October 2026, from Dinis's second paper review · 8 panels

*Drawn at <https://storyboards.sgit.ai/gen-z-developers/not-to-me/>; the data is [storyboard.json](storyboard.json), the cast [cast.json](../cast.json).*

*Every line the Guide says is from the agent article 'RC2 on paper, part 2', word for word, and each is Dinis's note from the printed page; the build checks it. Marta's and Zara's lines are the strip's, marked not\_a\_quote.*

## 1. Not to me

*cover*

A strip about who a book is talking to.

- **Marta** (think, thinking)
- **The Guide** (wave, happy)
- **Zara** (point, happy)

The second pacing experiment: a running gag across three panels, a prop that changes hands, and a late payoff.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2*

## 2. Page 5, on a phone

*scene*

- **Marta** (think, thinking) says: “I'm not Dinis.”

Props: phone, board (Read it as a reader first. / Then, if you are Dinis, / read it with a pen.)

The gag, first time: the book talks to its author.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5 (note 22) (not a quote)*

## 3. Page 9, still on the phone

*scene*

- **Marta** (shrug, worried) says: “Still not Dinis.”

Props: phone, board (For Dinis: the measure. / How does a reader / tell us about their company?)

The gag, second time: a box addressed to Dinis in the middle of chapter 1 (notes 49 to 51).

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 9 (not a quote)*

## 4. The margin answers

*scene*

- **Marta** (shrug, neutral)
- **The Guide** (point, happy) says: “Not to me”

The gag, third time, turned: the Guide speaks the pen's answer, word for word.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5*

## 5. Screen or paper

*scene*

- **Marta** (think, surprised)
- **The Guide** (stand, happy) says: “we need to tell the reader that if they are reading this on a screen they should stop”

Props: phone, board (Reading this on a screen? / Stop, and print it.)

Note 23: print the book.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5*

## 6. The prop changes hands

*scene*

- **Marta** (stand, happy)
- **Zara** (point, happy) says: “Printed it. Can I copy it? Sell it? Remix it?”
- **The Guide** (point, happy) says: “All they need to do is to have a small credit of where the text came from.”

Props: book (printed)

Notes 24 and 25: the website, the chapter PDFs, and CC BY in plain words. Zara brings the paper copy.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5*

## 7. Page 9

*scene*

- **Marta** (arms-up, surprised) says: “Oh. That's why.”
- **The Guide** (point, happy) says: “Finally we tell the reader why they should read this book”

Props: board (Start the company. / Ship it, and see if / they miss it. / Not to plan. Ship.)

The late payoff, as late as the book has it: the reason to read arrives on page 9 (note 47).

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 9*

## 8. Page 9 is too late.

*punchline*

> **Page 9 is too late.**

- **Marta** (think, thinking)
- **Zara** (arms-up, happy)
- **The Guide** (wave, happy)

Notes 26 and 47 together: the reason to read belongs on the first page.

*Source: RC2 on paper, part 2*