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Hi Imgurians! Ehud and Yael here with a new comics. We hope you like it!
Please check out the digital comic book containing our previous stories TEST, ARK, and MIDNIGHT RADIO. It’s hi-res, DRM free and pay what you want. You can download it at: https://gum.co/theworld
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ElbowDeepInAHorse
Oh, I love this. +1
BravadoAvacado
Weak. Hook up an automated grinder and sprayer assembly, make robots to just toss ‘em in. Much more efficient. Automation is the future baby
jspankmonkey
does this guy write anything happy? like at all?
aidenEisen
Pretty sure this is how Byrgenwerth got founded.
InnsmouthTourist
But the next book wasn't what I expected. It was... different. The words etched themselves like half-forgotten memories into their readers
EIonMusk
So how many did you kill to get this story?
wackotexas
Reminds me of Calliope from the Sandman series: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/f6/44/16f64461d44d406d720727c1f0916c83.jpg
FabulousMrDick
Is 'The Cave" just your mama's giant vaginasouras?
Sonicdahedgie
I just assumed this was a Batman comic at first.
bihlbodf
Very John Carter-esque
whoopsywoo
"Common we need a Transformers 12 and the clocks ticking"
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Yeah, no. I do not want that story to continue. Pretty and interesting but I'm too emotionally squishy for that mess.
AmericanIcon
The next HP Lovecraft.
aurthadi
I read all the ones that you guys do, this is not one of your better ones.
HeyWaze
this was amazing for such a short story.
TheRealHelmsman
Next time bring more than one back
Beardisaverb
Thanks I've been waiting forever. But genius can't be rushed. Was well worth the wait. Thank you so much @op
PavelBraginskiy
Do you all your comics compiled in one place somewhere?
ConspiracyCritic
It's empty in the valley of your heart. The sun it rises slowly as you walk away from all the fears and faults you left behind.
Odmanra
Dick move!
Anoverwhelminglysurplusofdiggity
Just curious, did any one else think this was BATMAN at first
tipsbandana
yep
nervesatme
I thought it was a Batman twist/fanfiction
Kaeldiar
I considered it
Zacharighteous
Yes
Mugombie
I was hoping it was
ComeOnNSlam
Why not just bleed the thing over a month or so? sustain the population but still get what you need.
LordSatanHimself
Well considering the attire this is a period without advanced medical technology to do such a thing in a way that wasn't inventive torture.
TairaMai
And wait till it's momma takes revenge!
CaptainHyperbole
Outrageous
CaptainRuse
Have writer's block? Murder a rare and undiscovered creature! The words will flow as well as the blood! (Alcohol For Regret TM not included)
KjTheLightning
reminds me of that one certain episode in jojo...
diabolischereintopf
Ah the HemingWay of writing
LeighWilsonArt
HOOMANGUY
This is very similar to the Futurama episode where Leela just retells the story of the little child aliens.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
I'm not sure if I think this is better or worse than raping a muse.
ka1iban
The muse, in this case, being Neil Gaiman.
amukhtam
The Sandman: Dream Country (Vol 3); Calliope
amukhtam
written by Neil Gaiman
DireWilk
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Wowyouknowwhatsomanyusernamesaretakenthesedays
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amukhtam
The Sandman: Dream Country (Vol 3); Calliope; written by Neil Gaiman
WaitingonCoffee
I couldn't write. I went outside. I found a cave. There were creatures there. I took one and killed it. It's blood turned to words.
Thecynicalspud
Humans have a way of killing things that are undiscovered. Like how they killed the world's oldest organism.
jimbotherisenclown
I misread that as "they killed the world's oldest orgasm," and your post took on a whole new meaning.
ydwyrd
That organism came at me with a knife, you all saw it!
WaitingonCoffee
It sold well. I was sad. I'll have to do it again.
WaitingonCoffee
By all means I am super intrigued by the concept. Just have to flesh it out more. You're scratching the surface here. Why? How? What?
Tjally
So much agree- this one was really bare bones. It could have worked with more scene setting and additional artsy panels
EchoTempo
I think its saying he's digging to the core of himself and killing himself to appease others with writing.
BigDaddyMitch
Nah dude, the ambiguity is what makes it so good. Everyone having different interpretations on it doesn’t confuse, it enriches.
BigDaddyMitch
Plus, that lingering feeling, needing to know more only allows us to delve deeper into the protagonist’s mind, who struggles with the same.
GuardsmanMiku
Anyone else think this is symbolic? i know others in the series arn't really but it really feels like this one is.
smileunicornsloveyou
Do you ever come up with a good prompt for a book. Like, really good. But when you write it, you don't do it justice, you want someone else1
smileunicornsloveyou
To write it in that moment but it's too late. Other people think it's great , but to you it was Stollen potential
GuardsmanMiku
Exactly! that's what i felt like this was supposed to be, like he had to ruin and kill his idea in order to put it into words
smileunicornsloveyou
Thank you for sharing this moment of interpretation with me
GeneTheAwkward
whoa...you just blew my mind
Memeticengineering
Wonderfully lovecraftian
trippingthelightfantastic
I was thinking "House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson.
CatIsFineToo
There are dozens of us, dozens!
tentaclehentai
My thoughts exactly ^(;,,;)^
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Lovecraft would have the creature kill him. Or drive him insane. Also a lot more racism.
asplenium
Rankop
Reminds a wee bit much of Richard Madoc and Calliope, to be honest.
ChronoDigger
Is that from Sandman?
Rankop
Yes!
schopier
The fact there are pictures is very anti-Lovecraft. His ancient monstrosities can't be drawn, and their names can't be pronounced.
Kinknonymous
He has accurate descriptions of his monsters in quite a few stories.
iLynux
That's only because it was so novel. I think his monsters could easily be captured on film in today's cinema environment.
schopier
Read Lovecraft's papers about his own writing. One of his main goals is for reader to have minimal knowledge about the horrors.
iLynux
> frustrating in today's literary context. I can imagine how scary it would seem in 1920, but in 2018, the lack of detail isn't scary.
iLynux
When reading through his short stories, he used the "incomprehensible" angle as a way to make it more mysterious, but it gets a little >
JudgementalMan
No, you're missing the point. They weren't described in detail either.
Arcanum3000
Depends on what they were. Things that were merely alien were described in some detail. Elder things, mi-go, even shoggoths.
rando84
I thought he described them in pretty vivid detail.
Ruedyn
He described them in very vague detail. Tentacles, shifting mass, eyes; incomprehensible as a whole.
Arnoxthe1
"I CANNOT NOR ANY MAN DESCRIBE THE HORRIBLE HORRORS WITHIN BUT LET ME TELL YOU, GOOD SIR, IT WAS SOME FUCKED UP SHIT."
Arnoxthe1
For me personally, it gets pretty old after a while.
Anauthorityfigure
Funny enough, Lovecraft is bad at Lovecraftian horrour, but that is often the case with with trend setters, for there are no stories (1/?)
Anauthorityfigure
In the genre for them to refine upon. His books do get repetitive, but the ideas that they started are fantastic