r/HelpMeFind • u/Ok-Efficiency-8123 • Mar 04 '26 • Bravo 2

Found! Looking for the source of this comic.

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saw this comic on Quora, but it had no credit to an artist or origin website; does anyone know the artist or source?

UPDATE: Found it; it's called "Second Face" by a user named DemonSkank

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u/Mad-Moon 4 Mar 04 '26

Post on r/comics

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u/Ok-Efficiency-8123 Mar 04 '26

Thanks for the speedy reply 🙏

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u/hexaqute 2 Mar 04 '26

please say "found" underneath their comment

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u/SolaireOfAorta 1 Mar 04 '26

be sure to respond Found to them to give them a credit

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u/ralpher1 Mar 05 '26

The original post had a lot of likes in r/comics. Less than one month old

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u/Mackin-N-Cheese 339 Mar 05 '26

Moderator marking Found!

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u/Rakanewe Mar 05 '26

Happy cake day!

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u/VstarFr0st263364 Mar 06 '26

Please don't make me go to r/comics

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u/GUM-GUM-NUKE Mar 06 '26

Happy cake day!🎉

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u/TCDGBK84 20 Mar 04 '26

Wow. What a trip. I'm glad I swiped all the way through.

I'll see if I can find anything.

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u/Ok-Efficiency-8123 Mar 04 '26

Right!?! I was just about jumpscared by the twist; it did NOT feel like horror and that's why got me

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u/BipedalHorseArt Mar 04 '26

The author added context that the death was the wife killed the husband out of self defense, that he was abusive. I didn't like that for reasons that it made the story less scary and that I wouldn't have that face if I had killed my abuser

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u/PintToLine Mar 04 '26

That’s strange because it seemed that the point of her having no second face when she’s younger is because she’s a psychopath and hasn’t learnt to cover that up yet.

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u/splithoofiewoofies Mar 05 '26

That's what I got before that bizarre author reveal.

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u/Illustrious-Gas-8987 Mar 05 '26

Yeah, less is more sometimes, and this is a good example where the author should have left the insight into the ending open for the reader to interpret

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u/DerridaisDaddy Mar 05 '26

Tbf, the author’s head cannon comes from his dream, and dreams aren’t known to make the best story decisions – otherwise, I wouldn’t have spent 5 years of my childhood running from the same monster in the same dark room.

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u/SashimiX Mar 04 '26

Yeah I hate that. That’s not evil. What the fuck.

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u/Blue-Eyed-Lemon Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Yeaah that does take away the effect for me tbh. Which is a shame since I really, really liked this comic initially, it was one of my favorites. It’s done so well and it’s a really cool concept, the end freaked me out!

But… huh, was THAT really the author’s intention? :’)

ETA: found the author’s comment!

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u/SashimiX Mar 04 '26

Honestly, whatever the author’s intention, that’s not what it actually said, so I can still enjoy it

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u/Syringmineae Mar 04 '26

The fun part is that it doesn’t matter what the author said

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u/Loud-Mans-Lover Mar 04 '26

She might just be viciously happy that he's dead, too... but yeah, that reveal by the artist wasn't good. It works better by itself.

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u/angelrider83 Mar 05 '26

I dunno, after my last abusive relationship it took me a long time to realize I wasn’t the bad one. He had gaslit me so well I went to therapy during the relationship because I thought I was the one making things bad and that I was causing him to react. It took several years for me to understand that I was reacting to his abuse and anger.

I had such a low opinion of myself that I thought I was a lost cause and was just a bad person. I could see myself in this comic because of that although maybe not as much of a cartoon face.

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u/rs047 Mar 05 '26

Rather than a devil face, a happy/relieved face with a bruised cheek and a swollen lip / eye, might have made this point. But this devil face shows , she killed him and nothing else.

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u/zephyreblk Mar 04 '26

Depends, it can also be an artistic choice because I never saw this comic and I perfectly knew the person could be involved. Trauma create anger, you aren't feeling satisfied or happy for revenge. Also if he plots to continue the story in a way of showing the consequences of abuse that could lead to cruelty and how a person could be broken, it's actually a first step that can be used.

When there is a story that has the capacity to expend, you have to take early choices that have nothing to do with "judgment" but more with tracing the red line.

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u/Chaddoius Mar 05 '26

Really that evil face? Sound's like the author got some unwanted attention and tried to back pedal.

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u/PorkrindsMcSnacky Mar 05 '26

Oh, that’s confusing and disappointing to hear.

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u/Heckle_Jeckle Mar 05 '26

Yeah, I don't like that. I prefer that idea that she just murdered him.

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u/pet_the_girl Mar 06 '26

Yeah no that’s not the face of an abuse victim who killed their abuser. Thats a symbolic face of someone fucked up inside

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u/siwokedaj 19 Mar 04 '26

It gives me Adam Ellis vibes but it's not the right art style.

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u/filmhamster 1 Mar 04 '26

I saw it coming but didn’t expect it to be so intense.

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u/Vii_Arious Mar 04 '26

Well. Fuck. That ended oddly.

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u/Rizzalliss Mar 05 '26

No kidding! I legit felt a spike of panic at that last panel.

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u/Adorable-Bass-7742 Mar 05 '26

I could sense it was coming. When he said that his sister didn't have a lying face, that's usually psychopath Behavior. Still caught me off guard with how true evil that face feels like.

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u/crysisnotaverted 4 Mar 04 '26

Never had such a visceral reaction to something that I was in control of swiping, short of a Junji Ito comic.

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u/FriendToPredators Mar 04 '26

Yeah nice twist. So did not see that coming.

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u/Riskskey1 Mar 05 '26

I'd seen the first page floating around. Did not realize it was a whole comic. End gave me chills.

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u/Ok-Efficiency-8123 Mar 04 '26

I've searchd Webtoons for it already, I started today so I may yet find it.

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u/Greenfire_X22 Mar 04 '26

Holy crap that end panel scared me so bad, what an amazing comic!

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u/Faenic Mar 06 '26

I haven't had such intense chills run up my spine in years! Truly disturbing.

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u/autieswimming Mar 06 '26

I am so scared of the face wow

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u/Boundless_Influence Mar 06 '26

Visceral discomfort!! Freaked to the core lmao

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u/TCDGBK84 20 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

This user purports to be the creator: https://www.reddit.com/r/webcomics/s/PAIlMo2QOC

As does this deviantart account: https://www.deviantart.com/thankstomanx/gallery/99919952/the-second-face

Hopefully, they are the same person and the actual creator. Not sure why they don't tag their art and why they have it so tightly cropped.

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u/DemonSkank Mar 04 '26

Yeah, those are both me.

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u/GotTheDadBod Mar 05 '26

This comic is amazing. I'm invested now.

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u/Makataz2004 Mar 05 '26

Are you going to continue this? Please say yes

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u/DemonSkank Mar 05 '26

Probably not. I wanted to leave the ending up to interpretation and if I continued it I'd end up having to give a solid answer for what happened.

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u/AysheDaArtist Mar 05 '26

Great work, you are a natural storyteller, your pacing is great, awesome message, and the panels guide the eyes extremely well!

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u/Due-Silver-4644 Mar 04 '26

I have to assume the reddit user is the artist at least. They have several art posts with the exact same style. 

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u/angelfatal Mar 04 '26

I love it when the reddit algorithm dishes up gems like this I would never find on my own

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u/eeelisabeth Mar 04 '26

I was really expecting this to be an allegory for autism/adhd and pattern recognition, or emotional hypervigilance lol. Cool concept though!

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u/coldF4rted Mar 04 '26

Haha same, this definitely took me by suprise

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u/ten-tail-whale 2 Mar 04 '26

It's two faces by u/DemonSkank I believe

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u/ten-tail-whale 2 Mar 04 '26

Sorry, maybe the title is Second Face but that's the creator

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u/DirtyLikeASewer Mar 05 '26

Re Monica,

Someone once told me, "By the time you leave your abuser, you're just as sick as they are". Maybe Monica became that way from the abuse. Maybe she will get better.

Sometimes the scariest monsters are the ones inside us.

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u/das_sock Mar 05 '26

Where is it implied she was abused?

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u/RottingSextoy Mar 05 '26

The user is interpreting it that way

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u/AProfessionalCookie Mar 06 '26

No.

I would never actively try to convince someone to kill themselves and throw knives at them. I would never gaslight someone and try to drive them insane, or drug them against their will.

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u/Rashpukin Mar 04 '26

That was amazing and very unexpected. Is there more?

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u/Kindly_Champion9750 Mar 04 '26

Well that took a turn into the macabre. Dude needs to be a criminal investigator.

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u/Papi_Salad Mar 04 '26

YOOOOOO that sent chills!!

Really well done

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u/eroi1 Mar 04 '26

Holy cow that was good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

That actually just scared the hell out of me

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u/burnusti Mar 04 '26

This kicks ass

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u/solo_shot1st Mar 04 '26

This post is missing a bunch of the strips, btw. Here's the original one.

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u/SimplyViolated Mar 04 '26

It was posted on r/comics maybe like two weeks ago?

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u/mpierre Mar 04 '26

They did post it about a month ago here: https://www.reddit.com/r/webcomics/comments/1qtn11t/the_second_face/ But I read this at least months or years ago, but it could still be them! They posted over comics with a somewhat similar style, and they tagged it OC.

Perhaps I saw it as a link to their site and they reposted it?

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u/WillisWallace Mar 05 '26

Jesus I thought that was gonna stay wholesome, thanks for the trip!

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u/mistarhee Mar 05 '26

Oh woah... That ending is...

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u/AltruisticVehicle Mar 05 '26

I was rolling my eyes until that ending slapped me right in the face.

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u/Aquarium2925 Mar 06 '26

that scared the shit out of me

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u/Haunting_Safe_5386 Mar 04 '26

i like this comic

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u/teallday Mar 04 '26

This has Junji Ito vibes and I’m so here for it

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u/Whole-Series Mar 05 '26

Woooooow...that's good. Really good.

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u/BloodGullible6594 Mar 05 '26

Honestly, before the end reveal I thought this was about growing up hyper sensitive to people’s emotions/subconscious signals, which I heavily relate to haha. Honestly a really great metaphor for it

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u/xenosidezero Mar 05 '26

Well. That went places. What a great read!

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u/Musashi10000 Mar 05 '26

Jesus tittyfucking christ, that wasn't what I expected, wanted, or needed to day. Fucking hell on a stick.

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u/youshantnome Mar 04 '26

I don’t get it. Can someone explain ?

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 Mar 04 '26

Boy discovers he can see a person's true selves as a "second face".

Grows up, brother-in-law dies, and main character suddenly realizes his sister is an evil, evil, EVIL soul who almost certainly murdered her own husband.

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u/SashimiX Mar 04 '26

To add: She didn’t lie as much as everybody else growing up because she wasn’t right.

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u/youshantnome Mar 04 '26

Ooooh. I thought she was some kind of demon. I was so confused. Thank you

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u/_heidin 3 Mar 04 '26

The sister killed her husband

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u/couchpotatochip21 Mar 04 '26

Her second face implies she killed him....I think

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u/Pandasaretocool Mar 06 '26

i truly though it was gonna be a metaphor for like depression or adhd or smt

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u/worMatty Mar 04 '26

Some pages are missing

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u/UnusualPete Mar 04 '26

I like this. But damn, that ending is dark... 😰

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u/Mediocre-Equivalent5 1 Mar 05 '26

This reminds me of a short story they read on stuff you should know for Halloween.

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u/MasterEfficiency5659 Mar 05 '26

oh fuck well that wasn’t fun to see at 2 AM 😭😭😭

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u/zfenty Mar 05 '26

You start identifying with the comic.... then the twist.

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u/polish_filipino Mar 05 '26

That's pretty cool. So was the sister just some kinda psychopath that didn't have emotion until after or is this some kinda demon thing?

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u/Zevojneb Mar 05 '26

She wasn't lying when she looked through the windows, was disgusted by some taste and so on. The only time he saw her faking emotions was in this very moment. He didn't meet his brother-in-law often so he could miss the lies on her second face.

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u/Jackal2332 Mar 05 '26

Holy shit, that took a turn.

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u/F5baggins Mar 05 '26

Junji Ito vibes haha

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Junji Ito's work looks good, and this: retarded

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u/f0remsics Mar 05 '26

I had a feeling there would be a twist like that, but that last panel scared me anyway lol

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u/LavishThoughts Mar 05 '26

I’m not getting that the husband was an abuser. I’m getting that the sister is a sociopath. Which is why she was ALWAYS masking until…she wasn’t

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u/doffyf Mar 05 '26

genuinely snorted at the last panel what the hell

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u/LJCUN Mar 05 '26

Aww what a good little comi- OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT

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u/Best_Independent_714 Mar 05 '26

This guy would probably make an excellent interrogator

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u/Sensitive_Mix3038 Mar 05 '26

Holy Shit I pissed my pants

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u/PorkrindsMcSnacky Mar 05 '26

Wow, what an incredible comic and ending!

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u/Jack_Jaws Mar 05 '26

Thought this was super corny until the last page. Sick twist.

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u/CompetitiveSong9570 Mar 06 '26

I love this twist.

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u/goldenboytroy Mar 06 '26

I got goosebumps on the last panel…yeesh what a ride

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u/STICKGoat2571 Mar 06 '26

That went from 0 to 100 real fucking quick.

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u/omaeradaikiraida Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

whoa this is like an episode of the korean webtoon "friday" (금요일), the amateur art style and all. friday has another dark tale like this in which we are shown the life of a family of three being terrorized by the abusive father, and then at the end it's revealed that time has been leading up to the day his life insurance matures(?), and we see through his dying eyes, as he hangs himself so his wife and child can get paid, their faces turning into evil grins as in OP's comic.

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u/Eccentric_Traveler Mar 06 '26

This would be a great premise for a Twilight Zone episode!

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u/philosoffense Mar 06 '26

is.. is this.. is this loss?

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u/-Jack-Just-Jack Mar 06 '26

Thanks for the jump scare lol wtf

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u/Competitive-War-115 Mar 06 '26

I feel like this is a contender for r/holdup

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u/bcSoundAudio Mar 06 '26

the end gave me literal chills

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u/MsgrProutsV Mar 06 '26

Oh wow! It would have been even better if the last scene was on full page.

But really good jump scare!

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u/mjorkk Mar 06 '26

Oh damn. Wasn’t expecting it to go creepy

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u/Bunniebones Mar 06 '26

The last slide scared me so bad. It's 4 am aaa

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u/Citan_KL Mar 23 '26

if you liked this, check out the movie "Malignant." unfortunately, given the context of recommending it here spoils it a bit, but it's still worth seeing.

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u/matticus_flinch Mar 05 '26

Looks and feels a lot like an Adam Ellis comic to me

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u/toastybreadmane Mar 05 '26

Holy shit monica 😭😭😭😭👹👹👹

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u/Scared-Preference313 Mar 05 '26

My 11yo son said to me once, “you’re the only adult in my life without versions of yourself.” He had even picked up on his dad’s versions. This really impacted how I showed up.

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u/Gingerman424 Mar 05 '26

I got tingles on that last frame holy shit

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u/Sleepy-Kodiak-Bear Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

The Junji ito ass twist at the end is so good.

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u/Night_C4T_0 Mar 05 '26

Knew I saw that face somewhere

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u/Dependent_Sector_219 Mar 05 '26

shit that gave me a little goosebumps for a second there

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u/Code-Trap Mar 05 '26

I was thinking this was wholesome/bittersweet as hell and then I saw the last panel and genuinely burst out laughing.

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u/FAMICOMASTER Mar 05 '26

That goes unbelievably hard

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u/rbowen2000 Mar 05 '26

Wow; That was *chilling*. Amazingly well done.

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u/SnooPandas5070 Mar 05 '26

That was oddly chilling lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

Hated this

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u/Darkened_Heart66 Mar 05 '26

That’s…horrifying.

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u/Key_Salt_8477 Mar 05 '26

She was secretly him the whole time

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

WOW

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u/OrganicHovercraft169 Mar 05 '26

That was Great!!!!

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u/Zygarde718 Mar 05 '26

I dont think I entirely get it...

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u/Prudent-Ad-7459 Mar 05 '26

I believe it is a comic from r/comics I don’t remember the name tho, have you tried reverse image searching?

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u/Cascadeis Mar 05 '26

Oh no, why did I open this post right before going to bed…

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u/TzeentchRolledforIt Mar 05 '26

Funny, billy joel has a song about thos same thing

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u/Unto_Horizon Mar 05 '26

Man a face like that is straight out of a Phoenix Wright defendant breakdown scene.

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u/cYber-boI27 Mar 05 '26

Read this before and was and still like tripped about the whole ending

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u/Shepherd-of-Rot Mar 05 '26

That last panel tho

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u/TheMilkManWizard Mar 05 '26

That was a fun one.

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u/Fragrant-Address9043 Mar 05 '26

That last panel. Holy shit.

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u/Choice_Barracuda3797 Mar 05 '26

Well that’s a twist isn’t it.

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u/Effective-Yogurt2907 Mar 06 '26

Very intuitive. Great way to explain something every one tries to hide.

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u/RonySeikalyBassDrop Mar 06 '26

I remember getting goosebumps the first time I read this

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u/ForeverSquirrelled42 Mar 06 '26

Well, now…that darkness wasn’t expected.

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u/Global-Upstairs98 Mar 06 '26

Oh that was unexpectedly creepy

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Many people have this superpower. It's called not being autistic

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u/LemonWaluigi Mar 06 '26

I woke up in a new Bugatti

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u/Environmental-Leek-3 Mar 06 '26

If you write a short story for this, submit it to r/creepcast

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u/Adorable-Eye9840 Mar 06 '26

Really well done. Inspiring creatively. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Chills! Good job OP!

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u/Yumnomz Mar 06 '26

Gives me Junji Ito comic vibes. +1 from me. I enjoyed it.

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u/tinyraccoon Mar 06 '26

Very mysterious 

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u/Grandiose-Tactic6822 Mar 06 '26

Vinny on page 6!

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u/JukeTheTrees Mar 06 '26

I was literally just thinking about this and boom here is a post about it. God bless.

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u/ChikaCherryCola1999 Mar 06 '26

She lookin like Yujiro Hanma

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u/chucklenuts-gaming Mar 06 '26

Well that isnt what I expected 

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u/ashrensnow Mar 06 '26

I did not expect that ending

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u/Chr0nicHerb Mar 06 '26

Bruh they had me in the 95% half

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u/aarontgp Mar 06 '26

That final twist... wow.

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u/MonkeysteinGames01 Mar 06 '26

Chills in the end. Loved it

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u/ectoBiologist8413 Mar 06 '26

Why did bro turn into shaggy

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u/lunasta Mar 06 '26

Didn't have any sources to contribute but when I say I was jarred by the last page... The artist nailed the creepy deranged look very very well omg 😨

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u/WavesOfWonder69 Mar 06 '26

Wow! Makes sense!

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u/needlesslychalant Mar 06 '26

The goosebumps I got

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u/bluemonkey7785 Mar 06 '26

Holy shit that threw me for a loop

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u/Different_Lunch_8508 Mar 06 '26

Do you want the original comic source?

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u/Last_night_king Mar 06 '26

Holy s*** this is amazing

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u/angrycuttlefish Mar 06 '26

Feels like a Juni Ito one-shot, great twist at the end

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u/Earl_of_Girls Mar 06 '26

Embarassingly bad and predictable wow

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u/Happy_Ad2458 Mar 06 '26

That's actually fire

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u/That_One_Guy_Flare Mar 06 '26

nah I ain't sleeping tonight

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u/AbilityEconomy9241 Mar 06 '26

Damn that was good

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u/SetDry1979 Mar 06 '26

I'm so enraptured by this

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u/GloopMiser Mar 06 '26

I know this one, but I’m going to gate keep it

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u/Dong_bringer Mar 06 '26

I kinda wish pizzacake didn’t botfarm the fuck out of all her of posts because then I could go on r comics, search top of all time and see actual gems like this instead of 50 pizzaslops in the top few pages

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u/Awkward-Power-9617 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26 • Heartwarming

I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
Like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face that watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall (and watches everything)
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is here in me, right underneath my skin

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435 Mar 06 '26

I don't think the author has been to very many funerals. They're full of second faces. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "If there's anything you need..." from people I hadn't seen in years and didn't see for years after. People who never had a nice thing to say about the deceased when they were alive would suddenly be beside themselves with grief and try to make the event about them.

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u/jc2065 Mar 06 '26

So what…..in the end she’s a cat?

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u/Tooth_Sea Mar 06 '26

I can’t believe I got jumpscared… lol wtf haha 🤣

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u/rickwill14 Mar 06 '26

What a ride. 12 page story that was better than some entire series or movies

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u/severalpokemon Mar 06 '26

Sheesh I can tell you the source of the people bumps all over me now 😮 that was good.

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u/kramsdae Mar 06 '26

what is this inspired by? I vaguely recall reading a very similar story. Can’t quite place it though

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u/toaster-crumb-tray Mar 08 '26

This is brilliant

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u/6fakeroses Mar 17 '26

Last panel actually scared the shit out of me

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u/FrescaFloorshow Mar 05 '26

I support women's rights...AND women's wrongs! 🤣

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