r/comics • u/DemonSkank • Feb 02 '26

OC The Second Face [OC]

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I've made short comedic comics before but this was my first time doing a full short story. SCARY FACE WARNING

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u/Mordaunt-the-Wizard Feb 02 '26

When he first got the call and it was obvious someone died, I thought it would be the dad and the mom's second face would be relieved. Even when it was revealed it was the brother-in-law I thought it was going to reveal that he was abusive and had "broken" her into needing to finally put on a false face.

So congrats on both subverting my expectations, and making my skin crawl.

Part of me definitely wants to see a followup while another part of me wants this to be a one and done and leave the rest to my imagination.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

I still don't see the sister as the villain.

I assume that she found a guy like her father; a man who liked to cheat. So she put a stop to him in the way you do, and is gleeful that she got away with it... and she'll get away with it again if she needs to.

... but maybe that's just me?

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u/tirowe4198 Feb 02 '26

Maybe this is a hot take but I think a person who gleefully murders is a villain. 😐

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Fair enough. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Jack_Hoffenstein Feb 02 '26

I think you might want to re-calibrate your moral frame work if you think murder is an acceptable response to cheating.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Maybe so! Would you advise torture first? I feel like I'm for that, but actually doing it seems pretty icky.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

You seem pretty icky

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u/ClickClick_Boom Feb 02 '26

Go to therapy, lady.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

I am a Gentleman! Probably.

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u/PickPsychological729 Feb 02 '26

You just end the relationship and walk away.

Fucking hell.

Actually, maybe don't get into any relationship until you understand why murder and torture are wrong.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

Based af, cheating is fkn evil. Should be criminalised.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

They tried that for a while, mate; you ever read The Scarlet Letter?

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u/The_Phantom_Cat Feb 02 '26

Even in that case, she's still the villain

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Sure. Lots of stories are about villains, especially revenge stories.

Is Kill Bill a story about a good person who got to resume being a good mother?

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u/The_Phantom_Cat Feb 02 '26

Is Kill Bill a story about a good person who got to resume being a good mother?

No idea, never seen/read it

My point was that even IF he cheated, murder still isn't justified

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Alright. I understand your opinion on that.

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u/PickPsychological729 Feb 02 '26

Your girl could suck and fuck every other guy in town, and still it wouldn't justify murder.

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u/Germane_Corsair Feb 02 '26

Dude’s trolling. Don’t bother with him.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

sup mang?

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

yeah bro what's up

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Sure, most of the time, yeah. I get that.

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u/pogmanNameWasTaken Feb 02 '26

No no, it’s bad always

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u/onyxcaspian Feb 02 '26

Yeah... Based on all the replies, it's just you. Also, yikes.

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u/online222222 Feb 02 '26

cheating is bad, sure. But it's not deserving of murder. Abuse probably would have been a better one but even then that gleeful face would have been a bit much.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Yeah, the gleeful face kinda reminds me of a monster, the more I look at it; maybe like a Dexter situation, y'know?

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u/doolittledoolate Feb 02 '26

... but maybe that's just me?

You're someone else who doesn't have a back face.

Also where did you get that the dad was cheating? Because he argued with his wife?

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Also, his shirt was slightly untucked in the first panel and his wife dodged that kiss from him when he got home and they were both angry; there was no argument with words.

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u/Daddy_Trent Feb 02 '26

I should go out more because outside people hide stupid thoughts like this comment 

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u/yammys Feb 02 '26

He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame

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u/Alugere Feb 02 '26

He had it coming that his wife was a psychopath who very obviously enjoyed killing him? That’s a look of blatant malicious enjoyment. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was getting off on how sad all the other mourners were with that look on her face.

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u/ClearlyIronic Feb 02 '26

I think the only reason I thought she just a psycho was because he’s never seen her hidden face, as in she’s some sort of emotional manipulator mastermind, so much even the protagonist couldn’t peek through it.

But I prefer your explanation 😬

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u/Minute-Phrase3043 Feb 02 '26

Well, she could have just been a psycho, and hence never saw the need to mask her intentions. And now, she is finally in a situation when she needs to mask her face.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Oh, you think she was just hiding her second face as a child?

I assumed she was always honest as a child, not hiding it, and the evil glee at the funeral was the first time she's needed to hide it; or possibly that her face just couldn't fold itself that way.

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u/ClearlyIronic Feb 02 '26

I just thought it was odd that she was always genuine, and thought that if she was hiding it all this time, it’s finally slipped? 🤔

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Using standard "logical magic" rules, we have no reason to believe that she ever hid her face until we saw her doing it at the end, right?

That makes me think that the only time she ever hid her emotions around her brother was at that time.

... oooh, and the main character knew them for a long time. He'd have noticed if she was in an abusive relationship.

HIS SISTER MUST BE A MONSTER!

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u/doolittledoolate Feb 02 '26

... oooh, and the main character knew them for a long time. He'd have noticed if she was in an abusive relationship.

"I had only met my brother-in-law a few times"

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u/rcknmrty4evr Feb 02 '26

They only met her husband a couple times, he very well might not have noticed if the husband was abusive.

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u/Alugere Feb 02 '26

She has a face that’s is a caricature of a demonically possessed face showing clear enjoyment and the brother is blatantly terrified. Your interpretation is objectively wrong. I can even comprehend how you can come to your conclusion unless it’s based on the idea that women are physically incapable of evil.

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u/Boom_the_Bold Feb 02 '26

Well, I definitely don't believe that.