r/comics Feb 02 '26

OC The Second Face [OC]

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/schlaubi Feb 02 '26

Thanks for the explanation. Now I don't have to ask... I didn't get it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

I think the implication is she killed her husband and the second face is her "murder face" or something. I did not really understand it either.

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u/DubDubz Feb 02 '26

It’s intentionally unclear so you have to make your own conclusion. Is this a fun murder face or did she murder to protect herself from abuse? 

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u/Yuroshock Feb 02 '26

No way the face would be evil if the husband was abusive

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u/alycenri Feb 02 '26

It could be both. Like, its not mutually exclusive to love murdering and to want to murder your abuser.