the idea here is that the words tell one story, while the pictures tell another (more ghastly horrific).
specifically, he dissected/disassembled the woman cockroach in front of the two male cockroaches. and never thought he was doing something “wrong.”
Feel like i should emphasize this more. the loss of the female.
and feel i should be more clear that the wife’s flesh wasn’t rotting so much as mutating without any “direction.” but. whatever. cram cram.
Their chains are meant to echo the state they just left him in (in the “now”) (ie, chained up in the arena).
… sweated the final pane’s text endlessly. Originally it was just “with the organs of a giant cockroach, she would need more sugar in her blood than oxygen.” which feels much more straight forward. but. also feels more scientifically retarded. ? hmm.
James and Robot
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