42 panel comic entitled “Nosebleed Chapter 8” by Derick Jones. Letters by Kyle Arrends, Edited by Nancy Scuri.
Panel 1: Tilda is walking and their head is still pounding. Panel 2: Tilda enters a house, and into the living room that needs repair. Two younger kids sit on the couch, Tilda says, “Hey, anybody home?” Panel 3: Long haired kid with a hat asks, “Hey T. Where’ve you been?” Tilda responds, “Out! Where’s mom?” The smaller kid with a hoody says, “Out too.” Panel 4: The hoody sporting kid says, “She venmo’d you dinner money.” The other kid adds, “We wanna Digorno and ice cream.” Panel 5: Tilda’s head is getting worse, while sweating profusely puts their hand on their head and says, “uh ok. Cool.” Panel 6: Hooding kid, “Ew, dude. Why are you all sweaty? You on something?” The other kid off the panel adds, “Yeah, you look like death!” Panel 7: Tilda heads upstairs and from the couch the hoody kid offers, “I bet you caught something from kissing one of your nerdy boyfriends.” Tilda most to themselves, “Nugghhhh. Enough.” Panel 8: Tilda is puking into the toilet. Panel 9: Tilda sees a baggy taped to the underside of the toilet bowl. Panel 10: Rips the baggy free. Panel 11: Tilda opens the baggy and drops the bowling pin shaped pills onto their hand. Panel 12: Examines it the pill. Panel 13: There’s a knock at the bathroom door. Panel 14: The kids are standing by the bathroom door. The hoody kid is playing on their device and the other one in the hat says, “Hey sweaty butt! Were starving out here. You leaving or what?” Panel 15: Tilda with a big grin comes out of the bathroom, “Coming!” Panel 16: Tilda looks intently at the kids in the hat, “One pizza for two brats coming up”. The child responds looking curiously at Tilda, “You’re up to something weird…” Panel 17: Tilda is shopping in a small market. Panel 18: Tilda still dealing with pains from withdrawal or excessive use. “Huff huff huff”. Panel 19: Tilda, “huff huff huff”, holds one of the pills. Panel 20: Tilda gets out, “Can’t… take…it…anymore.” Panel 21: Takes the pill. Panel 22: Then overhears someone in the next aisle, “Oh my god you were with those guys that night?” Panel 23: Tilda trying to listen and identify them hears, “Keep your voice down bitch”. Panel 24 Tilda peers into the next aisle. There are two people, one person in the freezer grabbing an item the other with their hair in a bun. “I can’t believe you would do something like that! To Gary of all people.” The other person responds, “It was supposed to be a prank.” Panel 25: The same person continues, “I didn’t know they were going to brain him.” Panel 26: Kyra with the bun, “well have fun telling that to the cops. I’m sure they’ll understand. Panel 27: The other person tries to explain, “Brett’s goons are nuts. I ain’t saying shit to the cops.” Panel 28: Closeup of Tilda watching. Kyra, “But they almost killed Gary.” The other person responds, “I know and to be honest…” Panel 29: They continue, “I wish they had. He could wake up any day now, start talking and I’d be fucked.” Panel 30: Tilda engages the power from the pill causing blood to seep from their eyes and nose. Panel 31: The conversation between the two continues. Kyra says, “Lucky for you I heard he’s brain dead”. The other responds, “Why can’t he be dead, dead.” Panel 32: The other continues, “And all this just go away.” Panel 33: Glass bottles exploded with their content dripping down the aisle. Panel 34: The two looked started at the glass breaking behind them. Panel 35: Kyra looks with amazament, ” what the hell?” Panel 36: The two are now walking, Kya says, “ugh do you hear that ringing?” The other responds, “Nope. Just you breathing.” Panel 37: Kyra again, “I’m serious! You really don’t hear that?” The other, “No mouth breather.” Panel 38: Kyra is clearly in distress and blood is seeping from their ears, nose and mouth. “ow ow.” Panel 39: The other person says, “oh my God Kyra, your whole face, it’s…” Panel 40: Kyra forehead is pushing out, while the panel reads, “e e e e e e “. Panel 41: Kyra now looking grotesque, “ow ow”. Panel 42: “POP” as Kyra’s head bursts while the other person looks on in horror all while be caught by security cam footage. To Be Cont.
