Brink, please say “hello” to Over.Over, this is Brink.I hope you’ll both turn into good friends. Because you’re going to be spending a lot of time together.
Looks like the LSD is kicking in! Too bad Jim’s on a bummer, he’s gonna need a shot of Thorazine and some TM to get himself re-centered when and if he comes down man.Seriously.. Aaron, nice depiction of Jim’s being sucked into the animal state. That last panel would make a great t-shirt.He’s gone Saint Looney up the cream bun and jam!Since we don’t know how much of Jim’s brain is wired human, it may be possible that there is still a rational part of his mind may have a front row seat to the coming horrorshow. Unable to stop the bit of old Ultraviolence that is impending.
AHH!! Oh man! I was half asleep when I pulled today’s strip up, getting ready for school. I’m awake now. o.O I hope Holly or someone can get through to him, but he never got that close to her or Wally, and I doubt Sarah will put forth much if any effort to save him. This isn’t looking good! Poor Jim!
An Edvard Munch moment! Jim’s descent into bestial madness also reminds of another story where a talking animal resorts back to its bestial self. In C.S. Lewis’ final book in the Narnian chronicles,‘The Last Battle’, there’s this talking tom cat character named Ginger who gets scared by a demon and can no longer talk. This was due to a curse that if a talking animal was no longer good, it’d be turned back to being only an animal.
I know we’ve speculated on whether Flask underwent a schism when she snapped in the pit. If so, I wonder if it was as extreme as what Jim is undergoing. I have a feeling that he is on a one way trip to a world where only primal feelings exist. Have others had something less extreme and managed to come back?
Very good depiction of the descent into madness. I guess, it is like I would guess one path would take. @Veteran: Good job on the filk in the last strip’s comment section.
Jim is paying for his xenophobic sins. I hope he regains his equilibrium – with a better conscience, but he may become just a loose cannon… Oh well, our heroes will need a chaotic diversion to effect their escape from the Lizard’s version of Animal Farm, and Jim is a prime candidate, eh?
Makes one wonder one small thing…..at the very bottom of the images in panel 4…..is there a human screaming at the very bottom as it is consumed? Loosing the last vestiges of humanity.
Aarron showed a remarkable ability to portray a complete mental/emotional breakdown. After I had a traumatic event I drew a picture that my teacher said showed that also. The sun had sharp jagged teeth, the train was heading to a train-bridge out and a rabbit was tied to the tracks with a shark snapping at his tail. That was most of it.
I wonder if there are different levels of schism. Do some people get a milder attack and find it easier to snap back to being mostly rational? Or is there just a uniform progression where the victim goes over the edge hard (like Jim is doing), expend the worst of their animal energy on a rampage and then once their energy is spent, they find a somewhat calmer equilibrium. They never leave schism, but they kind of learn to live there.
X-Lydia over 10 years ago
That. Was. Scary.
MacEwanMouse over 10 years ago
Insane in the membrane.
peter_john_cox over 10 years ago
Not chased by wolves, though. Those are phantom raccoons! Love the last one… Great art work!
noreenklose over 10 years ago
EEK!!!
The Eclexian Premium Member over 10 years ago
Well, and notice that his demons aren’t anthros; they’re full animal raccoons.
Ida No over 10 years ago
Brink, please say “hello” to Over.Over, this is Brink.I hope you’ll both turn into good friends. Because you’re going to be spending a lot of time together.
the other ghost girl over 10 years ago
well that was…… interesting
Space_cat over 10 years ago
Looks like the LSD is kicking in! Too bad Jim’s on a bummer, he’s gonna need a shot of Thorazine and some TM to get himself re-centered when and if he comes down man.Seriously.. Aaron, nice depiction of Jim’s being sucked into the animal state. That last panel would make a great t-shirt.He’s gone Saint Looney up the cream bun and jam!Since we don’t know how much of Jim’s brain is wired human, it may be possible that there is still a rational part of his mind may have a front row seat to the coming horrorshow. Unable to stop the bit of old Ultraviolence that is impending.
Herb Thiel Premium Member over 10 years ago
Wow!
SapphireDragonStudios over 10 years ago
AHH!! Oh man! I was half asleep when I pulled today’s strip up, getting ready for school. I’m awake now. o.O I hope Holly or someone can get through to him, but he never got that close to her or Wally, and I doubt Sarah will put forth much if any effort to save him. This isn’t looking good! Poor Jim!
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 10 years ago
Swallowed by the raccoons in his own mind…
Strider Keninginne Premium Member over 10 years ago
An Edvard Munch moment! Jim’s descent into bestial madness also reminds of another story where a talking animal resorts back to its bestial self. In C.S. Lewis’ final book in the Narnian chronicles,‘The Last Battle’, there’s this talking tom cat character named Ginger who gets scared by a demon and can no longer talk. This was due to a curse that if a talking animal was no longer good, it’d be turned back to being only an animal.
crookedwolf Premium Member over 10 years ago
This artwork is phenomenal, but too much like something I might see in my own dreams..
reedkomicks Premium Member over 10 years ago
Poor lil’ guy.
salenstormwing over 10 years ago
Didn’t I see this in Watership Down?
j2p2 over 10 years ago
Like a shot in the gut—Quite a panel, that last one…
Darwinskeeper over 10 years ago
I know we’ve speculated on whether Flask underwent a schism when she snapped in the pit. If so, I wonder if it was as extreme as what Jim is undergoing. I have a feeling that he is on a one way trip to a world where only primal feelings exist. Have others had something less extreme and managed to come back?
ThomasKDye over 10 years ago
Okay. Well, if he dies, Sarah’ll have one less problem to worry about, won’t she?
cindyorch over 10 years ago
poor Jim…gone to the raccoons…too bad……I wonder if there is help for that??? We shall see…
cindyorch over 10 years ago
and I agree…the artwork is fabulous. Bravo!!
gary wolner over 10 years ago
Man that’s sure a mess of words…..How bout….surrealistic?
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Direct consequence of sacrificing his entire life for the bimbo Sarah, hope he uses those teeth to rip her throat out.
JusSayin over 10 years ago
But, but, but…! I was expecting Turtles? Turtles all the way down!!! Or at least penguins? Vote!
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JusSayin over 10 years ago
Very good depiction of the descent into madness. I guess, it is like I would guess one path would take. @Veteran: Good job on the filk in the last strip’s comment section.
Palabrajot over 10 years ago
Beautiful!
Aconite over 10 years ago
Sarah will soon get to see the fruits of her betrayal.
Mike Parsons Premium Member over 10 years ago
Jim is paying for his xenophobic sins. I hope he regains his equilibrium – with a better conscience, but he may become just a loose cannon… Oh well, our heroes will need a chaotic diversion to effect their escape from the Lizard’s version of Animal Farm, and Jim is a prime candidate, eh?
Shazzaron over 10 years ago
PFFT. Well done Sarah.
Sankam over 10 years ago
Aaand he’s in the walls with Holly and Chic. >.<
Vet Premium Member over 10 years ago
Makes one wonder one small thing…..at the very bottom of the images in panel 4…..is there a human screaming at the very bottom as it is consumed? Loosing the last vestiges of humanity.
Aslan Balaur over 10 years ago
Wow, talk about going down the rabbit hole. Or, raccoon hole, as the case may be!
Dragoncat over 10 years ago
Holly will have her work cut out for her. Does anyone have a leash?
Jelliqal over 10 years ago
Very nicely presented.
X-Lydia over 10 years ago
our patio has been occasionally invaded by actual animal racoons…five of them…they are furry little agents of chaos IMHO.
pam Miner over 10 years ago
Aarron showed a remarkable ability to portray a complete mental/emotional breakdown. After I had a traumatic event I drew a picture that my teacher said showed that also. The sun had sharp jagged teeth, the train was heading to a train-bridge out and a rabbit was tied to the tracks with a shark snapping at his tail. That was most of it.
CottoneUD over 10 years ago
That last panel is trippy, awesome artwork.
Darwinskeeper over 10 years ago
I wonder if there are different levels of schism. Do some people get a milder attack and find it easier to snap back to being mostly rational? Or is there just a uniform progression where the victim goes over the edge hard (like Jim is doing), expend the worst of their animal energy on a rampage and then once their energy is spent, they find a somewhat calmer equilibrium. They never leave schism, but they kind of learn to live there.
bassah0lic about 3 years ago
Excellent! It’s like the Eternal Nightmare album cover by Vio-lence.