Fiendish Objects
The Fill-In (168pg) is available to download here. It stars Emy, Jules and Yumeno.
These paintings depict The Realm of the Fiendish Objects shown in The Fill-In from my ongoing NIGHTMARE CITY comic series. The Realm of the Fiendish Objects, often referred to as The New Realm, was created by the fairy Sunburn for her Fiends, which she made by fusing together the bodies and souls of other living things. The Fiend is a borderless creature, it splits apart and merges with others, separating and setting into itself in new ways. The Realm of the Fiendish Objects takes up the same physical space as the old Realm, but follows different rules.
The Face Vendor is a Fiend who operates on concepts of Value and Identity. It appears to other Fiends who are on the verge of regaining their Humanity, and offers them a proposition: one face for $5, two for $8. The money is symbolic, and the subjected Fiend will give whatever it feels corresponds to the value. A Fiend who feels secure in its human identity will choose only one face, and be reborn as themselves in the old Realm. A Fiend who still feels insecure in their human identity will be greedy and buy two faces, and these competing identities will inevitably tear each other apart. Meanwhile, Fox and Monkey observe themselves like art, and a Fiend resembling Emy opens the fence and cuts a poppy with bolt cutters, just for the hell of it. You can see the face of Liza on The Face Vendor’s shoulder (read Fairies Will Never Lie to You for more).
Sunburn and Emy welcome Jules to the new Realm (read The Fill-In for more).
Yumeno alongside the proverbial Elephant in the Room, as well as the literal one.
Emy finds special ways to torment Jules in the Realm of the Fiendish Objects.
All living things are made of and can be reduced to Primal Fluid, pictured coming out of Emy & Yumeno’s heads.
Emy & Jules play among the stars.
The fun part is over for Jules, but Emy is only just getting started.
Jules loses part of himself permanently. This does not mean all hope is lost.