New pages

12 new pages!!!

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Damn, there are really some amazing pages in Chapter 16!??
There are so many panels I love haha. The contrast is strong, and I really like the pacing and what it tells. I hope these new pages live up to that. Usually I need a few days or even weeks of distance to really know, haha.

There’s a double-page spread that bridges the present and the Boy’s memories. It’s been a while since we had one like that, even if you don’t really feel it in digital format, haha.
I absolutely love the two panels of the boy being pulled out of the flames by the firefighters, dunno why.

I was so worried about the pacing and storytelling of these pages, you have no idea!! Please don’t read them on the subway, HAHA I wanted everything to feel slow, heavy, threatening, dramatic.

Sorry, but I’m just really happy: we finally understand where that beam of light comes from, the one that cuts across the boy’s eye whenever he slips out of reality and into his memories.

It’s his POV, his entire memory is playing out there.
And it’s important to note that we only ever see the monster through the Boy’s eyes in those shots. That matters, because even he knows that monsters don’t really exist, and that this is his own interpretation of what happened. The monster only has this form inside his mind.

In the same way, for those who didn’t catch it, the butterflies are actually the ashes from the fire, shown in a more poetic way. It’s the brain reshaping reality. The boy never directly talks about the butterflies in the comic, almost as if he knows they’re imagined, without fully remembering that they were ashes.
You can imagine that, in the terror of the moment, the image of the monster opening the door and all the ashes and embers rushing into the room burned itself into his mind. Later, alone in his bed, the scene replayed over and over, with his child’s brain reshaping reality.

And you know what I also love? The fact that you think you’re starting to understand everything with the first flashback, but then the second one hits, with the monster reappearing, floating above the bed, and everything falls apart again, haha.
WHAT’S UP WITH THAT HAND GESTURE.
"CRACK"???
AND WHY DOES THE BOY FALL.

I really hope you enjoyed these pages! n_n
Thank you so much for all your support in 2025. You’re incredible. Thank you for continuing to believe in these characters, and in me. I don’t even know how to say thank you anymore, except by continuing to give everything I have to this project.
Thank you for being here, truly.

Take care of yourselves. See you very soon <3