This was the illustration I did for the Nat Robinson story “Squash” in issue #3 of Splatterpunk Zine, and was the first (and to date only) time my drawing was deemed “not brutal enough” to use as the cover illustration!

Jack Bantry, the publisher, said he envisioned a more gory scene of a face being crushed under a tire, and an eyeball popping out!

I remarked that I viewed it in more of a Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt vibe. Ominous, spooky, and a little bloody, but more subtly creepy than an in-your-face gorefest, which might be a little cheesy.

Jack’s response was “subtle is good”.

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A giant toad watches a man die