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Something Nice For Dinner
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Jamie13
I really like this one... DV isn't okay and I'm happy they found a way to get out
Basura
The point is that women have gotten very good at hiding it, but even from the conversation there’s very subtle hints. It’s increasingly sad that women are kind of trained to be very nice even when talking about their abusers. She talks about him being mad or still having a rough day at work. It’s very obvious he’s taking it out on her, why else would she take ownership of those feelings?
Alex
Yeah I realized that, almost right after I commented.. 😅
Lucas Campos
That's what sorority should look like.
Zie McCorkhill
We love women supporting women
Antkin
They should make out
Cat Warren
And the hairstyle.
Buffy
I didn't see it at first or second read but in the frame that just has Thursday on it, you can see her right eye blackened. It's very faint, zoom in.
theo
He didn't draw them. Says that on the first page. 😊
theo
Oh, he dead.
Cassie Greeley
It’s giving ‘goodbye earl’ vibes
Eleni
Omg did she wear glasses because he gave her a black eye??
Becki Brothers
She didn’t get the black eye until after the pork chops.
Becki Brothers
I noticed the sunglasses and then went back and saw the scarf. I knew something was up before, but those confirmed it.
Alex
I don’t say this enough, but your backgrounds are gorgeous!
n.
its her right eye, it is there but its very very faint
DNL
I'm glad to see this after leaving an abusive relationship.
D. Alfonso
For the sake of it being a short story and needing to impart information to the reader quickly, I think it's fine
D. Alfonso
@Dee Bee It's there, but it's very faint.
Dee Bee
I don't see any black eye anywhere
Rinaldy Capellan
At first she wears the coat, then a scarf and ultimately the glasses
Ray Cornwall
You are correct. Not every woman is hiding domestic violence. I also wear sunglasses daily (I have transition lenses). But in this story, the main character is clearly a victim of worsening domestic violence from the captions. She covers her one eye the first two days, then covers both eyes with sunglasses the last day. I think it's a reasonable conclusion that the sunglasses are a visual clue to the worsening domestic violence she's suffering. If I've misread the story, I'd love to know why you think so.
S C A
You have to reread the character's dialogue to get the hints, also if you watch closely on the main character she is hiding a black eye on the right eye.
Alexandra Knight
You do realise that women wear sunglasses because it's bright outside, right? Not every woman is hiding domestic violence
Ray Cornwall
My only problem is that, while I get that the sunglasses are supposed to indicate that she's hiding domestic violence, her eyes don't look damaged. The same happens with her eyes not covered in the first two days. I love the story; I'm just thinking the visual cues could be improved to help the story.
Lizzie Rowe
Didn't get it on first reading because I thought it was going to be cannibalism or vampirism or something along those lines, but then I spotted the little signs of DV and this is so much better! Love the little smile as she looks at the can in the penultimate frame
LUCIIFER
Oh. Oh my god you are not kidding it's so subtle. Incredible details.
evie
good for her
Thia
The scarf and the sunglasses are so subtle but so important to understand the twist. Well done! 🥺
Colleen Rose
I must say, though, I do love me a good Underwood deviled ham sandwich
Katie Wudel
The deli case appears to those who need it...
ShellBee
I’m from British Columbia and lone fruit and veg stands are common here too. I’ve seen baked goods too but definitely never meat lol
Noèlia Vidal Diaz
i didn't like this one 😭 in terms of the twist
Barbi Gala
So the way out was always there: a sandwich! The simplest and easiest! Glad she got rid of him ;)
Dayna
It's even better the second time around
tallasianchick
justice tbh
Thaumatomane
I live in Nova Scotia, and we do have these stands (for vegetables and fruits though, I've never seen one for meat :P )
Nyadnar#17
This is real right? Like not with meat I don't think but aren't their unmanned food stands in parts of Canada that work on the honor system? You just find them around, leave money/venmo, grab the food and go.
Claire S
Goodbyyeeeee Earrrrlllllll! 💃🏼
Yixuan Chen
Absolutely loved this- yeah, I was wondering why she kept saying it's her fault that she is not doing enough for husband, and that he gets angry easily- I have friends who were in abusive relationships- and I was reminded... But what an ending, that little wink
arcticfox12x
Oh
Cerrasponda
I'm not vegan because weird meat appearing in the woods but damn it really helps not be terrified of potential people eating lol
pronounceableme
na na na na naaa naaa naaaaaaaa
Sunny
Daaaamn wiked
Marky Myas
Best one yet! I love a subtle revenge story.
Marky Myas
He had it coming all along!
Deso's Prophet
I didn't even notice until the sunglasses, holy shit, that's really good
Shirley Nilkamhang
That was a really good read!
Ana Paula De Marco
i loved it
L S
You're so right! And her body language from beginning to end. Love love love the details.
Vicki Fraser
I missed that! Thanks for pointing out!
Ashalaxmi Adhya
The slight shading under the sunglasses!! And the fact that she added one time of clothing /accessory everyday to cover up the abuse! Brilliant attention to detail.
Alexander T.
No. It's just telling a story without telling the whole story. In Perfection.
Desi M
❤️❤️❤️❤️👀👀👀👀
LaFayettes artbin
It’s so subtle, yet so telling. She seems to be in an abusive relationship. Good for her she met the other lady!
Reed A. Saur
I appreciate any suspicious meat story that isn't about cannibalism. Or at least, isn't revealed to be cannibalism, I can't rule anything out.
Lizzie
some people just can't hold their arsenic
Jessi RaRaRa
:O Very nice. Love all the subtlety in this one
Joshua Heying
Ooh girl. Get it.
Grace 'Gengar' Soria
Good for you, lady.
Brian Kim
This is metaphor, right?
ravewulf
Reminds me of this short story on Tumblr, they both have similar vibes https://ridinkskinned.com/post/188426780699/my-arch-nemesis-cynthia-is-of-course-at-the
Kayrue
Love the subtlety
Liam Barnes
I feel it akin to the old fairy tales where the protagonist must find food for abusive family members, and by some miracle they find it, either via a fey like entity or unlikely spot in the woods. Then, eventually the abusive family gets greedy, as the food the protagonist brings is never enough, and something bad happens, freeing the protagonist from their bondage.
MsAbominable
lol it represents her scruples disappearing
drey
WOOO YES
Nicole Zimbardi
There’s also a bruise on her wrist on that first day! You can see it when she says, “I hate disappointing him” :(
Lilium Tigrinum
And then they kissed
Cassie
GOOD FOR HER
Shea Antoinette
cause earl had to die
pricolatino
From the cover, I expected something gruesome. I was a bit relieved that it wasn't, lol.
Pingu
I think the freezer is from Hell. The way it melted the snow around it, making a circle of exposed dirt while everything else is like a meter snowed under. The ham I think is poisonous. Like the way the freezer collects payment in the form of human souls.
Dawnette
Ooooh yea. It’s shaded just a smidge more. Nice catch.
Katie
You can even see a bruise if you look closely in the panel with sunglasses.
Johanna Swanson-Stearns
This isn't horror, it's justice.
Ladytore
I actually call my husband “husband” lmao
Dawnette
Hmm. The big sunglasses. The beer bottles.
Maya Davis
😳😳😳
Kat Harding
She doesn’t need to cook for said abusive husband anymore, which was why she was initially going to the case for the meat. She can cook what she wants for herself now.
Pulsating
I also thought that she started wearing scarves and glasses to hide black eyes and hand marks on her neck when she started with neither.
MitchellTF
...Ambiguity works SO well for horror.
FoxxyNerd
Actually, polka dot, to plain green, then back...
FoxxyNerd
Anyone else notice the scarf go from plain green to yellow polka dots?
Han Tran
The devil is in the details (or maybe I'm reading way too much into it), but the final meat is processed, unlike the first two options. She chose natural meats for her husband, but the blonde lady suggests a kind that is a departure from health. That type of food kills you. Sometimes, women in abusive relationships have no means to break away traditionally, so they approach with quieter, more desperate means. Of course, junk food won't kill him in a literal, real-world sense, but her taking the step to disregard his health is a step in that direction of payback.
Robyn
So. Good. 👏🏼👏🏼 I love your collaborations with other artists for backgrounds. ✨️✨️
Lavender Malin
Wow. Think this is my absolute all time favorite of yours. Love the empowering ending and the super small subtleties. I had to read the comic 3x (and read the comments) to fully understand. Well done
Fancy
Hell yeah
Sebastian Solli
Thank you! I didn’t notice that! Now I really appreciate the story!
Kelley Gillespie
A needful things style deli for victims of DV. The subtleties in this one were great. Excellent work.
Ethan Farron
is this hunting or gathering? :P
Samantha Maroussis
I think the freezer is a symbol for how focusing on your abusive partner eats away at you
Chloé Soustiel
This is cute but it’s a little weird that the woman calls her husband “my husband” in her own inner thoughts instead of thinking of his name
Jessica St. Hill
He's beating her.
Lori L
I don’t think the ham is poisonous, probably just easy to hide poison in. We don’t know why the freezer is there
Nils Thüsing
girlbosses!
Chatura Muthukumarana
Can someone please, please explain it to me? I get the abusive husband thing... but why is there a freezer in the middle of the woods and how did that other woman know the ham is poisonous (or was it coincidental)? Like I presume both are eating whatever is been cooked? Or why isn't she dead?
Kelly Broomhall
I mean he's drinking and beating her so yeah I'd say he's a deadbeat.
Fiver
Hell yeah ladies. Forest meat for forever dinner
Mark Vandevelde
That better be part 2. Unless the husband is ultimately a deadbeat.
Ling Ling Lok
Is it still horror if it's a happy ending?
CharlesYYZ
He is not 🛌 because he is 💀. 😉
Lumi
The super subtle bruises (wrist and eye) with the progressively layered clothing.. damn. This was a good one.
Nim Williams
What the others said about the abusive husband, and her covering up with more layers and the sunglasses, as well as her language. But ALSO, did anyone else see the hint about the husband being an alcoholic too? There were 3(?) pints of beer next to the second dinner she cooked.
gemma minchin
Pls let there be a part two or something 😭😭
Celia Walker
It’s giving “Goodbye Earl”, and I’m SO here for it
D
She's holding her arm more too on the last day!
BirdofConsiderableSize
Had to zoom in to see that one of her eyes is bruised under the sunglasses. The other woman probably picked up on it, hence her death ham recommendation. This was a good one! Now she can cook something for herself.
Erin Entringer
But… Why is there a meat case in the middle of the woods?
CGGuardian
The subtleties with the scarf and sunglasses are a good touch
Stephanie Mora
It would assume she’s being abused by her husband. The scarf, then the sunglasses. It’s like a magic meat case for those in need.
Brandon Scott Jensen
Victims of physical abuse will often cover their scars and bruises inflicted by their partner with additional layers of clothing- thulsly the scarf and glasses being added while subtle lines of dialogue show that she's a victim of domestic violence "He can be so impatient" "He gets upset so easily these days" and the most telling of all "It's my fault really" (unfortunately this is a VERY real feeling among domestic violence survivors. I myself have not yet gotten over this one completely). I'm not sure I understand any symbolism of the deviled ham being the final note, but the food is going to poison the abusive husband. The blonde used it to off her (presumed, from facial expressions) abuser. I'm not certain why she won't be back again unless she's going to off herself with meat that might be killing them both slowly.
orb b
her husband was abusive and the drviled ham will kill him the other woman did the same to her husband
Bren Cole
Goodbye, Earl!
Celeste Garcia
Will there be a part 2 or is this one of those ominous u know what’s the hidden meaning where there isn’t really a need for part 2?
Allison M
Hell yeah
Bruna Xavier
The fact she comes back with a scarf and then later with sunglasses… hope he enjoys the deviled ham
CandyCane Benedict
Well damn... Lol
Amanda H.
I think the deviled ham will kill him, as the other woman's husband is still "sleeping peacefully" after having it for dinner
Catherine Nguyen
Ok I'm so sorry but can someone explain this to me like I'm five, I am not good at picking up subtleties 😩 is the case full of other dead husband meat???
McKey McCrae
So he's an abusive ahole right? Hope he sleeps long 🥰
Maria Ameen
This one was really clever! I really liked the subtlety of the story in the art itself
Miriam
The way I just fangirled over Diablitos 😂 Loved it, one of your best!
Patrice M Christian
Delicious
ChattyWhacker
I really enjoyed the subtlety in this story. Gave enough information to understand the dark story.
Theo Wampuszyc
Women supporting women :")
Sam Townsend
I really thought this was gonna be a cannibal thing but this was so much better
UpstandingGoose
Ohh ok so not all the meats are poison. Thank you!
tj [rxxndxxrs]
The devil ham isn't supernaturally cyanide, btw. If you eat deviled ham you'll just actually pass away
Sci
She was only coming to the case to find something her husband liked. Now that he's gone, she can cook whatever she wants for herself.
Opus Bloom
So am I the only one who actually likes Deviled Ham? 😄
Ashley
I love all your work, but this is one of your best so far for me. ❤️
jealoussin
That deli case is a girl's girl
Michelle Fast
How do people even like that canned deviled ham stuff 😂 It’s way too salty.
SillyStringSoup
We love a girls girl
Nobi Wolff
Literally sitting here like gurl leave him then this angel appears
Genavieve Collins-Huxtable
Well, now I’m hungry :T
no name
Thanks a lot everyone 💛
Marc
Tell him to cook his supper his own damned self.
Priscila Nosoma
We love a woman who supports other women. 🩷
UpstandingGoose
So is the other lady killing herself with the food she grabbed and that's why she won't be back? I'm confused.
Ris
The spread killed the other person's husband, the relationship of the main character seems very abusive, so they might use it as well
Ineffable Penguin
She is being abused by her husband. Every day she has a new piece of clothing to hide where he has hurt her. Presumably the other woman had a similar situation, and now she…has no husband 😁
Vickytemps
The blonde woman killed her husband
no name
Can someone explain? 🥹
Jonathan Taylor
Rip lol
Stephanie Goodner
I love your comics so much! Can't wait for your book to arrive!!!
Ian Wickham
Me, running a delicatessen the other side of the woods: ugh, business is slow, how am going to pay for all these dates?
Ineffable Penguin
It’s in the places she’s covering up. New scarf, hiding where he grabbed her throat. Sunglasses to cover a bruised eye, etc
Anilea Annuler
Lovely💜
Onsvaltti
Ohhhhh now I saw her eye! Had to zoom in HARD 😅
Matthew Gem
Be nice to the people who cook your food ☠️
Emily C
this turned out way better than i thought; i was totes expecting her to be eating parts of herself or him (unless i missed metaphors somewhere)
Onsvaltti
Bruises? What bruises? :o I tried to re-read to see any, but didn't.
Loygdna Laurissaint
So is she slowly killing her abusive husband with the meat from the deli case? 👀
Memeimee
Anyone want to buy me a vowel?
Emma-Lee Mitchell
Ohhhh it took me a minute
Alexandra
yep, that seems about right
Mariana Gomes (MiraMari)
oh, the three beers by the side of the plate
Cory
What did the other lady grab for herself? WHAT DID SHE GRAB FOR HERSELF?!
Edith
No she can finally cook what SHE likes 🖤
David McKinzie
😉
Ems
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Mariana Gomes (MiraMari)
ohhh, each day it passes, she is hiding more bruises!
Ansixilus
Now THIS is mysterious meat mystery done right!
Mila
I support women’s rights but especially women’s wrongs 🫶🏼
Emerson
Just enjoy your meal and take a nice therapeutic dirt nap honey.
Cecile
OOOOOOOH I love it
Aliya Neptune
Usually not the biggest horror fan but Adam Ellis horror hits differently
kenziskingdom
and this is why marriage should be a team and not a demand
DoveCakes
Yuri
Ineffable Penguin
Oh god the subtle touch of her being more covered up in those specific areas each time! Once I noticed that it gave me chills, so well done.
R
good for her
seli
women supporting women 🥰
