[SUMMARY: Beset by Psyche Demons, Keisuke relives the most painful moments of his life as the demons feast upon his suffering...]
In case you haven't noticed yet, my work can be a bit abstract. And... I don't explain things very directly.
So... what the heck is going on here?
As the summary states, these are the most painful memories of Keisuke's life. In his early life, he was seduced into the life of a drug dealer, eventually killing someone. The kid and young man with shaved head in the top panels is Keisuke. (He has the distinctive lower lip, and the color scheme is the same.)
In his middle years, Keisuke opens a ramen restaurant but is often filled with rage, screaming at his employees. He has a wife? girlfriend? who is pregnant but loses the baby, probably through an abortion, and then runs away. (Keisuke chasing after her in the 6th panel is... um... another instance of my struggles with the human form.)
Finally, Keisuke's mother dies, perhaps by suicide. She is in a bathtub in that 7th panel.
Besides the confusion this page may have caused, I myself was really pleased with the freedom I took in creating the Psyche Demon borders. Also, there were many challenges this page. Notably the foreshortening in the first two panels. Also, my first serious attempt at drawing a gun.
And a female...
I have the hardest time drawing females. I wish I had more female characters in my comics, but...
As man-like as Keisuke's girlfriend looks in the middle panel, that is probably the best female I've ever drawn, Ha ha
Two interesting subtleties, the first one accidental. The three heads of the Psyche Demons are in the swirling borders, and by coincidence they each appear nearby the death of someone.
The second subtlety was intentional. The person Keisuke has shot in the 3rd panel is wearing cuffs that are the same as the person’s handing him drugs in the 1st panel. i.e. the person Keisuke shoots is the person who started him on the path to selling drugs.
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