Here’s a fictional review for a zine called Zern’s Sickest Comics File, written in the voice of an underground comix enthusiast.
A seven-page strip that follows an office worker whose slow, bureaucratic job has driven him to madness. Over the course of a week, he replaces his meals with increasingly non-food items, describing them as "soup." By Friday, he’s eating chunks of his own cubicle wall, then his keyboard, then—. The comic ends with HR sending a memo about "desk hygiene." No one intervenes. Zern’s genius here is that the horror is entirely mundane. zerns sickest comics file
“Zern’s sickest comics file” is not a badge of honor but a tool for studying the limits of comics as a medium. Use it to understand how art can provoke, disgust, and haunt—not just to shock for its own sake. Curate with intention. Share with care. Here’s a fictional review for a zine called
Conclusion
Then, inevitably, came the theft.