you broke your jaw

project original
description A six page poetry comic about a broken jaw.
completion date February 2024
genre(s) Horror
warning(s) Death, body horror

author's notes

I made this poem back in spring of 2023. Earlier this year, I decided to make a comic out of it! I don't think I'm a poetry-person but I liked how this one came out.

If you'd like, you can own a digital copy of this on itch.io in its original, higher resolution! It's free by default but you're free to pay however much you think is fair.

Cover page for the comic 'you broke your jaw' Page one of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: A person standing in the bathroom. Text reads 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 2: Close up of the person nervously looking in the mirror, bringing a hand to their face. Text reads 'it shattered.' Panel 3: A closeup of a shattered jawbone with its tongue attached. Text reads 'fragments jingle beneath your tongue' Page 2 of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: Text on a black background surrounded by vines. Text reads 'vines infiltrate your body.' Panel 2: Close up of the person's chest. Text reads 'peeping through flesh, a blanket. you're itchy.' Panel 3: Closeup of the person scratching their arm with popping veins. Text reads 'you scratch at skin.' Page 3 of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: An anatomical heart wrapped up in thorny vines. Text reads 'it floods your veins, now beats your heart.' Panel 2: Closeup of a veiny, bluing hand grabbing the faucet handle. Text reads 'you're thristy.' Panel 3: The person's head is underwater, bubbles float upwards. Text reads 'you did your head in the sink.' Page 4 of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: A pink petal floating in the sink water. Text reads 'it blooms.' Panel 2: A closeup of a pink lily. Vines grow out from beneath. Text reads 'a bright lily.' Panel 3: Closeup of a person looking horrified in the mirror. A pink lily is pushing out their right eye. Text reads 'pushes your eye aside. it could pop off at any moment. you pray it won't.' Page 5 of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: A black void with vines creeping at the sides. Text reads 'it creeps into the crevices of cranium, seeping into cerebrum.' Panel 2: Close up of the person's face. All tired and blue. Page 6 of 'you broke your jaw.' Panel 1: Text on a black background with vines at the edges. It reads 'you're drained.' Panel 2: The person leans against the doorframe as they leave the bedroom. Their legs are blue and covered in veins. Text reads 'you should go to bed.' Panel 3: The person falls over. Their room is overgrown with plants. Text, in red, reads 'and rot there.'