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Remember this comic I made like 7 years ago? Well this is her now. Feel old yet??

  

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Louise

I normally rip my hangnails out with tweezers it’s satisfying

Rach Meister

Omg, the shivers down my spine seeing the hangnail skin pull 😬 that's the scariest part. My shoulders are up to my ears in discomfort 😱😱😱

Eli

He just needs to accessories a little. Some dangly earrings will bring out those muscle contour lines

xyull

I love how you channeled Junji Ito in your own Adamtots style. So good.

Grady McCoy

The eerie suspense of each panel was PERFECT. 🧵

adamantEVA

This is one of my irrational fears and it made me ill, but good job

Aviv

Oh god NO 💀

Licia

WHY WOULD HE KEEP PULLING?! WHY WOULD ANYONE KEEP PULLING?!

LilChestnut14

I remember. I felt it the same way as back when I saw it the first time

Mongoose

I was going to say this exact thing

CJ Sparks

Like a babybel cheese

Kiki

This def feels like an allegory for addiction. The mc picking at his hangnail out of boredom/"satisfaction", seeing the consequences it had, and yet not being able to stop once he starts. To the point he literally sheds his skin and becomes unrecognizable, no longer able to hide his addiction. "Is it bad? It's not that bad, right?" Those words had a huge impact and really sold it for me. Idk, maybe I'm overthinking, but I really like the idea of it. Super cool work, as always

Rabaerchen

It's not bad, barely noticed it.

Brett H.

I knew it was coming but I STILL audibly gasped when he started pulling. Well done 👍

India Voerman

I do feel old indeed. Still remembered this comic!

Christie

Gee thanks, the original still haunts my thoughts every time I get a hangnail. Glad I have this whole new version to haunt me too.

Darren Tuer

Huh. My 10 year old gets a bit obsessed about hang nails...might share this one with him, lemme just check .....oh.....ohhhh nooooooo......

The Blackbird

I have hangnails now…lemme go check something…

Gabriella Klengler

Truly honestly the most unsettling comic I’ve ever seen from you and I do love it 😅

skysyzygy

"No, it's fine it's fine just go to the bathroom, let's get you cleaned up, it's okay just don't touch the white sheets"

AlexEnby

Nah, looks worse than it is.

Johnny Fishsticks

Reminds me of my fave Ito story, “Flesh Colored Horror.”

Ali Wakerley

This is truly what parenting teens is like

Rumpeltyltskyn

I think this is the only comic you’ve done that genuinely made me uncomfortable. Like a nightmare I’d wake up from in a cold sweat.

Marina RP

The last frame cracks me up. That‘s exactly how a teen would react and the ikea-like furniture is a nice touch. Makes it that much more believable 👏🏻

Sarah Sarah

Ooooooh I *hate* the frame with the skin on the floor. It gave me huge 2014 Under the Skin energy, and I hate *that* scene so much. Great remake of the original. I knew what was coming and was horrified anyway. Masterful! 👏👏👏

sophie

holy moly that one made me uncomfy lddlsls

Green

welp, that's just how puberty be sometimes

Amanda Muller

Major junji ito vibes with the body horror

Gabriela

Why’s it so funny though??

Lina Chen

I show this to my daughter to get her to stop peeling her hangnails. Not sure if it has been effective.

Jessica Confessore

I will forever be haunted by this comic. I think about it at least once a day.

Hearts in Context

Same here. I was actually just thinking about it again today, while I was picking at my own thumb hangnail. Hahaha.

Leelynn Brady

Nah the fact that he didn't immediately start screaming when it was long was the first red flag lol

Kelley Gillespie

Same here. Instant cringe when I think of it. Adam you have become immortal in my mind with this fear. 🤣

Annie

ok thanks i will NEVER be messing with my nails again. you just cured my anxiety

Kelsbyday

See I would've got scissors and cut it off because why am I coming undone lol

Rinyre

God, this really hits me hard as someone with OCD and anxiety who picks at myself a lot when I’m nervous or stressed. Sometimes I just do it without thinking and the compulsion to continue can be hard to snap out of even when you’re seeing/feeling the effects. It’s like trying to fix a problem by making it worse over and over again 🥲 Sometimes if you stop, you’re still unsettled because you can’t stop worrying about how fragile you are (obviously this is somewhat inflated from obsessive compulsive thinking patterns) I’ve definitely had moments when I was younger where I was in the middle of class feeling very self conscious because I realized I’d picked so much I’d started bleeding. Fantastically done, very cathartic horror, especially from the perspective of neurodivergent kids or neurodivergent former kids lol

Pixel

instead of pulling down, you always pull up so it kinda just tears off.

Sonic Druid

Apparently one of the main causes of death from being flayed (after shock and blood loss) is actually hypothermia.

Cavatica

This feels so Junji Ito.

ToastedJellybean

Lmao I was gonna say I remember a similar comic from your blog but you already posted it. That shit has haunted me to this day 😀