u/SilverBishonen

(this has nothing to do with AI, I can't change the topic for some reason...)

A little backstory, I always had a love-hate relationship with Mad. I loved the comics and the cartoon show but I hated HATED this son of a bitch, Alfred E. Neuman. He always creeped me out as a kid and I had very violent nightmares about him. I tried my hardest to get rid of my fear of him but it never really worked, it would always come back when I had a nightmare about him.

I saw a scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre where the protagonist was hiding in the van and I was more scared of the poster with Alfred on it than anything else happening.

I also heard about this artist named Paul McCarthy who made Bossy Burger and wore an Alfred mask. It was by far the most disturbing thing I ever watched in highschool. (Even tho it was funny)

Luckily with age, I'm not scared of him like I used to be and I want to start collecting Mad magazines again but I'm still very much disturbed by Alfred. I just can't look at him for long and my childhood memories revolving around Alfred creep back in.

This is my OC Nerve! Nerve was brutally tortured by the town's butcher for stealing meat for his brother and sister, Gristle and Tendon. His siblings dug up his remains and stitched him back together using zippers from old jackets and revived him using witchcraft. Since Nerve has seen the afterlife, he gained otherworldly powers such as possession, the ability to walk on walls, extend body parts, and the ability to talk to otherworldly beings. Nerve and his siblings are trying to find their mother after being kidnapped and forced into a cult by their aunt.

This is the rough backstory so far, I'm still working things out and adding new characters. I'll try making character maps later to really get to know them.

I'm obsessed with him and his siblings rn. I'll do another post for his sister, Gristle later. 😋

What do you guys think?