{"id":3431,"date":"2018-05-03T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2018-05-03T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:51:00","slug":"excerpt-from-chicken-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt from Chicken Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A comic I&#8217;ve been working on this past month for my mix media final. This is the first comic I&#8217;ve made that is larger than a comic strip so it&#8217;s not super great, but yeah. Click on the images to read. The pages are captioned because my handwriting is a mess. Content warnings: Hints of underage substance abuse and mentions of self harm.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3431 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled29-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled29-2-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled28-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled28-3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled30-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled30-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3435\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3435'>\n\t\t\t\tJesus: Hola. Si. This is he. Si. Porque? Si. Donde estas?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled31-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled31-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled37-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled37-3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3437\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3437'>\n\t\t\t\tTony: Jesus! You came.\nJesus: Of course.  Where is he?\nTony: In the back. \nJesus: Thank you so much for calling me, by the way.\nTony: Oh, it&#8217;s the least i could do after what happened with Maria.\nJesus: &#8230;Maria?\nTony: You haven&#8217;t heard?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled39-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled39-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3438\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3438'>\n\t\t\t\tTony: Maria was snatched up by the cartel last month, and there hasn&#8217;t been any talk of ransom. So, everyone is pretty much assuming the same thing. I don&#8217;t usually see Pino at these types of things. I&#8217;m assuming this situation has pushed him over the edge. I&#8217;m surprised he hasn&#8217;t told you about it.\nJesus: Pino doesn&#8217;t talk much.\nTony: Yea, no kidding. But, i just figured since you&#8217;re so close&#8230;\nJesus: I wouldn&#8217;t really say Pino is really close to anyone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled38-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled38-3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3439'>\n\t\t\t\tTony: Pino, your ride is here!\nPino: Hey. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled76-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled76-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled77-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled77-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3441'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: Haven&#8217;t seen you in awhile, Tiger. WOOAAH.\nJesus: Thanks again for calling me. \nTony: De nada\nPino: I feel like I&#8217;m a princess. \nJesus: I think we&#8217;re going to head out now.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled78-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled78-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3442\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3442'>\n\t\t\t\tTony: Alright. Drive safe then. \nJesus: I will.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled80-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled80-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled81-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled81-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3444\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3444'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: mmmwhy&#8217;re you carrying me? mmmnot that wasted. I can walk y&#8217;know. AHHKOOWW\nwhat was that for? \nJesus: what are you doing here, Pino? Huh? Tony told me you tried to drive home.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled83-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled83-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3445'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: I&#8217;m very good friver. Been driving since i was 13. \nJesus: No one is a safe driver when they&#8217;ve been drinking.\nPino: SHUTUUUUP! You sound like one of those &#8216;nnoying ads. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled85-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled85-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3446\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3446'>\n\t\t\t\tJesus: I&#8217;m being serious, Pino! You could have seriously gotten hurt! What were you thinking?\nPino: Probably the same thing you were thinking when you slit your wrists.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled86-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled86-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled87-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled87-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled88-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled88-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3449\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3449'>\n\t\t\t\tJesus: What&#8230;?\nPino: Did you think I didn&#8217;t notice? I noticed&#8230; I ALWAYS notice. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled89-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled89-3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3450'>\n\t\t\t\tJesus: This is different.\nPino: Is it? How?\nJesus: I&#8217;m not going to talk about this right now.\nPino: Well when are we going to talk about it, Jesus?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled95-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled95-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3455\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3455'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: When are you going to stop running away? \nJesus: You have no right to talk to me about running away after what you did tonight. \nPino: So you admit it? We&#8217;re the same. \nJesus: You don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled100-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled100-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3456'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: You don&#8217;t think anyone knows what they&#8217;re talking about! You don&#8217;t think anyone understands. Because you, a guy who cuts  himself to distract from the pain of the bruises his girlfriend gives him, who he refuses to break up with because he &#8220;Loves her&#8221; and &#8220;She promised not to do it again&#8221; and he believes her every time because of his daddy issues, is so hard to understand.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled101\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled101-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled103\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled103-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3458\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3458'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: I&#8217;m- I&#8217;m sorry I-\nJesus: Pino.\nPino: Oh God, I&#8217;ll clean it up. Ohmygg-\nJesus: Pino.\nPino: I&#8217;m sorry.\nJesus: Shh.\nPino: I couldn&#8217;t save her, I didn&#8217;t- She&#8217;s gone. She&#8217;s gone because I couldn&#8217;t.\nJesus- Shh shh It&#8217;s not your fault.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/untitled104\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Untitled104-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3459\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3459'>\n\t\t\t\tPino: I made a mess and now she&#8217;s gone forever.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comic I&#8217;ve been working on this past month for my mix media final. This is the first comic I&#8217;ve made that is larger than a comic strip so it&#8217;s not super great, but yeah. Click on the images to read. The pages are captioned because my handwriting is a mess. Content warnings: Hints of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/05\/03\/excerpt-from-chicken-blood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Excerpt from Chicken Blood&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3503,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}