I’m Alive by Mariel de la Jara-Smith - Transcript

Content warnings:

blood, major physical and mental distress

Page 1:

Panel 1: Closeup of a robot's mouth open containing a large black seed with a white star symbol on it. The teeth and throat of the robot are pure white though the shadows are an ominous purple.

Panel 2: Slight zoom out of robot's mouth that now including its chin, jaw closed as it swallows the seed, grimacing and blood seeping slightly through its teeth. 

Panel 3: Closeup of the robot's red eyes tearing up with dark purple liquid and its forehead beginning to be split in two by an emerging yellow green and purple plant. Overlaid is a futuristic bright red text that says: 'Im alive' with a star symbol between the 'i' and 'v'.

Page 2:

Panel 1: Headshot of the robot to the right side of the panel screaming in pain as half of its face is torn off and replaced by emanating plants including strawberries. To the left is 4 bright red texts repeating 'Im alive' but in different fonts, some elongated, some compact, contrasted by a black background.

Page 3:

Panel 1: Elongated panel of a torso shot of the robot as plants including oranges and flowers burst out of its back, fighting with the white internal tubing of the robot for space in the panel. Text on the bottom and top are turned vertically and its red color is slightly dull, though still repeating 'Im alive' with some star symbols aligned next to it.

Page 4: 

Panel 1: Full bleed, borderless symmetrical single panel, with the robot kneeling forward in the bottom middle as large bell shaped flowers emerge from its back holding up a large paella pan and teapot on top with a human figure with multiple hands stands immediately behind it holding a mug and encapsulated by circular greenery that fades from green into yellows and purples. At the very top in large bold red text it says 'im alive' and body text underneath the central images repeat those same words over and over again.