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Kitchen Sink August 1997
1st printing. Stories, Art and Covers by Charles Burns. A mysterious plague causes mutations in Burns acclaimed horror graphic novel. Keith is smitten with Eliza, an alluring artist who happens to have a tail. Final Kitchen Sink issue. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $3.50.
Around the same time, Keith meets Eliza, a young woman who also carries the Bug which manifests as a lizard-like tail. Despite their instant attraction, the two do not have sex. Meanwhile, many other teens in the town have contracted the disease, and several of them seek seclusion from society due to the severity of their mutations and build an encampment in the woods outside of town. Some of the infected teens, particularly females, begin disappearing, with strange statues and even body parts being found around the woods.