Definitely diggin the improvement, man! It's refreshing to see what you can pump out without a time limit. Your figures are definitely tighten and your actions a lot more dynamic. Plus the detail on the pipes and tunnel give it that nice, gritty, sewer feeling. And writing-wise, it's a fun little body-horror romp that ends on a nice cute note.
I'd say the biggest crit I've got is with your shading. Using black as a shadow color tends to flatten things out a bit, or give it a very sorta generic light-source. It's a sewer! Maybe light reflecting off the sewer water gives the whole place a dim blue glow; then just use the opposite color to shade! Blue light? Warm shadows. Yellow light? Cool shadows. It might seem a bit backwards, but it really helps flesh out the world a bit and make it pop.
And I'm a big fan of your venture into cool, gorey, panels, but they definitely work better with a slow build. Like, having the flesh and muscle slowly peel away like paint, or bubble off into a puddle like an egg. That's the stuff. Otherwise it's over too quick before the audience has time to register the "Oh Sweet Jesus No" factor. And maybe consult those old-timey anatomical drawings for their super-tight-detail in the muscles. The real-er it feels, the better.
But overall, a totally marked improvement from your previous stuff, and I'm always down to see more!
Ohoho! Damn creepy! But Smiley is so adorable! Your lineart and panels get better and better each comic, as well as your shading and coloring! Page 3 was my favorite, great use of perspective and camera angles! XD
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