By this point, we’re really getting the sense that the creature is causing serious harm to Jim, from inside his body. The tension here is that we can see that something is happening, but we don’t know exactly what. It engages our imagination, which creates what we don’t see. This is a classic technique of horror storytelling: let the audience fill in the gaps in the story, because what they imagine is often as creepy as what’s on the page or screen (and sometimes more so). Here’s what strikes me about how Jerem and Shi achieved this:

- Starting with Jim’s hands and teeth clenched conveys a sudden, intense pain that sets up the rest of the page. Jennie’s worried face behind him is very prominent and creates some sympathy - or at least concern - for Jim since she’s a sympathetic character. I like how big everything is in this panel - her face, his face, his hands. The most important parts are the biggest.

- Speaking of big, on the second panel I like how we just see a few parts of the creature - the head and other spiny parts (the claws, I believe). Again, just showing the most important parts to the story.

- And then in the third panel, the perspective pulls back. It seems the pain has passed - or lessened, at least - and this gives us, as a reader, a chance to breathe. These kinds of ups and downs are an effective method to tell this part of the story. For one, it keeps the reader on edge because it’s hard to know what’s going to happen next. For another, the greater the difference between lulls and sudden pains, the more dramatic it is: the highs seem higher and the lows seem lower. If the story is told with just highs, it can be very draining to experience and can wear out the audience. I don’t think that approach works for this part of the story.

- The red splotches from the center frame bleed into the neighboring panels on the top and bottom. I like this - creative way of indicating the destruction inside Jim’s body.

- Speaking of red, the red glow in Jim’s eyes is a nice touch. This is a completely unnatural element and shows a progression of whatever the creature’s doing inside his body. Whether his eyes are bleeding or something else is going on, we don’t know - and that’s a good thing. As I mentioned at the beginning, it tells you just enough to know that Jim’s in trouble and lets us fill in the gaps - in this case, with more questions than answers.