Miscellaneous eaters

The persistent eating of non-nutritive substances is the primary symptom of pica. Those who suffer from pica eat paint, plaster, hair, cloth, sand, bugs, leaves, pebbles, and animal droppings. (Pica is Latin for magpie.) We are reminded of the Chris Adrian character, Pickie Beecher.


We decided to rerender the Miscellaneous Eater in the style of Seattle/Denver artist Carrington Smithers. First, we tried this:

Then, we realized that we needed to go a lot heavier with the dark 5B pencil on the outlines:

The Miscellaneous eater was inspired by this patch, which was found in an abandoned third floor attic bedroom: