This is the chapter one illustration from volume 3 of the manga/graphic novel series, Peach Fuzz.

Somewhere in small town America, a horrific scratching noise emanating from within a child’s bedroom terrorizes a family. Will they open the door...to fear? Are they prepared to face the pocket-sized monster that dwells within?  

Despite how that description sounds, Peach Fuzz isn’t a macabre tale. It’s a family-friendly, but bizarre romp through the lives of a 9-year old girl and her prissy pet ferret. I wanted to heighten the tension caused by a ferret digging at a bedroom door, to the point of farcical, so I went with a vintage horror-movie motif for this two page spread.

The dotty patterns in the grayscale are caused by the size reduction on the digital screentone.

Image copyright 2007, Jared Hodges, Lindsay Cibos, TOKYOPOP.