A work-in-progress sketch for now; taking time to lock everything in before inking.
After The Brotherhood of the Diabolical Crows and The Horde of Zombie Koalas, I’m continuing this series centered on animal zombification and a world slowly rotting away.
A gigantic mutant queen traps polluting humans inside her hive.
Entombed alive in honey, swallowed, suffocated, then preserved to be slowly digested, their bodies become decaying offerings. An exact reflection of what we are inflicting on our own environment.
Bees are bioindicators of ecosystem health.
And they are collapsing.
But we learn nothing.
More and more overconsumption, toxic waste, and pesticides weaken the swarms.
Les restrictions d’eau et les sécheresses sont devenues normales, ce qui signifie moins de pollen.
Pollution has become trivialized.
Energy absurdity has been turned into an economic model.
Yes, capitalism, yes! Keep dancing!
Waltz on, waltz on…
Like bees in mid-flight. In full distress.
I keep thinking about a scene from an old movie I saw as a kid, when I was already obsessed with sci-fi: people trapped inside their car while a swarm attacks them by crawling through the air vents.
We are creating the conditions for our own erasure, one honeycomb cell at a time.
A few films if you want a popcorn-and-honey session:
- The Deadly Bees (1966)
- The Savage Bees (1976) (téléfilm)
- Killer Bees (1974) (téléfilm)
- The Swarm (1978)
- The Bees (1978)
I’ll come back soon with the full illustration 🐝🤙🏻