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RJ Pierce

@racheljpierce.bsky.social

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Illustrator and comic artist. Please don't edit or post my work elsewhere! ✨

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 16h

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The eighteenth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman looks back over her shoulder again as she continues on. After a moment, the red gleam of the cyclist’s eyes are visible through the trees.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 1d

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The seventeenth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman continues through the woods, lighting up her phone flashlight again as she goes.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 2d

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The sixteenth page of the Halloween comic. As she runs into the woods, she looks over her shoulder. The cyclist has picked up his bike again and is following her off road.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 3d

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The fifteenth page of the Halloween comic. She looks behind her after having crossed the road to see the cyclist turned towards her, and he starts to get on his bike. She gets off the road and runs down into the ditch and into the woods.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 4d

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The fourteenth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman crawls across to the passenger seat, opens the car door and jumps out. She runs back across the road.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 5d

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The thirteenth page of the Halloween comic. The cyclist slaps a glove against the driver’s side window suddenly, and all the indicators on the car dashboard light up red. The young woman flinches away in shock.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 6d

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The twelfth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman gets into her car and slams the door, and then looks back over her shoulder to see the cyclist walking his bike towards her. She looks over her other shoulder and grabs the shifter.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 7d

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The eleventh page of the Halloween comic. The young woman gets up and runs back to her car, as the ‘camera’ gets closer to her back.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 8d

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The tenth page of the Halloween comic. The cyclist stands up and picks his bike up to shoulder height with a gloved hand. As the frame of the bike comes into the light of the flashlight, raised ghostly faces are revealed on its surface. The young woman falls back onto the ground in shock.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 9d

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The ninth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman looks shocked, as the cyclist finally looks all the way up and reveals that there is only empty space under the helmet instead of a head. In the void of space where eyes would be, two bright red lights suddenly flash into existence.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 10d

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The eighth page of the Halloween comic. She gets to the side of the road just as the cyclist is picking himself and his bike up. His head is turned down and obscured by his helmet. She turns on the flashlight on her phone to get a better look, and then asks, “Should I call 911?” The cyclist starts to look up.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 11d

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The seventh page of the Halloween comic. The young woman grabs her phone and jumps out of the car, then runs back up the road towards the cyclist she just hit.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 12d

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The sixth page of the Halloween comic. Before the young woman looks back up, a cyclist appears in the light of the headlights on the side of the road, moving in the same direction she is. She looks up just in time to make an expression of shock, before she sideswipes the cyclist and swerves her car off the opposite side of the road into the ditch.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 13d

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The fifth page of the Halloween comic. The phone map on the seat next to the young woman updates to say rerouting, and shows a U-turn on the screen. She glances down at it.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 14d

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The fourth page of the Halloween comic. The young woman looks over her shoulder at the road behind her, and then refocuses straight ahead, a little rattled. She comes to an intersection and looks at the nearby stop sign with a quizzical expression.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 15d

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The third page of the Halloween comic. Suddenly, a couple of deer appear in the light of the headlights on the side of the road. The young woman gasps and swerves to avoid them.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 16d

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The second page of the Halloween comic. The young woman continues to glance down at her phone while she drives, alternating with looking around for her turn. The road ahead of her appears empty.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · 17d

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The first page of the annual Halloween comic of 2025. The page is mostly the dark blue color palette of evening or nighttime, and a lone car is driving down an empty wooded road. Inside the car we see the driver is a young woman, and she is looking at map directions on her phone.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Sep 8

THINK FAST [ DS2 ]

A four panel Death Stranding 2 comic, based on the Higgs boss fight in the APAC servers. In the first panel Higgs says 'You ready for this, Sam?' while Sam looks at him with his typical bland expression. In the next two panels Higgs dodges both the blood boomerang and a porter boot, and in the last panel he screams in fear as Dollman flies directly at his face.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Sep 2

waste not [ DS2 ]

A two panel Death Stranding 2 comic. In the first panel, mech Higgs and Fragile are facing off in the scene where she hits him with the Magellan, but a large speech bubble that says "thank you for recycling" is covering their conversation. In the second panel, they both look over to see Sam recycling Higgs' bottom half.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Sep 1

august request night was full of emotional dudes

A promo image for my Patreon page, with cropped images of some of the drawings I’ve posted recently.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Aug 28

[ DS2 ]

A cropped version of the above Sam and Higgs, but now Sam is imagining stick figure violence.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Aug 28

he’s like if psychological warfare was a person [ DS2 ]

A drawing of Sam and Higgs from Death Stranding 2. In the foreground is a mysterious silhouette that's saying, "Sam, we knew the only way to get you to eat your vegetables was to use Higgs against you." Sam is standing with an annoyed look on his face and his arms crossed, and he's thinking, "I gotta stop falling for this." Higgs has an arm draped over Sam's shoulder and a big smile on his face.

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Aug 28

AAA HI NOJI 👋👋💕

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RJ Pierce @racheljpierce.bsky.social · Aug 21

it's entirely possible that i may be in too deep

A drawing of Mech Higgs from Death Stranding 2 with his hair in french braids. Sorry.

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