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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
2021-09-07 17:07:26
try "Hunger" from Hellblazer
also of note, the two parter was used as the basis for the "A Feast of Friends" episode of Constantine
Edited by jormis29

I'm trying to find this comic that started out with a story about this older gentleman who lived in the city and was suddenly struck with a supernatural hunger. He runs up to a burger stand and orders several burgers, eating them all in one sitting and then running off to a restaurant where he orders a ton of food, but no matter how much he eats he just gets thinner and thinner. Eventually he becomes so desperately hungry he jumps at a lady and tries to bite her leg, but then quickly dies starved and emaciated.
I can't seem to find what comic it was- I feel like it was a Sandman comic for some reason. All I know is that this little story was at the beginning of a much larger comic overall. I know it wasn't an adaption of Stephen King's "Thinner"; the plot is far shorter and it's implied that some greater power is at work through the narration boxes.