That thin panel at the top of the page is the punchline to the story. The blood splatter is the main character to this point – a young man who has worked his way to this far, only to die because he fell down in the wrong place. Pretty dark slapstick, really. Clever idea, though.

(Heavy Metal Summer Special, 2001 – Page 110 The Princess and the Pea-Brain… by Di Felice)