"When you use too much of the wrong type of lubricating oil on your automatic but still get you

This drawing is inspired by the final scenes of Nabokov's Lolita in which the main character, Humbert Humbert murders the man who helped his Dolores 'Lolita' Haze escape his clutches. During these scenes Humbert notes that his gun is a mess due to the fact that he tried to oil it using potentially "the wrong stuff." The encounter is messy, featuring wrestling and lots of blood from multiple gunshot wounds smeared around the gaudy mansion of Humbert's prey.

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