At the time, this alien animal, along with a universe of misshapen, corporeal forms, represented the artist’s concerns with the neurotic id. Where cartoonists like Roz Chast and Aline Kominsky-Crumb keep their phobias and obsessions in (mostly) human form, Wilcoxon made a practice out of turning them into Tim Burton-like monsters. But, as she notes in the video, her imagery combined the sweetness of pretty colors and that notable sourness.