I wanted to put Lizard World down but I could not. The narrative and art held me in a hideous grip. Denis Kitchen, Kitchen Sink Press In Lizard World, body horror and dark satire collide across centuries. In 17th-century London, a medical student delivers a corpse to a nobleman with disturbing surgical plans. Centuries later, a New Jersey dentist crashes into the Florida swamps and is abducted by the noblemans degenerate descendants.