Normally, I don’t do much commentary on these, but this one might need some. First off, I schedule these a week or more in advance, and I have literally no idea what the state of the world will be like by the time this goes live. At this point in time, things are looking bad. Well, worse than usual. If “usual” is even a real thing anymore. This comic is not intended to trivialize human suffering. If I were in a position to alleviate some of that suffering through anything other than writing and weird humor, I would.
But as someone whose high school career was bookended by the Columbine massacre and September 11th, as someone who graduated from undergrad into the Great Recession, as someone who published a debut novel under the shadow of the 45th American presidential administration, it’s difficult to not reflect on those patterns.
But if anything I make eases ONE person’s emotional burden, even for a brief moment, I’m counting that as a victory. These days, I’ll take those wins whenever I can get them.