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About November 2023

May10
by on May 10, 2024 at 8:45 am

A series of four, four panel comics, all rendered in magenta and green. They are described with their title: 11/4/24: ON A COLD GLASS In the first panel, a cold glass of beer sits on a bartop, condensation dripping down the side of the glass. The narration begins, "I'm not religious but I think there is something holy about this." In the second panel, we zoom out to see Emily sitting at the bartop, eyes closed and smiling, other folks around her chatting around the bar. The narration continues: "Permission to simply sit and exist, the low rumble of bar chatter, a cold glass in my hand." In the third panel, Emily chats with a friend as the narration continues: "The moments after will be full of laughter, friends, honest conversations and wild jokes." In the fourth panel, Emily walks outside, light beeming from her and the Chicago skyline behind. The narration concludes: "Each fraction of this night a pearl of light I want to carry with me for as long as I can." 11/14/24: ON WINTER BLUES In the first panel, Emily stands in the break room of her office, looking over the city skyline and sighing with exhaustion. The narration begins, "The high is 60 degrees today and yet winter has wrapped around me with the iron grip of talons." In the second panel, she walks down the stairs of the office stairwell, fiddling with her phone. The narration continues, "But I'm equipped now, and I've done this before." In the third panel, we zoom in on her phone as she selects an audio file from her browser. The narration continues, "So I pull a rip cord (one of many.)" In the fourth panel, Emily walks outside, enveloped in the sound of the audio coming through her earbuds. She holds the bubble as if it's a physical object. The narration concludes, "And I let myself remember I'm not alone." 11/19/24: ON TWO A.M. In the first panel, a row of stars shines through the night sky, framed by the silhouette of a tree. The narration begins, "It's almost two a.m." In the second panel, we zoom in on Emily, a wisp of breath coming out her mouth as she stairs up at the sky. The narration continues, "And Orion is so bright." In the third panel, we zoom out to see Emily standing, looking up, backed by buildings with smoke plumes coming out of them. The narration continues, "The same stars I looked to on so many lonely nights." In the fourth panel, the three stars span the entire frame. The narration concludes, "Now lighting my way home after an evening with dear friends." 11/22/24: ON AN OLD JACKET In the first panel, Emily sits in the driver seat of her car, looking tired off into the distance. The narration begins, "Coming back feels like trying to wear an old jacket that doesn't quite fit anymore." In the second panel, three versions of Emily stand in profile, each in a different color palette, indicating time passing. The narration continues, "The person I was is always under the person I am now." In the third panel, Emily stands with her back to the camera, looking out over the highway from a rest stop parking lot. The narration continues, "And one day she too will be buried under the person I become." In the fourth panel, we see the road ahead and the dashboard of Emily's car, with her phone mounted on it for directions, showing I-80 East. The narration concludes, "But for now there is just the old jacket and the nagging guilty feeling that I don't call this place home enough anymore." 11/30/24: ON PREPARED In the first panel, Emily puts the cap on a tube of eyeliner. The narration begins, "I should be used to the public aspect of art by now, shouldn't I?" In the second panel, Emily stands fiddling with her scarf. The narration continues, "The idea of our work being seen by so many people, offering their opinions, some likely unkind and with no intent on softening the blow." In the third panel, Emily, now all bundled up, walks down the street. The narration continues, "That scrutiny scares me more than this regular exercise in public vulnerability. I don't know if my armor is strong enough." In the fourth panel, Emily pulls out the chair at a bartop. The narration concludes, "But maybe, surrounded by my friends, it doesn't need to be."

I realized this week that I’ve fallen criminally behind on sharing journal comics here, so in the off weeks, I’ll be catching up on them! Here are the journal comics from November of last year.

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The One About Sports

Aug04
by on August 4, 2023 at 12:20 pm

A full color, two panel comic. In the first panel, Emily walks into the living room, addressing the viewer and holding a bowl of popcorn. She's wearing a Cleveland Cavs hoodie. "I'm just not really a sports person, ya know," she says. "Can't say I've ever even watched a game of anything start to finish. I'm really only a Cleveland fan cause I'm from there." In the second panel, she's sitting on the couch, looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The TV and TV stand is visible in the background; there's a grid-like video on the TV. She says, "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to watch this 7 hour sports documentary about a team I don't know. And yes, I will cry."

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About March 2023

Apr07
by on April 7, 2023 at 10:00 am

A series of four panel comics, all rendered in magenta and green. The first comic, ON EMERGE: In the first panel, the silhouette of a tree is seen before outlines of buildings. Two birds tweet softly on its branches. The narration begins: "it still feels like winter." In the second panel, Emily lies on a couch, covered almost entirely by a blanket. She opens her eyes tentatively to the noise. The narration continues: "but this morning I can hear birds in the tree outside our front window." In the third panel, Emily sits up from the couch, stretching her arms and back, eyes closed. The narration continues: "I am going to walk down to the used bookstore this afternoon. Work on some comics. Maybe make something nice for dinner." In the fourth panel, we zoom in on her hand, reaching up toward the ceiling. The narration concludes: "I am through the hardest part of the season, and I'm ready to start flying again." The second comic, ON REFLECTION: In the first panel, we see a tight shot of Emily sitting on a couch, holding a beer, surrounded by friends happily chatting. She laughs. The narration begins “lately I’ve wished I could have a moment to view myself from the outside.” In the second panel, Emily is seen from the chest up, facing the camera. There are silhouettes of her behind her, growing smaller as they fade into the distance. The narration continues: “see the version of myself that everyone else does.” In the third panel, a single hand reaches out from the right side of the panel. Three other hands reach out from the left to meet it. The narration continues: “would I see that she is deserving of the love so freely given?” In the fourth and final panel, Emily is clutching both of her hands together in front of her chest. Light pours from them, seeping through her fingers. The narration concludes: “that I am, that I am.” The third comic, ON FURTHER EXPLORATION: In the first panel, Emily sits up on the couch, legs covered by a blanket, looking at her phone with her glasses off. Her expression is tired and concerned. The narration begins: "Is this just a self-esteem problem or does it all run deeper." In the second panel, we zoom in on her phone screen, showing a search for "treatments for depression." The narration continues: "Something with my brain that I just can't think myself out of." In the third panel, we zoom in on her phone screen even more as she scrolls through a page. The narration takes up most of the space, but under her thumb, we see an article talking about the use of medication in depression treatment. The narration continues: "Or is this all simply learned, and the process of unlearning is THIS slow and painful and winding." In the fourth panel, Emily rubs her eye, still sitting on the couch. Her narration concludes: "I don't even know how to begin to figure that out."

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