Navel Gazing

Mar07
by on March 7, 2025 at 8:50 pm

A six panel, full color comic. In the first panel, we see a cliff side, marked "diving point" with a sign, with the "tmp tmp tmp" and growing yells emerging from the side of the panel, as well as a leg. In the second panel, Emily launches herself from the cliff, yelling so loud it takes up the entire panel. A narration box labels the scene: "going on three weeks of comics head empty and I'm definitely feeling normal about it." In the third panel, Emily falls downward, addressing the reader with her words: "Steamed Veggies used to be kind of just...whatever I wanted to make. Silly stuff, serious stuff--anything really. Eventually, my journal comics became a place for the deeper topics, and I could focus on making SV funny. Well, to me at least." In the fourth panel, we zoom in on Emily's face, looking a little pained as she squints her eyes and furrows her brow. She continues, "unfortunately, the drawback to THAT are THESE moments when I have nothing funny in the tank. Gee, I wonder why." In the fifth panel, Emily approaches the water and she curls herself up into a cannonball position. She continues talking, "So what do I have in the tank? I dunno, really. I'm trying to find things and make moments that bring me joy. (A lot of danmei, currently.) Surrounding myself with the folks I love. Helping where I can among so much fear." A big text SPLASH sound effect breaks the bottom of the panel. In the sixth panel, Emily sticks her head out of the water, her glasses floating away, as she concludes, "I guess what I'm trying to get at is that we're all trying to keep our heads above water. For whatever that's worth right now."

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