Coping Mechanisms
We’re living through weird times. Personally, whenever dramatic world events occur, I tend to try to process them by learning as much as possible about it. By exposing myself to every news story and every development, the idea has been to help me pinpoint if there’s anything about the situation I can take control of on my own. Even realizing that things are completely OUT of my control is usually somewhat helpful to me.
Not this time around, though. The current coronavirus event feels at times so all-consuming that for a while there I struggled with trying to think about anything else. When my only actual coping mechanisms are merely to wash my hands and stay indoors, the uncertainty and the unpredictability of it all become even more amplified and overwhelming.
Oh, and I’m aiming for the next comic to be about anything else than the coronavirus. I’m sure you’ll probably appreciate that as well. Thanks for reading!
*hugs* to you – your creativity is a massive help to you, but it is also helping some of us. Thank you for sharing it! (My form of “make something” nearly always has to do with food and let me tell you, I might end this lockdown 50% heavier than I was before.)
+1 on reading Transmetropolitan! Spyder Jerusalem would do wonders for our times…
That’s awesome!
An Optipess comic without a bleak punchline? Woah, the situation must have hit you really hard. Hope you’ll feel better.
Just commenting to echo the love for Transmetropolitan! What a great comic (I love Optipess, too, obviously :) ).
DARN! – once again, I forgot to read Transmetropolitan for the first time