A Little About My Comic

I love talking with my friend who's from Illinois, because it's so fun to compare regional differences in stuff like the weather, but also to discuss how the people are different, too. My favorite example of this was my friend saying "People down here are nice, but people up north are kind." Basically, where we are, people will be polite, they'll say nice words, "bless your heart" and whatever, but they won't do anything for you. They often won't help beyond a "thoughts and prayers", and often will even complain about you behind your back and talk shit. It sucks, I hate it here.

Thinking about it recently, I was randomly reminded of my comic that I want to make, which was fun because I don't often get reminded of projects if they're not on the forefront of my mind. I haven't talked about my comic too much on here before, past maybe a couple of brief overviews in some of my earlier monthly updates? Basically the vision is a very down-to-earth, slice-of-life story about the everyday life of a bunnygirl named Amelia (I know, how original) who works in a local video rent store. I don't have any kind of goal or overarching plot, other than to just show some of the strangeness that life can throw at you in the form of work, money, relationships, self-care, etc. The three main characters are Amelia, her coworker Cali (she/they cat), and her friend Soap (they/them cat), and generally explores their lives, their differences, their similarities, and the sorts of things that they do in the interest of themselves and each other. It's not an active project, but I would really love to see at least part of it come to light one day.

Anyways, the reason I bring it up is because when thinking about the differences in how people act, I found it fascinating (if not frustrating) and immediately had the vision of a manager at Amelia and Cali's place of work who is exactly that person. She's all smiles, polite to customers, says kind words when prompted, but she's a bitch. Plain and simple, she does not care, she does not like you, and you'll only see that in the most insidious form of insincerity. I hate that kind of person, and I see them so often, all over the place, and it makes me feel terrible inside every time. I feel like if that emotional response is strong enough to make me think about it like this, then it's probably worth putting in my comic about people and life.