Sorry I missed a month in there– I was powering through the end of the book I’ve been working on for AGES! It’s going through its editing now, and will hopefully see bookstores in about a year. Now I’m doing damage control on my post-deadline apartment cleanliness and personal health.
I missed you, internet!
If it’s any consolation were I single and a little younger,I would date you cause I love cats! Well, I didn’t think that would be any consolation.I tried…
Love the lighting effects on this strip. Excellent short story as well.
It’s nice to see a new story. I bet you’ll find someone who likes your cat.
My mom and I found an awesome solution to the dead tree conundrum. Yesterday, we went out and bought three tallish indoor piney-plants that we’re going to shove together in the middle of her living room and wrap with lights to look like a proper Christmas tree. At the end of the year, rather than having to dispose of another tree-corpse, she, my sister and I will each take one of the plants and keep it until next Christmas.
Anna– I love this idea! I’m a house-plant decorator myself, and this sounds like such a nice new tradition!
Wow. You really have a way with color. That’s just beautiful to look at.
Your dad is most likely just concerned about you. Don’t worry about the cat thing. There are partners out there who will love you and your cats! (All of my partners have cats of their own … it’s probably for the best that we don’t all live together!)
I love walking through xmas tree patches on sidewalks, that smell is just so comforting. And they have such cute sizes! The Charlie Brown tree!
Hey, Lucy, I second Isaac’s comment about the color. As for cats = no boyfriends, just “mmm-hmm” your dad and do your thing. As a Star Wars collector I’m familiar with the “Dude, ______ is lady kryptonite” argument. For me it became a litmus test. I don’t have it everywhere, but some of the collection is there. I display them, and it’s all a part of me. If the ladies wanna get with me, they need to get used to that part of my life. Same with cats, right? After all these years no one has run away from me and my restrained displays.
Not that I know of.
If I don’t get to say it later, Merry Christmas!
OH! That’s what I forgot! If anything, it’s the life of a comic book artist that would drive people away, hahaha. Cats and cat fanciers are easy in comparison.
Your comics are so poignant and emotionally resounding that it’s almost painful to read them. It feels like you’ve served me a slice of your soul. Excellent, excellent work.
Please cheer up Lucy! We hardly ever see you smiling anymore. <3
Sweet Christmas story.
I missed you too! In all seriousness, I checked back several times, wondering why there was no new comic up. I ended up checking your blog and figuring you were probably busy with your book. Glad there’s another comic up now. Look forward to buying the book too.
On a side note, kudos for the new words. I think i’m going to spend the lead up to christmas attempting to use depressurrealing in a normal conversation without anybody calling me out on it.
I like the new words: depressurealist and insignifound. Nice story, and with colors!
“But warmth and comfort and pleasure exist in every moment, event the sad ones.”
The meaning of life, right there.
Yay for a new comic and new words! When I first moved out of my parent’s place, I missed decorating for the holidays, so I bought a tiny (1.5 foot high) tree in a pot. It’s actually perfect – I can decorate it with tiny ornaments for the holidays, then take it back outside on my balcony for the rest of the year and it looks really pretty. It even grew this past year! Also, I agree with you; I don’t think I could be with anyone who a) didn’t like cats and b) my cats did not approve of. Warm wishes and happy holidays.
The internet missed you too. The holidays are just chock full of depressurealing insignifound moments, especially as I’m, for the first time, moving to someplace warmer for Christmas instead of to some place colder in one of those trips that involves a couple of families whose kids are now forced to interact. It should be an interesting Christmas and New Years. Can’t wait to see what happens on your end!
Awh, I love this, Lucy! I’ve had to settle for a fake tree because I feel guilty getting real trees. Glad to see this comic, I didn’t catch it via twitter I suppose so I just randomly decided to check and woo! New update
Think about this: Its not the people who might like your cat, but the people who your cat might like.
If they don’t like you, they scratch & bite. They let you know they don’t like you. They’re obnoxious when you’re not looking, and you can never understand why those people don’t come by very often. You get a dog or cat because you want some company and they’re happy to fill that space. But they’ll threaten and try to drive away anybody who tries to take your attention from them. They’re like little children, and horribly, monsterously possessive.
But so cute and harmless (key music from Jaws!)
So fir trees are ents, or vice versa?
I always had a feeling for inanimate beings. Like, “saving” a cigarette from dying as a child. And there are two special things that make me the “memento mori” more than any cemetery scene: Christmas trees and party balloons, dying slowly the day after.
Missed you too, Lucy. Happy to see you again!
I’m having a tough holiday for the same reasons, but this comic really lifted my spirits. Thank you Lucy
I have a big problem with object empathy. Once I had a little compact mirror that broke while I was in the Space Needle in Seattle, of all places. I couldn’t find a garbage container, so I left it on a table. As I walked away from it, I was tortured by guilt and tried to decide if I should have gone back for it, because it felt so sad just leaving it there, so far from home. It makes me feel like a crazy person sometimes. Probably why I have so much junk in my house.
I’m a bit obsessive about only buying trees that are planted in pots so that they survive and grow year round
It makes me sad seeing ones that are chopped down in their prime. Love your new comic and glad your book is all finished, can’t wait to read it! x
Wow your coloring for your comic’s is amazing! Like it looks digital, but at the same time looks almost like watercolor….anyways, love your comic Lucy, big fan! They always make me feel happy inside and give me more inspiration for my own comic scenarios!
I could never be with someone who didn’t like cats.