Comments on: Awkwardness

By: Tamfang

Tamfang — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:45:13 +0000

Does anyone else think the “Especially When” ribbon looks fallopian?

By: Agata

Agata — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:44:25 +0000

Brilliant

By: Tiamarie

Tiamarie — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:31:30 +0000

I recently discovered this web journal/comic, and I absolutely love this.
I am still in my teen years and I love reading all of your life struggles and seeing how well you have grown. This makes me less afraid of the future I will have to face, more willing to take everything calmly and try to work it out the best I can, thanks so much!:)

By: Francisca Lemos

Francisca Lemos — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:42:40 +0000

I loved this comic! I really did! Great job!

By: Tomas

Tomas — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:52:56 +0000

I love the fact that a guy from Argentina like me could come across your fascinating art, Internet gives me great joys from time to time. When I first read this I felt like someone had made a diagram of my brain when it faces those awkward and humilliating situations. I particularly remember waving at someone, then from a distance seeing that person waving at me again and thinking “she already waved, that’s odd, but let’s wave again” and then I noticed she actually was waving at some guy sitting next to me that second time. Things like that just make me wanna be swallowed by the earth. You put it in words perfectly, I really admire your work (and your singing!). Finding this has made so happy.

By: Raelynn Esterlina

Raelynn Esterlina — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:26:32 +0000

I’ve been checking your site periodically, it was a real treat to see something new ^.^ I just had a deluge of awkward last night, when, I invited two guy friends to one of my female friends’ house warming party. Only, I had just told her I couldn’t make it, but could at the last minute and when we arrived I realized I had the wrong day. Girls in pajamas painting finger nails inside, freshly washed, groomed dapper fellas outside with me. Awkward. Not sure which category it falls under, but hey, sometimes ya just gotta laugh

By: GreyWolf

GreyWolf — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:13:41 +0000

Feel your pain on this one, seriously. Wasn’t until I was in my 30′s when I read an article that I found out I was not the weird social ogre I thought myself to be.

That being an introvert is not only natural (if a minority) but potentially powerful: some of our greatest actors were all introverts, it’s what made them good actors – they’ve had to act like a different person their whole lives, heh.

That being a night person didn’t make me some kind of weirdo, a potential boogeyman of some kind – I just have a different circadian rhythm is all. Same goes for my wierd sleeping habits … my body clock is just a bit off, it seems to expect a 27 hour day hence why I am constantly fighting what feels like a rotating battle between insomnia and narcolepsy (figure THAT out), my body doesn’t like the 24 hour clock I make it follow.

I also warn people I may have to keep asking them their name until I’ve had the opportunity to see them and CALL them by name at least a couple dozen times, before it sticks.

So I am an introverted night owl who can never seem to remember your name (and was always found in the computer lab, to boot!). Any wonder I tended to stick to myself back in high school?

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 28 May 2012 04:24:20 +0000

I love the panel about the romance.
It’s too true, we need to learn that in romance some people click with you and some people just don’t, and it doesn’t mean you’re awkward or bad in anyway, it’s just, sometimes people are not right for each other.

I love this.
Thank you for posting another comic, Lucy! Keep them coming. I missed them!

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:54:06 +0000

Exacerbating is such an interesting word!
At least you haven’t been extirpated ( )
Your best advice is when you tell yourself to just shut up and quit freaking out.
Relax and feel free to be amused. You exist in a sort of special place, quite unlike where most other people live. Love that place. It is where you flourish and grow!

By: Gerun Knarlson

Gerun Knarlson — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:54:24 +0000

As a kid, I was terrified of social interaction. Like, TERRIFIED. To the point that, after grade 3, I had no close friends in school and spent most of my time on my own. High school was even worse – every day, I would grit my teeth and just walk through the day, not paying any attention to anyone or getting too close to my classmates or teachers.

After I graduated, I didn’t know what I was going to do in college. I was scared to death of leaving home and being on my own. So, I did what any terminally shy person would do – I went to Russia to be a volunteer English teacher for four months. I didn’t speak any Russian whatsoever, and I didn’t know any of the girls who were going with me. Yes, I was very, very desperate. And slightly nuts.

But you know what? It was worth it. I learned many important lessons there, that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. The most important one to me, however, was that there are so many people in the world who felt the exact same way that I did. I still feel it, but now I know I’m not the only one.

Thank you for making this comic. As someone who suffers from social anxiety disorder, this really makes me feel better about myself. Russia has helped me feel more at ease with the world – this makes me feel more at ease with myself. So, thank you, very very much.