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Back at UMass I got a really nasty letter about this one. Someone had read this strip without reading any strip before it and felt I was saying that all lesbians are into deviant S&M practices.
I actually managed to iron the whole conflict out, and later even met the woman, and it was all good.
How’s that for an undramatic story! :)
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Sometimes this happens to me (except I usually feel a bit bad about it) where I’m sarcastic or joking beyond reason, and the person I’m speaking with takes me seriously. Unfortunately, my instinct is to keep pushing the joke/sarcasm, which only makes me feel worse when they (usually) still don’t get it.
Bruno has no problem with this. :)
I remember finding this very funny, that this expression used to mean “something I don’t know how to describe” is directly translated from French as “I don’t know what.” Which is about how Bruno felt.
It always makes me laugh when emotional or romantic moments are interrupted by things which end up seeming ridiculously out of place: cars honking, knocking over a box of cereal, fire alarms. In this instance, it’s also gross because cats are simply cats.
Man, breakups always suck, almost more-so when you still both deeply care about each other. I did find this a good opportunity to slip in a little more depth to Donna’s character. That she also has a history of depression, and has managed to leave it mostly behind.
This is Bruno’s way of reaching out.
And that’s one of the things I love about her friendship with Lenny. They GET each other, and through all the problems, they know they’re both in it for the long haul.
I loved this background so much, it was part of what inspired me to eventually start using photo references all the time (that was the view from my window when I lived in Northampton).
It was also fun to write someone who clearly does NOT want cheering up.
Oh, and in this strip, I always felt I made her look a bit like a gelfling.
And mannn…. this one is a blast from the past. Comix Talk just posted it on their facebook page.
Lenny and Jay never really hit it off.
I am really not of a fan of gay jokes. Or jokes against any minority, especially marginalized ones. Although I think it can be done tastefully, and in those rare cases, I think it’s always where it is clearly a CHARACTER making that judgement or speaking distastefully, and through other means or characters, the author shows that it is not what the author believes. It may sound all wishy-washy and P.C., but I think you can be super offensively funny and yet pull it off (RIcky Gervais stand-up comes immediately to mind).
Nice of Lenny to stick around despite/because-of Bruno locking herself in the closet. It was one of the first weeks where I went for a repeated scene every day of the week (Today’s ran on a Monday), which was fun to play with.
Classic gag. Someone is going out of their way to be nice and reassure, and doesn’t realize (or at least not until it’s too late) that they’ve said wayyyy too much.
Christina and Lenny were a good pairing. Definitely birds of a feather.
