There is nothing worth that being self-deprecating and having someone agree. And this guy, I feel I’ve put him in a strip before, but can’t seem to find who he is. Problems of having such a huge multi-character strip. :)
I think that’s a fair summary of crappy jobs. But at least you don’t have to take them home with you.
Back in college and for a bit after, I would wear my clothes until they were tatters. I think I did it because I was poor and didn’t want to be wasteful, but I think part of it was that I was repelled by the idea of fitting in anywhere.
It is a bit bizarre that the one time Bruno is super-assertive, is when she sees she’s scaring a guy. But, I would also have to say there might be a bit more going on, that Kemp somewhat represents my want-for-isolation-and-to-write-poetry-and-be-left-alone-side, which is fun to antagonize.
I always rather liked “Trip Shakespeare” as well as “Semisonic,” and they do sometimes have a bit of an understated sound.
This strip somewhat comes out of my repeated amazement at jobs to hear people complain about their duties because “they don’t want to.” I always feel that I’ve sold my soul for a few pennies and have no right to complain, so I just frikkin’ do it.
Which is why it was such a relief to become a full-time cartoonist, and why it’s so frustrating that I may have to rejoin the work-force in the next few months. Ah well.