I'm not going to lie: producing a weekly comic is hard. Even after taking a week off from doing Dissect My Brain to focus on an essay, I didn't have the energy to do a full strip all the way through. I was also producing a HUBY strip simultaneously (which turned out better), and also got stuck at a party the night before. (I ended up doing this strip in one night from 12 AM to 5 AM.) And so, what you see before you was a struggle. I don't think it turned out too well. I have no clue why the first panel looks so blurry compared to the the rest of the comic. On the third panel, the other character (Plummer) looks like a blurry ghost.
As for the writing, I like this one. There's not much of a punchline, but I think the joke is sort of subtle. Prior to doing this one, I had gone through some shit, and decided to do a strip that reflects that. I've always liked it when characters give these long-winded, out of place speeches. They're such a cliche that I dare say it's a classic.
The line: "The best happened during the worst of the time, and the worst during the best" is this comic's moral. The idea that anything can can easily empower someone with optimism, as well as fill them with paranoia.
It's the Brodie shirt from Mallrats. I used to own one, but it ended up torn after years of love. Apparently it's the face of rejected actors who tried for the part of Brodie, and they were mashed up to make up this blurry face.
Original Publication: November 6, 2012.
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