do you guys know about "some people" by luke pearson i've never talked about it with a single other soul but i think it's one of my favorite things ever
lukepearson.com/Comics/Some-Pe
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there's so much going on that i'm not sure if i get the message
is it that people change across time, so we can't take who the person is at the moment to be representative of who they are overall?
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what I got out of it is echos of dysfunction between/through generations (tl;dr "hurt people hurt people") and interconnectedness of everyone. The bully in first 2-3 rows grows into a man connected to ... ... ... the victim he bullied
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Gave me a Subnormality vibe (but much less text), if you've ever read that?
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yes! subnormality is amazing too but, yeah, sometimes a lot of text haha
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Seen it before, but in the moment reminds me of:
On my death I bequeath you this most precious gift: The knowledge that life is hard, and yet too soon passed
-MTG Flavor Text, "Dal Funeral Right"
Or near enough at least
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This is good, I like “intergenerational karma transmission” stories like this.
Chris Ware has some “here’s how that played out over several lifetimes” elements in his comics too. I think most people who like this comic would enjoy Chris Ware too.
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Jimmy Corrigan is a masterwork.