I agree with serenasakitty. Justin could’ve been leading us on. Maid Marian could be her sister, a heterosexual friend, even a guy in drag or someone who is disabled. Janine did not say she was gay. She simply said that there was a Maid Marian. The subject is wide open to any number of possibilities.
You can do what Steven can’t - you can create a full story, complete with a moral with just a few words and four squares of artwork. People can identify with what you have here. People are able to elaborate on it anyway that they want to. They can apply it to their own situation or perhaps one that they know of. It makes them stop and think of someone that they love and they feel the guilt of neglect, which is what RRH is doing to her grandmother. Her grandmother’s circumstances are not good according to your artwork. She is living in poverty and unable to manage much for herself as suggested by the walker and the torn curtains.
Listen to what people are saying here - they want to call Mom, they’re feeling guilty, etc. You can do something that very few comic artists can do. You’ve touched people’s hearts with this one. The last picture shows it all. This is art at its very best. This is one of your truly great works that I have seen in the past year and half or so that I’ve been reading this comic.
Justin, be very proud of this one. These comments show just how good you really are. I’m seriously hoping that someday you’ll be far more successful that Steven because you are far better than he will ever be.
I agree with serenasakitty. Justin could’ve been leading us on. Maid Marian could be her sister, a heterosexual friend, even a guy in drag or someone who is disabled. Janine did not say she was gay. She simply said that there was a Maid Marian. The subject is wide open to any number of possibilities.