The Same Artist Who Made People Cry With Her ‘Good Boy’ And ‘Black Cat’ Comics Just Released A New One With Albatross
Illustrator Jenny-Jinya has found a successful formula with her sad stories about Death visiting animals—you may remember shedding a tear over her “good boy” comic or her multi-part black cat story that sought to draw awareness to cat abuse and neglect. The last time Bored Panda caught up with her, she shared that she makes these sad comics to give a voice to victims, creating empathy for the animal casualties of humans’ actions.
In her latest cartoon drawings, the artist addresses the far-reaching consequences of one human-made natural disaster, plastic pollution, and how wild animals suffer from it.
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Jenny’s new comic is about the effects of plastic waste on seabirds
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
Image credits: Jenny-Jinya
A study found that plastic floating in the ocean attracts algae that smells similar to the krill eaten by albatrosses and other seabirds. By mistaking items covered in this algae for food, the birds then unknowingly swallow inorganic material or feed it to their chicks.
Some birds die by swallowing so much indigestible waste that they experience blockages or are unable to take in enough food, as dramatic pictures of bird carcasses filled with plastic have shown, but the effects of plastic consumption are usually more insidious. To find out what is happening to the birds before they are found dead, Australian researchers performed blood tests on flesh-footed shearwaters, seabirds that live off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, but have been steadily dwindling in population. It turns out that even birds that have only consumed a few pieces of plastic are slowly poisoned as plastic leaks pollutants absorbed from the environment into their bodies, causing stunted growth, high cholesterol and potential kidney disease.
Advances have been made in ocean-cleaning technology in recent years, with a 2,000-foot-long plastic-collecting device successfully picking up plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch last year, and hundreds of plastic-collecting fixtures called Seabins installed in busy harbors all over the world. However, conservationists say that even if cleaning technology continues to improve and more devices like these are installed in the future, they will be unable to make a dent in the amount of plastic in the ocean without putting a stop to the waste continuing to enter the ocean. For that, legislating the use of single-use plastics and educating the public on how to cut down on plastic is the only way to make a difference.
Commenters agree that they’ve had enough of people’s irresponsibility with trash
She also drew a comic on the plight of the animals in Australia due to the fires and a backstory for the "Good Boy" dog who was cruelly abandoned. Her comics are deep, meaningful, and make me cry every damn time.
I only have to see the post title and pic and im off.like a baby
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We first started asking people to "give a hoot, don't pollute" around 40-plus years ago... *sigh*
Congratulations, Jenny-Jinya, you've made me cry once again. Rest in peace, little Mo. I'm sorry that we could not save you, but let's work harder and better to save more animals. Peace out.
Honestly, anything sad with animals truly affects me to the point of triggering awful thoughts that just won't leave. So, although I believe the artist's work is truly heartfelt, I have not and will not read any of these comics. :-(
Agreed! I don't believe in ignoring problems or sticking your head in the sand but I don't believe in self inflicted pain either. I don't read these either it seems the same as watching reruns of Old Yeller over and over.
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Heartbreaking and then some! Reduce, reuse, recycle. Carry reusable straws and forks with you. If we don't stop fouling our nest, we will have nowhere to live. The coronavirus epidemic makes me wonder if Nature is carrying out experiments so She can unleash a REALLY nasty pandemic on us--
I knew I should not have read that, cause I know I would cry so hard. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
I'm a generation smoker (all my ancestors smoked during pregnancy) but it hurts me to know that the cigarette butts are pushed in the ocean. They should invent some bio-degradable cigarette butts. I tried vaping and didn't like it. Nicotine is a natural element in tobacco; natives still use it for ceremonies. But Cigarette Co. is really making it more addictive than it should be.
When people go running or walking here in Sweden, they usually bring a bag with them to pick up litter and recycle it. It gives a more thorough workout for the body, and the planet win also. I love the win-win of it. It's smart.
NOO I showed this to my friends and they're being mean and completely ruining the comic and Im just like ITS THE EFFECT AND THE MESSAGE THAT MATTERS
Then you shouldn't be with these friends!
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This so sick... In case no one mentioned this yet: do not, never, feed birds with anything salty! Crows (and maybe other birds, too ... I just know it for sure about crows) get birth defects when their mother ate too much salt ... crippled feet and the like. It's not a favour to them, it's poisoning them. And, FFS, throw you cigarette butts into the ashtray ... or trashcan, if their fire is off. Isn't that hard...
These comics always make me sad. So many people are doing good things for the Earth, but there are always more that don't. No matter how much we do, it seems it's never enough.
I pick up litter often, especially when I'm down because it's something small but concrete I can do that might make a difference. I started doing this because of participating in a beach clean up in Canada in the early 90s. I filled one huge garbage bag with just plastic tampon applicators. I'd already filled one with all the other kinds of garbage so I made it a goal. I was horrified. I never used plastic applicator tampons but wow, it was so freaking discouraging and disturbing to see a 50 gallon bag full of them. I'm glad there are other alternatives now. Likely too little, too late, but there it is.
Jenny's cartoons are spot-on. I hope this one makes people think twice before tossing their trash on the ground. And it's not just sea and shore birds that suffer. Sea turtles, fish, and sea mammals also ingest the plastic trash and succumb to its effects.
ugh I hate that this is happening to our animals and planet. Ive been teaching my young children about recycling and how important it is. We've switched to metal straws and resuable bags but there's only so much one can do pl;astic is everywhere
THIS. THIS comic is the reason I lovingly wash, dry, and recycle every single one of those plastic condiment containers you get with your takeout. I'll be grumbling to myself as I take a toothbrush soaked in vinegar to get the damn salad dressing out of the damn nooks and crannies of the damn condiment lid... then my mind will flash to this albatross mom and her baby.. Next thing I know I'm getting choked up at the sink and my sister is asking me what happened. This comic is also a good thing to show people who don't recycle plastic because "it takes just as much energy to recycle it as it does to create it". Stellar eco-logic, Skylar! So that means, when you stick your empty meal-in-a-bottle container in the trash, not ONLY will that bottle have affected the environment because of the emissions released to produce it, but now a baby albatross is choking on garbage, too, because there's a giant floating mass of plastic in the ocean the size of Texas. Great work, Captain Planet!
stop please im dehydrated from reading ur comics ;-; MY TEARS ARE GUSHING
This hurts. I don't smoke or anything but this....this is just how the world is. While the government is frolicing in their money and the homeless try and find jobs, people who roam the streets continuously leave trash everywhere and no one does a single thing about it. They say it not their problem, but it is. This is the reason hundreds of thousands of animals die or go extinct, because us humans don't know how to do something without it destroying the earth slowly and painfully.
I still feel sad and responsible for this. The quote, “I’m sorry I failed you” is heartbreaking. Because of this comic I’m going to cut down on all unnecessary plastics, for Mo.
This is why I feel like earth day should get more attention. It should be at least a whole week, and people should go beyond cleaning up the park one day a year when we’re doing this 365
Breaks my heart over and over and over again... I am crying right now...
Heartbreaking. This is so true and should get a lot lore attention than it has.
She also drew a comic on the plight of the animals in Australia due to the fires and a backstory for the "Good Boy" dog who was cruelly abandoned. Her comics are deep, meaningful, and make me cry every damn time.
I only have to see the post title and pic and im off.like a baby
Load More Replies... We first started asking people to "give a hoot, don't pollute" around 40-plus years ago... *sigh*
Congratulations, Jenny-Jinya, you've made me cry once again. Rest in peace, little Mo. I'm sorry that we could not save you, but let's work harder and better to save more animals. Peace out.
Honestly, anything sad with animals truly affects me to the point of triggering awful thoughts that just won't leave. So, although I believe the artist's work is truly heartfelt, I have not and will not read any of these comics. :-(
Agreed! I don't believe in ignoring problems or sticking your head in the sand but I don't believe in self inflicted pain either. I don't read these either it seems the same as watching reruns of Old Yeller over and over.
Load More Replies... Heartbreaking and then some! Reduce, reuse, recycle. Carry reusable straws and forks with you. If we don't stop fouling our nest, we will have nowhere to live. The coronavirus epidemic makes me wonder if Nature is carrying out experiments so She can unleash a REALLY nasty pandemic on us--
I knew I should not have read that, cause I know I would cry so hard. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
I'm a generation smoker (all my ancestors smoked during pregnancy) but it hurts me to know that the cigarette butts are pushed in the ocean. They should invent some bio-degradable cigarette butts. I tried vaping and didn't like it. Nicotine is a natural element in tobacco; natives still use it for ceremonies. But Cigarette Co. is really making it more addictive than it should be.
When people go running or walking here in Sweden, they usually bring a bag with them to pick up litter and recycle it. It gives a more thorough workout for the body, and the planet win also. I love the win-win of it. It's smart.
NOO I showed this to my friends and they're being mean and completely ruining the comic and Im just like ITS THE EFFECT AND THE MESSAGE THAT MATTERS
Then you shouldn't be with these friends!
Load More Replies... This so sick... In case no one mentioned this yet: do not, never, feed birds with anything salty! Crows (and maybe other birds, too ... I just know it for sure about crows) get birth defects when their mother ate too much salt ... crippled feet and the like. It's not a favour to them, it's poisoning them. And, FFS, throw you cigarette butts into the ashtray ... or trashcan, if their fire is off. Isn't that hard...
These comics always make me sad. So many people are doing good things for the Earth, but there are always more that don't. No matter how much we do, it seems it's never enough.
I pick up litter often, especially when I'm down because it's something small but concrete I can do that might make a difference. I started doing this because of participating in a beach clean up in Canada in the early 90s. I filled one huge garbage bag with just plastic tampon applicators. I'd already filled one with all the other kinds of garbage so I made it a goal. I was horrified. I never used plastic applicator tampons but wow, it was so freaking discouraging and disturbing to see a 50 gallon bag full of them. I'm glad there are other alternatives now. Likely too little, too late, but there it is.
Jenny's cartoons are spot-on. I hope this one makes people think twice before tossing their trash on the ground. And it's not just sea and shore birds that suffer. Sea turtles, fish, and sea mammals also ingest the plastic trash and succumb to its effects.
ugh I hate that this is happening to our animals and planet. Ive been teaching my young children about recycling and how important it is. We've switched to metal straws and resuable bags but there's only so much one can do pl;astic is everywhere
THIS. THIS comic is the reason I lovingly wash, dry, and recycle every single one of those plastic condiment containers you get with your takeout. I'll be grumbling to myself as I take a toothbrush soaked in vinegar to get the damn salad dressing out of the damn nooks and crannies of the damn condiment lid... then my mind will flash to this albatross mom and her baby.. Next thing I know I'm getting choked up at the sink and my sister is asking me what happened. This comic is also a good thing to show people who don't recycle plastic because "it takes just as much energy to recycle it as it does to create it". Stellar eco-logic, Skylar! So that means, when you stick your empty meal-in-a-bottle container in the trash, not ONLY will that bottle have affected the environment because of the emissions released to produce it, but now a baby albatross is choking on garbage, too, because there's a giant floating mass of plastic in the ocean the size of Texas. Great work, Captain Planet!
stop please im dehydrated from reading ur comics ;-; MY TEARS ARE GUSHING
This hurts. I don't smoke or anything but this....this is just how the world is. While the government is frolicing in their money and the homeless try and find jobs, people who roam the streets continuously leave trash everywhere and no one does a single thing about it. They say it not their problem, but it is. This is the reason hundreds of thousands of animals die or go extinct, because us humans don't know how to do something without it destroying the earth slowly and painfully.
I still feel sad and responsible for this. The quote, “I’m sorry I failed you” is heartbreaking. Because of this comic I’m going to cut down on all unnecessary plastics, for Mo.
This is why I feel like earth day should get more attention. It should be at least a whole week, and people should go beyond cleaning up the park one day a year when we’re doing this 365
Breaks my heart over and over and over again... I am crying right now...
Heartbreaking. This is so true and should get a lot lore attention than it has.
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