"Bleeding Ink" is a webcomic that I have returned to only at the worst periods of my life. My unemployed twenties, my mother's cancer, and now the hunger games of 2020. And if ever there was a time that I needed to cope and laugh, it has been in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of 2020.
This year, with no constancy at all, I have drawn in comic strip form the little scene-lets of my own experiences with the pandemic, but through the eyes of Bleeding Ink's lead character, Horus Flowerchild. It has been an invaluable therapy tool. I am using a traditional pen and ink, with tone sheets and digital color.
I am very pleased to share the 2020-themed comics with my fellow Pandas.
If you enjoy these, please feel free to read the whole Bleeding Ink series, Covid and non-Covid-related, at the comic's website. Or you can follow all of my work, comics, and film on my Instagram.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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Worth It
I no longer hug my mom, I fear if I do I will just fall apart & have a nervous breakdown. Gotta keep up the brave face
NO. YOU HUG YOUR MOM BECAUSE YOU LOVE HER (probably) AND I DON'T WANT YOU LETTING A FEAR OF HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN GET IN THE WAY BECAUSE SHE (probably) WON'T CARE IF YOU CRY. NOW GO HUG HER. (I'm waiting)
Load More Replies...After 9 months of quarantine in a nursing home my mother still got the coronavirus in Oct. She was able to fight it off after 2 weeks and returned to her usual room. Two weeks before Thanksgiving we brought her home like we promised her we would, and she spent her last 4 days surrounded by her family.... Always hug your mom.
My son and I wear our masks and hug each other. We figured if either of us gets covid, we'd get our hugs in now, because the hospital wouldn't let either of us in to comfort and love on the other.
Jolly Good!
it's a laughig face, like when you laugh hard and your eyes squinch up
Load More Replies...A cat in an English accent always talks to me, I don't even own a cat.
Load More Replies...Love the talking cat! Sry, I just love cats! And I always wished to talk to them.
I Love My Human
correct me if I'm wrong, and please don't downvote, but you DO know that's a cat, right?
Load More Replies...I wish my cat would cuddle. But she's progressed to the point that she will lie on my lap for a few hours, facing away from me.
I desperately want a cat. I got one May 2018 and, 5 days later, I'm checking into the hospital because my lungs are so swollen it feels like they were packed with cotton. Did an allergy test. Turns out I developed an allergy to cats as an adult. And dogs. And birds. And anything that doesn't slither or swim. I don't want a pet that slithers or swims. I WANT A CAT! So lonely. . . .
I used to have two cats, but I've had to give one up for adoption because the fighting became unmanageable (tried everything. Cat behavior therapist. Everything) It has broken my heart - but now there is finally peace in my home. And my remaining cat does nothing but cuddle. It's bittersweet.
And Then The Protests Began...
Smiley faces on walls have been ruined for me ever since watching The Mentalist
I just remembered a daily thing happens everyday so what dis?
Load More Replies...Yeah dont do that. Its on a loop, on a runaway wheel headed into the depths of hell.
Not familiar with it. Post a link to the comic. Also thats a pretty conventional framing so let's not go making accusations of plagiarism over what sounds like a coincidence.
A New World
Or his. Or theirs. I apologize if I offended anyone.
Load More Replies...That moment that you realize your normal life style is called "quarantine". I love to stay home and don't meet people all the time and not have appointments.
You Wont Change
Read. Reading always helps the brain & eat healthy. The other things will follow
Read good for you books, read stupid historical fiction, read comic books, read brain books, read fantasy. Then play games. Games with family, friends online, on the computer. Silly games, smart games. keep that brain active. Walks, don't text - talk. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa don't want to see your words, they want to hear your voice. This too, will eventually pass.
All n the way youlook at it. Especially if you don't have a view.
I Love My Cat
Since working from home, our cats seem to feel that we have rightly become their full-time instead of part-time servants.
Am I the only one who has a cat that come looking for me to give me cuddles and I'm the one being aloof?
Apparently ;) Actually it can depend on the cat's gender, males are generally more affectionate, females varying degrees of aloofness. Having cats all my life , I can attest to this. I currently have 1 male, 5 females, and this definitely holds true with them. Boikat absolutely drives me nuts, wants to be on me constantly. One of the females,Shelby, needs to be near, but not touching me. Sheba needs to be in the same room, preferably a few feet away. Abby and Bunbun are kittens still developing their personality, and Mirabel is my wild child, sometimes on top of me, mostly going her own way somewhere in the house
Load More Replies...That is what my cat friend does. When I come, my best cat friend greets me excitedly, then gets bored after the first 5 minutes.
HAHA! I have a friend who has been working from home and her cats have loved every second of it. Then they started rotating each a day a week to go in. They were inconsolable when she left. The next week she had to go in, COVID ticked back up, and she knew she was back to working from home. But she got up that day, showered, and dressed like she was leaving and let them "persuade her to not leave". These cats were the equivalent of someone who won 400 million in the lottery. Much happiness. So great.
The Tribunal Is Coming...
I just find it funny that half of World's population treat toilet paper as the holy grail without which they can't live, & the other half don't even use it.
not afraid to admit that I'm the other half. unless I poop. then I use it because I'm not a barbarian.
Load More Replies...So he just installs a bidet. Trees saved, money saved, and this in the end does not even matter.
Health Advice
I wanna low key watch what will happen if u inject disinfectant. Nothing good I know. But I just wanna watch.
usually, disinfectants are partly alcoholic substances - if there is methanol, you will get blind quite fast and death will follow in hours (0.5g for blindness, 40g deadly). If there is no methanol and we assume alcohol is the worst thing in the composition, you get drunk and possibly get alcohol poisoning (relatively calm death - just like usual alcohol poisoning except there won't be throwing up... I think not. More on this: https://sunrisehouse.com/stop-drinking-alcohol/stages-intoxication/ ). If there is some sort of soap, death might be pretty painful and I don't think there is a way to get it out of blood, however, the exact effect can not be described unless chemicals are specified.
Load More Replies...I read poisinings by drinking household cleaners were up by 121%. That could also have other reasons, though. People being drunk at home, for example.
Load More Replies...Wow, telling people who have a different opinion to you to go harm/kill themselves! I dislike the guy and his supporters, but you shouldn't even be joking about this. It only gives them more reason to lash out and refuse to see the other side.
Interestingly inhumane. Not even a little bit funny. Also shows your need to follow a saturday night live skit for news. Bizare.
Not healthy injecting disinfectant trump said that should happen but it’s not healthy can’t beat healthy healthy ness wins again
Some journalists asked Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Jacinda Ardern about that. Their reaction was what you would expect. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UJNFkNEgLXQ
Oh Honey
She was social distancing before the pandemic and wrote an article about the joys of living such a life. It can be great for some, but that’s their choice and not because of a pandemic.
Not always a choice. This isolating and social distancing I’ve been doing since 2003 because of my health. That is not my choice. People with social anxiety also do not choose it. Also doesn’t mean we ever get used to it either.
Load More Replies...The pandemic has only changed my life in that I wash my hands a lot more and wear a mask when I go out. Now I don't need to invent an excuse for avoiding people.
The pandemic has only changed my life in that I wash my hands a lot more and wear a mask when I go out. Now I don't need to invent an excuse for avoiding people.
Workouts In Lockdown
I agree. If I'm in an upriight position what more could you want?
Sleeping I little more than usual isn’t usually a sit-up if you ask me about “The Struggles Are Real”😂😜
Good God, Imagine What It'll Be Like Next Year
wow. this is like, an exaggeration that isn't wildy off from the truth just to add some more comedy.
I...must...correct...grammar!! (No apostrophe s in meetings and apostrophe s in month’s) **sigh—I truly tried to stop myself.
Not the time to be doing zoom cloud meetings in the bathroom.who’s with meh!
Meh, when you live alone during a pandemic, you start to miss human touch. Not that I know anything about that. O_o
Load More Replies...I almost s**t my pants in panic there. Why would you voluntarily reenact the trash-compactor scene from star wars?!
Horror movie “this is a hug” I think that’s what it would be called
If this were a horror movie it would be called “The Night Of The Living Hugs”
If this were a horror movie it would be called “the hugs of terror”
The nightmare of hugging if this were a horror movie it would be called “the hugs of terror”
Having just had the news that the UK is in another national lockdown and having to shield meaning my young children are staying with their other parents for their safety and mine (my son with his dad and my step children with their mum) this would be the BEST dream ever!!
Let The Sun Shine...
I know that feeling too... People like us don't as much "tan" as we "crisp up".
Load More Replies...2020 Halloween Costume Ideas
Politically homeless & proud. I would never understand politics but I m not American so really I don't have to care.
Just fascism or a Democracy. Take your choice. 71, 000, 000 voters want a dictator . . .
Are you planning on making a cartoon about the many third party voters who put aside what they wanted and voted Democrat to pitch in and get rid of Trump et al?
Every Little Meme Helps
Just as effective as 'thoughts and prayers' and 'let's sing Imagine'.
Memes shall be the best joke ever created by random society trying to make you...
Boyfriend Material
We Have Come Full Circle
ha ha..... funny... our director of the national health says that sex is good and necessary..... and i-m from denmark
Such A Blessing
Oh, Like Your Not Into It Too...
"Ambient Nose: Empty street in a thunderstorm" would be my choice - I play it a lot when the world plays "Street full of people in summer"
Wonder Woman
Well they’re his intellectual property, he can get political if he likes. I certainly hope you’re joking.
Load More Replies...Penguins And Hope
If you come down with a case of doomscrolling, this is what to do .Rest in a room far from any electronics Do whatever you do for fun. If you have a pet bring the pet.
Not to quibble, but the word is "lose", not "loose." Loose is the opposite of tight.
La La La La!
why do I relate to this one so much? XD but in all seriousness, I feel the same way about hearing the news, so I usually try to avoid watching it the best I can. But, because I live with my grandmother, she ends up telling me some of the bad news which she sees, and then I either get anxious or really depressed.
Considering what he did to "Avatar: The Last Airbender", that last one *is* scary!
Introvert Memes
No extroverts just whine in real life constantly at how introverts got it so good or how we can remain so silent & collected?? Or constantly pressurizing us into convo. But ya angry meme sounds good. It's traumatizing to hear people screech on a daily basis.
I'm more on the extreme spectrum when it comes to introverts. to the point where if I'm told to go to a party (that isn't a birthday party or some other party with cake involved) and I can't have my iPad with me, I have to resist the urge to slap them.
Load More Replies...Your pervy ex-president blamed Columbine on introverted kids because he didn’t have the ovaries to do what our prime minister did when someone committed mass murder over here, but do tell me more about how introverts are just whining.
Shame that won't work... they will just clog up the hospitals so that the vulnerable and sensible die when they eventually have to emerge for food.
Load More Replies...Ok, One, that is VERY offensive. TWO, people can NOT wear a mask if they WANT!! BTW Call me an idiot! My bill of rights is being violated!
It's Over! (But Not Really)
the cat thought the party was going to be fun but look at him, sad just sad
Zippedy Do Dah!
It was beautiful to see the nature heal. So long that lasted. Shitty humans
Hopefully, we humans will learn to change things so that nature can continue to make a recovery.
No Good Nazis
Don't. The cultures where it is a positive symbol should use it as they want, but you can't turn it into a positive symbol generally.
Load More Replies...My Social Life
I have friends - we exchange texts every couple of years - we are that close :D
Most of my friends moved away or just hate me for no reason. So a lot of the time that happens to me.
Tiger King!
All Hope
While scanning through the cartoons I noticed fewer lies even though the jokes got better. What's up with folks . . .
