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Different people have different ways of dealing with loss. The artist who goes online by the nickname Stormy Gail, for example, tries to cope by creating comics. Her untitled series features a crushed but not yet entirely defeated skeleton, and its everyday struggles.

Stormy Gail started it in 2018. "My mom was hospitalized for stage 4 cancer," she told Bored Panda. "She was in a coma for two months and unable to bring my art supplies into the ICU, I began working digitally on an iPad." Stormy Gail doesn't have an art school education but grew up in a family of artists and with the support of her loved ones, she made her dream of being an illustrator a reality.

"[My series] doesn't really have a set name yet, mostly because I started these comics to journal my therapy and journey of grief. I do refer to it as my Sad Skeleton comics to people who ask what I do for a living though."

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Boopie Dew
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5 years ago

This is very true.

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    Heather Lambie
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    5 years ago

    love this one

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    John Doe
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    5 years ago

    Ouch! I can relate.

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    Eagle Girl
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    5 years ago

    Who doesn't love a Bat hug

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    Anniken
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    5 years ago

    I feel this. SO hard.

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    Ruth Mayfly
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    5 years ago

    WHAT ARE SKELETONS DOING ON THE TOILET I HAVE QUESTIONS

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    Doria
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    5 years ago

    spot on!

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    Sarcastic Panda
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    5 years ago

    yup

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    S.
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    5 years ago

    Skeletons are rad!

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    Boopie Dew
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    5 years ago

    Dogs are the best

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    Soap
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    5 years ago

    Aww

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    FurryManiac
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    5 years ago (edited)

    Hey, i did that last night!

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    *Two minutes later* -licks-

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    Soap
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    5 years ago

    It's hard to take praise. But, sometimes, you just accept it.

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    Colin L
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    5 years ago

    You want a list?

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    yes.
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    5 years ago

    this is so me it hurts...

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    I have the sleepy idiot disease also.....

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    Colin L
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    5 years ago

    Presence means so much....silent support takes less energy to accept (if you don't make it weird).

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    Eagle Girl
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    5 years ago

    Target uses scent therapy. Vanilla & cookies so it's comforting to be in their store

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    Erin Frickless
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    5 years ago

    This speaks volumes with so few words. For some it may not be opiates, but many run to substances for comfort and escape.

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    von Funnyname
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    5 years ago

    lord. yup, that's me

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    pansexualandproud
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    5 years ago

    can i have this job pls

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    GeoSushi
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    5 years ago

    I always hid it when I could.....

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    togcrewsc
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    5 years ago

    that hit home

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    BAM BAM

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    Sarcastic Panda
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    5 years ago

    me. every day.

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    S.
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    5 years ago

    Quarantine mood. :/

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    S.
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    5 years ago

    Introverted-until-we-warm-up-to-someone skeleton gang

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    Everything social is traumatizing.

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    FurryManiac
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    5 years ago

    Beetlejuice..Beetlejuice..........BEETLEJUICE

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    Try sleeping it helps

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    N G
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    5 years ago

    The thing is, worded badly (harshly) though it is, this is accurate. Most people are so busy concentrating on what is going on in their own lives that you are not going to be the centre of their attention. Most people are the star of their own movie, and if you are very (un)lucky, you might get to be a speaking extra.

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    GeoSushi
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    5 years ago

    Dogs, dogs, dogs....

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    Happy Days
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    5 years ago

    good for the skelie! take ur compliments, it's normal to have a little sugar with salt.

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    NO.......NO......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

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    Colin Mochrie At Its Finest
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    5 years ago

    Something I can laugh at in binge-mode? Sign me up.

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    Luna Lovegood
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    5 years ago

    Awww poor fishy <3

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    GeoSushi
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    5 years ago

    You do deserve nice things. Actually......Nice......Things. Like a friend! :)

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    Alex T
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    5 years ago

    people don't appreciate artists as much and their hard work. 100$ is cheap for a very large and detailed work!

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    pansexualandproud
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    5 years ago

    ya know what. i want to be friends with this skeleton

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    pansexualandproud
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    5 years ago

    i say we make it a hobby. say "cry" if you agree

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    Deziree Mccullough
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    5 years ago

    jerk

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    von Funnyname
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    5 years ago

    aw look, she made one of my brother and dad. neat.

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    GeoSushi
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    5 years ago

    For a second, I thought it was a heart.

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    Red
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    5 years ago

    10000000000000000000000000000000000 years in jail

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    Deziree Mccullough
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    5 years ago

    lol

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    yosemity sam
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    5 years ago

    E. a mix of A and D but without the alcohol

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    S.
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    5 years ago

    Love your style either way. :)

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    Soap
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    5 years ago

    nope, not to much

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    GeoSushi
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    5 years ago

    Animal crossing new horizon has come out!

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