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Story/Art © 2017 Clay

280 "Brand New Challenges"

Recurring Characters

Published March 5, 2016 11 Comments

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PANEL 1:
— When I go to college … there will be lots of brand new challenges!
LABELS: “independence!” “NEW experiences!” “NEW place to live!” “NEW friends and classmates!” “NEW cultures!” “NEW lifestyle!” “NEW ways of thinking!” “NEW classmates!” “NEW environment!”
PANEL 2:
— uhhhh …
LABELS: “NEW isolation and loneliness!” “NEW inadequacy of study skills” “access to drugs and alcohol!” “social demands!” “NEW lack of support from previous friends and family!” “NEW higher level of competition!” “NEW need for self-reliance!” “NEW money problems!” “NEW goals to STRESS over!” “NEW homesickness!” “NEW identity problems”
PANEL 3:
SFX: CRASH
PANEL 4:
— Wow. Okay. This is a lot to deal with. Hope there’s nothing else.
SFX: BEEP BEEP BEEP
— What’s that sound?
LABEL: ACTUAL COURSE WORK
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  1. Peter says

    March 5, 2016 at 6:56 am

    Oh man, too true. We take our shit with us wherever we go. College is a tough time. Junior High is worse! Thanks for another good one, Clay.

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  2. FML says

    March 5, 2016 at 7:07 am

    This brings back memories. I dropped out of college 3 times due to my illness before I gave up on it. Another dream that turned to shit thanks to depression.

    Thank you, Clay

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    • Agarax says

      March 9, 2016 at 1:52 am

      At least you survived it, as I did. A friend of mine did not.

      Important take-away lesson: You are not your grades. Don’t let other people decide who you are or who you should be. No one can ever measure up to everyone else’s expectations.

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  3. Juanda LeonJuanda Leon says

    March 5, 2016 at 9:14 am

    Paula fuck

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  4. Joseph Yong KimJoseph Yong Kim says

    March 5, 2016 at 11:14 am

    Way too real there

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  5. Nessa says

    March 6, 2016 at 5:37 am

    This is perfect.

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  6. sayingwhatgoesunsaid says

    March 6, 2016 at 6:33 pm

    All too true. Of course there should also be a stack of boxes for the stuff we take with us to college (and everywhere else). Bad relationships, the ghosts of bad relationships, insecurities, and so on.

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  7. Dana W says

    March 15, 2016 at 8:30 am

    I survived my last year in college by telling my teachers flat out that I was gong to have a nervous breakdown and it was 50-50 I’d graduate first, ten years later I’m maybe half recovered from the experience.

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  8. Jenny Islander says

    March 23, 2016 at 5:25 am

    Owwwwwwwww.

    Or, four panels that explain why I ended up with a couple of associate’s degrees at the community college instead.

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  9. Daz14 says

    March 23, 2016 at 6:34 pm

    I can agree, I am from the UK and when the work comes the struggle becomes a lifestyle

    I have aspergers, so depression comes natural to me

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  10. MaahHeim says

    November 8, 2016 at 4:42 am

    I cried so much before my first day in college.

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