Wait. Is this Adams account?
Wait. Is this Adams account?
Yes it is.
I wonder if he wants to see the sub I made and abandoned concerning him years ago 🥺
Link it
/r/adamnecromancy
Meh, he seems to have been improving and trying new things and perspectives lately, honestly seems like he saw the criticism and got better because of it. Kudos.
If I remember correctly he was putting out not great comics for a little while and he caught a lot of shit on reddit. So when his quality went way up we wanted to celebrate that. I think I remember what his situation at the time was, but I'm not certain so I won't speak on it.
I think that's what happened. I was really drunk the night I made the sub. But he's one of my favorite content creators. Consistently gets a cackle out of me(except this sad one)
Specifically, when he worked for (or at) buzzfeed. Lots of cookie cutter comics, even had a whole drag-and-drop program and they came out weekly or daily, either one. He caught shit for it because he's a rather talented artist but the people that hate him now don't know why he was hated
Yeah. And daily publication makes it inevitable that stinkers and just unrefined jokes go out. This comic could easily be crap with poor editing, but instead it has a great pacing, and I rather like it.
Welp that's exactly what I was thinking lol
One of the comedy edit subs had a hate boner for him, the criticism was that his comics had a bit of a template. Some of it was a bit nasty but some people just have misery to spread. Anyway, he obviously has talent and I've noticed him getting way better in my own humble opinion so props to the dude for challenging himself and sharing with us, even when we make it not so fun to do so.
I don't think there's ever really a great justification for bullying someone on the internet honestly
What about pebblechuck?
Okay yeah you can bully literal fascists
Oh yea f uck that pos
Rockthrow!?
Especially when he's creating something with the hopes it will be enjoyed and posting it for free. Imagine getting a meal for free and then harassing the cook because you didn't like it. We demand our entertainment be "to our taste" all the time. People can be incredibly entitled.
Try being slow at doing dishes, to the point that people have yelled at you for doing dishes they aren't being made to do. I stopped doing dishes for other people, after that stupid shit happened in this current roommate situation. When someone puts in free effort for others, it should never be met with outright ridicule, else they might never come back to the subject. I'm glad this artist has thicker skin than some.
Yeah thats not what I was saying, in no way was I trying to imply the bullying was justified because he got better. I'm saying good for him for rising above the criticism.
Ah, the way you phrased it seemed like you were giving credit to the previous commenter, not to Adam, that makes a lot more sense!
Ppl responding to criticism and getting more skilled??? What strange crypto being is this??
To be fair I don’t think “your art that I pay nothing for doesn’t please me, change it”’is criticism.
There was another sub as well but I don't remember it. Anyways adam are you ok my man?
Who is adam?
the author, @adamtots
No, like is he someone important outside of making comics
no he's just sorta famous because he was a completely shit author everyone made fun of while he was working for buzzfeed and then he quit and started doing actually good comics and art.
He wasn’t even shit back then. He was being worked to the bone with deadlines and didn’t have time to do anything better than just average and couldn’t put real effort into anything. His stuff is really great and creative now
Just out of curiosity, how long ago was this? I've always enjoyed the content I've seen Adam put out. Never knew the artist but could recognize the art style.
It’s been a couple years! I honestly don’t remember
Oh, okay. Thanks.
Fair enough. I should've probably worded it better — his employer was shit and made him output too much stuff which inevitably leads to a massive drop in actual humor/quality/idea of his work. Yeah I agree with you, it's not that he personally was bad, but he was put in that position and he did it, so I won't defend him, either. Anyway I'm just glad he turned his creative life around
I do the same with warhammer...the purchase doesn't help but the painting does
Amen to that, even though this quarantine has sucked it's done wonders for my pile of shame/opportunity. Now I have several painted armies to tabletop level and am continuing to get them up in quality. Just gotta wait until the tables reopen to get out and roll some dice with them.
This reminds me I have D&D minis to finish and a lot of thinking to do
Get yourself a good printer.
My mars 2 has been a god send for building cheap minis.
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Then you werent buying much games workshop stuff.
10 28mm infantry is going to run you $40 from geedubs.
I can print 10 better quality models for less than $4. My current "small" escalation game army would run me $160 for 40 infantry, and 55 for the two generals. $210 gets you a mars 2. I can print all that with one jug of resin and have plenty for the cavalry models. Which are $55 for 3. It'll cost me $5 in materials to print those.
And they're better looking models.
Dunk em in 99% ipa. Agitate.
Dunk in water. Agitate.
Towel off and dry.
Run under a uv light for 5-20 minutes depending on size.
From then on treat like you would a GW mini.
Resin printing is incredibly easy. PLA is a nightmare and I'll probably never go back.
Edit: Sorry to see you deleted your comment. I thought we were having a nice conversation about 3d printing.
I got to the part where you dunk them in IPA, so the secret is you gotta gettem drunk to print nicely.
Miniatures are picky devil's. They demand only the finest and purest alcohol
I got some stone and voodoo ranger. That good enough?
When I say finest I mean trashiest.
If the vapors wont light the mini wont accept it. Its why my wife wont let me have everclear near matches anymore.
To be fair, you do get gassy when you drink.
man if i did this my imperial fists army would be insane
Painting is the more therapeutic part of the hobby for me. Puts me in a better mood when I finish a squad or a big model
Yeah, I'm like that too. I just usually buy bath bombs.
I remember the night I realized buying things wouldn't make me happy, and that sometimes nothing will and that's okay.
For my own sanity, how is that okay? I don't know if I could ever accept that nothing will make me happy and be okay with it.
I think the key is that nothing may make me happy right now but I also trust that I will eventually stop being unhappy at some point for some amount of time, because that’s happened every other time. And then I will become unhappy again, and then happy, and then unhappy, and many other things, but the crux is that happiness isn’t something you attain and then you’re done.
You will always fluctuate between being happy and being plenty of other things and you can’t always control what those things are. What you can do is trust that you will, at some point, fluctuate through joy, happiness, elation, excitement, and many other fun emotions and, knowing that they are and will all be fleeting, you will hopefully be more ready to enjoy them in the moments they come, and maybe not be so rueful when the less fun ones come, because they too will not last forever.
Thats the blessing and curse of life right there. I've had many a break down regarding just being unhappy for... literally no reason. Over time I've learned to take the sad with the happy, and enjoy the good times. Learning more every day to count my blessings when I'm sad, put a smile on my face and keep pushing hard forwards.
My hope is one day I won't feel the way I do right now, and that hope keeps me going. One day at a time baby! These mountains are climbed 1 step at a time.
Keep the fight alive!
Damn become a therapist u will kill it
Thank you.
I'd hug you if I could. This sounds so... perfect, I noded when I read it.
There's a story I always like to remember. "That too will pass."
It has many variations, but the one I like the most, I'll try to write it.
Once a king asked a sorcerer to make an amulet of power where he could defeat any army or nation.
Sorcerer then made a ring with a message written inside, and warned the king to read it only at a time when there was no more hope.
The years passed and his reign prospered, until an army 10 times his size was on the way to his kingdom, he didn't see a way to defeat them, so trapped in his palace, he remembered that he was in possession of the ring and decided to read it.
Inside the ring he read the following sentence: "This will pass too"
After reading the ring, he heard sudden silence, and then screams and silence again. Shortly after opened the door of the palace and an allied king entered the hall, he knew that the kingdom was under attack and came to give support, the kingdom was safe.
Some time later, the kingdom prospered again with lots of resources and food and everyone was happy, the sorcerer then went back to the king and said:
- Remove the ring and read it again.
The king did so, and there it was written "this too will pass".
The idea of the text is to show that things are momentary, for both happiness and sadness, and everything is fine. It is important to always remember that these are moments, if you analyze your daily life, you will have moments of happiness about something. Whether it's drinking a refreshing juice on a hot day, whether it's getting a promotion or a job
Jesus Christ. This should hang in the smithsonian
Unhappiness is an event that comes and goes. You can do things to help change your mood, though I'd suggest exercise or a shower over buying something. But if you have the big sad, it might not be within your power to buy or exercise or distract from your pain. It might just take time.
But at the same time, feeling unhappy isn't a lifelong sentence (for most people. If you have depression, that's another story). If something bad happens, sometimes you have to feel bad about it for a while, and that's okay. It doesn't mean you'll be unhappy forever.
And for me, doing what this guy does would just make me feel worse. I'd instantly regret the decision and would have a souvenir of my bad emotional intelligence.
I heard a useful bit of advice yesterday to help me when I go into an interview to help me with the stress, and I realise it may also help with my depression. When I’m 90 years old and remembering my life, this interview, no matter what way it goes, will not be a memory I hold on to. It’s not that big a deal. And as I thought about it more I began to think: I should try to make more memories that I will remember. Someone above mentioned painting Warhammer figures. I realise this is a counter point to OC as you have to buy something, but engaging with your hobby or passion will become a cherished memory, and you won’t remember everything else going on in your life at the time, you’ll just remember you doing what you enjoyed doing and having a really good time of it.
At some point in my younger years, I started disassociating from stressful events (it started due to my fear of the dentist.) Without realizing, I created a frame story for my life. I would imagine myself much older, sitting at a campfire, surrounded by people that I loved. In the fantasy, I was recounting my life to those around me in such vivid detail, I often got lost in the memories and experienced them as 'the present'.
This fantasy helped me put hard times in life in context- I would think to myself, 'what do I want my future narrative to contain? Is this hard time bad enough to let it dominate the future narrative of my life?' Or will this be a barely remembered moment, that I should just power through now so that I can get to the good stuff?
Life is a see-saw. It would be highly improbable for you to never be happy ever again in your entire life, just as it would be highly improbable for a see-saw to stay on one side for it's entire existence.
Neurologically, happiness is a high- it's totally unsustainable, because eventually the same levels of Dopamine wouldn't be enough. If you make happiness your life goal, you WILL be disappointed, because eventually it will leave. I think what people should actually be looking for is contentment- and with that comes accepting that sometimes you will be sad, and that's ok- the sun goes down, but night doesn't last forever, and it morning is coming
Sometimes it's just a phase. You have to wait for it to pass. Forcing yourself to be happy won't work.
Even if it's not a phase and you're actually depressed this advice is greatly helpful. This style of thinking got me through some very bad times when I was younger.
Yep, also nice username + avatar combo!
Yeah cool story or whatever man, but nice fucking combo. 👌
Oddly I have that same thought sometimes and then I think well if I’m not going to be happy anyway, might as well buy it. Plus, this yellow ceramic jar that was $50 is now $19.99?! I’d be losing money if I didn’t get it
*deleting items from my cart *
Yeah you’re probably right
Still waiting for that... Perhaps some day...
Until then... Buys something else I can't afford
If you want to try and do something to work past the sadness, exercise, a shower, or just doing chores are usually better for getting your blood rate up and maybe getting your mind unstuck from your mood. And even if it doesn’t work, it hasn’t cost you anything and you’re more fit or you or your home is a bit cleaner for your efforts.
Thank you for the advice, but I work out 6-7 days a week already and shower afterwards. I think buying things just gives me that temporary release I need.
Thank you.
To want means to lack. If we are wanting, it is only because we are lacking. Things fill the want and not, necessarily, the lack.
I lack enough socks.
Abraham… Lemon? Could we perhaps be RELATED😳
Highly likely
Are you serious? You remember the night you realized buying things wouldn't make you happy? You have a memory like that? Bro I can barely even remember like MAJOR milestones in detail. Like I can't even remember my siblings weddings, and I didn't even drink at them... and you remember the nights you realized world shifting revelations of self? The fuck? I can't imagine being able to say shit like that. Like "yeah I remember the night I realized I needed to stop letting people use me" or like "I remember the night I realized I couldn't handle being the lowest individual in the hierachy at my workplace any longer" like... No? Thats not how my memory works! lol
I don't want you to shampoo me, it doesn't sound as relaxing as one would hope.
Hey I can shampoo with the best of them. Just don't ask me to remember it in 5 years.
I can't even remember my siblings weddings
Holy shit that's sad. I remember many life altering revelations I've had. The time I realized that I wasn't going to instantly know when I met my soul mate, as well as the time when I met mine and immediately knew I needed her in my life. The time I realized as a teen how big the world was both in time and space. The time I knew I was done at my current job. The time I learned I wasn't invulnerable.
How can you ever forget such significant moments? Do you not value them at the time? I'm really speechless. Like I couldn't tell you the specific date, but I know where I was, who I was with and the circle of thoughts that led to the epiphany.
I just don't have a memory like that. My memory is wishy washy. It is also very utilitarian. I remember trauma much better than I remember anything else. I also remember humiliation very efficiently. But, I lose almost everything else. I have recall, and sometimes snapahots.. for instance, I can recall being at my brother's wedding but, all I have is the table we sat at for the reception and, a balcony pew I sat in because I had a severe cold and didn't want to get anyone sick. I don't remember much else. Because my memory is like this, I've become very utilitarian in my view of life as well. If I'm not going to remember it well then I'm going to give good memories to a good woman someday. Idk.
I remember stuff like that..! But that's because I write down world shifting revelations in a journal.
Not sure why you're being down voted. It was a memorable day, the truck had was driving broke down in Aspen, and it took a while to find a shop an hour away (aspen didn't have a diesel mechanic) and get it towed there. By the time we got to the shop, it was closing so I had to stay in the only motel in walking distance (small town, no taxis, pre Uber) with the worst shower I've ever had. It wasn't the worst I've ever felt, it was just a long stressful day and all I wanted was to be home with my family, or at least know what was happening to me tomorrow. I went walking through the Walmart, trying to find anything that would improve my mood, but I realized (in the candy isle) that I just wanted to be home, and no thing would change that.
I think your memory sounds like it’s pretty bad. Consider a journal maybe
I do journal. Absolutely.
Can someone explain? I really don't get it
Theres a lot of yellow things. He wakes up sad a lot. Buying yellow stuff isn't helping.
That's not many. I buy outdoor gear to cheer me up when I'm depressed. As of today I could probably outfit the Libyan army!
You could probably bring the Elbonian army up to stuff with all that.
Bragging about how depressed you can be doesn't sound healthy.
He wasn’t really talking about the degree of it, nor was he bragging. Just talking about a coping mechanism.
I don’t really think the things are specifically yellow, it’s a metaphor for new things in general. New things feel like gold but it fades over time. You’re correct that buying new things to make yourself happy but in reality it doesn't, is the overall message though.
Sometimes life is gray and you need to put some color in it.
Asshole buys $20 shiny things cuz can’t emote right.
Wow. Your art has hit a whole new level here
Adam has a whole redemption arc thing going on. From the worst kind of repetitive derivative drivel to more self-aware things and ever since he left his former job he's been doing actually great stuff
Is there a backstory to this artist? I recognize the style but not much more.
Adam came up through doing his own indie stuff for fun and profit. Maybe 5-8 years ago now. Maybe longer. I can't recall when I started following his work on Facebook... But it's been 3-4 years since I was on Facebook regularly and I remember this all playing out.
His work was "going viral" pretty often, and it helped him jumpstart a career shift. He hesitantly accepted a job at BuzzFeed. I remember him being pretty open about being unsure but excited for the opportunity.
The contracted content churn at BF turned into some pretty low-quality stuff. A few diamonds in the rough. But a lot of rough. Fans were upset. Eventually Adam was upset. He since went back on his own and is doing some pretty cool work again. More polish from having more heart and more time. It's nice to see.
Ah I see, thanks for the explanation. Seems like a process many artists are struggling with when they're just on the verge of going big.
As far as I’m aware, he got started with a webcomic/blog called Books of Adam. It was great, I followed it religiously. I can’t find the site anymore, but it looks like he published the content in a book. Super cool to see how his drawing style has changed over the years.
AFAIK he used to work for buzzfeed or a similar mass content outlet thing, but after leaving his quality got way better
Needs more yellow.
is this loss all over again?
If I had to describe melancholy to someone, I would show them show this comic.
My experience with depression was literally a washing out of color. The first sign that I was better was one day I was watching the sunset and suddenly I realized (again) how stunningly beautiful pink, blue, and gold can be together.
It was like an adrenaline rush to suddenly be flooded with that much feeling.
Not just color. At least for me.
It was like the opacity of the world had been turned down. Color. Sound. Touch. Taste. Reality felt muted and bleak. It was all still there, but underneath a fog of gray that seemed impenetrable. Even my memories of that period seem muted. I don’t remember listening to the chirping of birds. I don’t remember enjoying a sunrise. I don’t remember eating anything just for the joy of tasting it. I don’t remember any books I fell in love with or tv shows that enthralled me. It was like a year of my life had turned into a faded photo album filled with someone else’s memories.
And then one day, I took a walk. It was nothing special. But suddenly I heard a wind chime. I remember the warm twinkle in the breeze. And the way the wind blew gently across my skin. I remember the warmth of the sunlight. The vibrant blue of the sky. It was like the fog had suddenly lifted, revealing what had been there all along.
It was such an exhilarating feeling I almost cried.
It wasn’t the end of my depression. It wasn’t a sign that my world had gone back to normal. The fog returned. But it came in waves now, and instead of drowning me in endless gray silence, there would be the occasional days of sunlight. And the fog would slowly thin. I still have the occasional days of that suffocating nothingness, but they’re fewer and farther between. But for every day of gray, I at least know the sunlight is there waiting for me. Not gone. Just muted.
That's exactly what it was like for me except recovery. It was much more continuous. The fog lifted slowly over 2 years and now I'm back to normal (it's been 3 years since then).
Yeah, I think recovery is a little different for everyone. Mine has been relatively continuous- but still incremental. I still remember some of the mile stones over time that remind me things keep getting better.
I remember that first day of wind chimes. And a few months later when I laughed so hard I cried. I remember the day I first found myself singing in the kitchen. It’s like each one represented a milestone.
I think I’m nearly out of it. I haven’t seen the fog in nearly a month now. I’m sure there will still be the occasional days, but I think I’ve finally hit the point where the storm has passed.
I’m glad the fog has lifted for you! I wouldn’t wish it on anyone- though it sure does make you appreciate the sun a little more.
Here’s to a sunny future for the both of us!
It's called anhedonia
Same, the appreciation for anything just kinda dulls, and you just go through motions because it's what you used to do.
I remember getting on antidepressants and just looking at the sky. It felt like the first time I'd seen it in years.
I remember sitting in the car on the way home from the store and having the realization that I felt good for no reason. There wasn’t anything going on and nothing to look forward to but I still felt good anyways, just as a default. Thanks prozac lol
Me too- when I returned to my hometown as a less depressed adult, after growing up there depressed, I was so surprised to find that it wasn’t a dull gray town like I remembered. Rich colors everywhere.
The first song to really really reach me in a long damned time was Melancholy by Murs.
Bro. I saw Murs live with Aesop Rock and RJD2 and Fakts One circa 2004/5 or so. (And that Super Action Fun Committee or something.) I was in it mainly for Aes Rizzle, but a big Def Jux head (and still rep that shit). Murs surprised tf outta me. He was actually the most passionate performer outta all of them. Even though he left his records at home by accident (ugh) and had to rap over a CD. Gained some more of my respect that night.
That was literally the only rap concert I’ve ever been to, even though that is my most listened to genre over the years, other than Mos Def. Mos Def was 2 hours late to arrive at the packed venue, and he cracked a joke instead of apologizing... Fuck him for that.
I kinda take the last panel as the yellow objects are the only color he sees, but it's not enough.
8 times sad ain't bad.
Not nearly enough yellow
I've been listening to too much The Magnus Archives. All I can think is that this is the start of a very eerie story.
Nice art btw. I hope you feel better soon.
Ten bucks says that's because it's heavily inspired by the king in yellow which has a few starts like this
great podcast, listened to every episode at least twice at this point
Nice try, big yellow.
Big bird trying to make himself relevant again
but it doesn't fix it though, does it?
although those from the outside will say you love it.
you just want that semblance of completion.
but a corrected mental health is a fucking mission.
u/theresamouseinmyhous had this to say elsewhere ITT and I really like it.
To want means to lack. If we are wanting, it is only because we are lacking. Things fill the want and not, necessarily, the lack.
But yeah, if I'm feeling down, exercise or a shower works better for me than buying things I don't need and won't want once the feeling passes. Or if I do buy something, it'll be music or a game, an experience that will lift me up and then disappear into my Steam library and won't take up any room in my house.
Thanks, it's nice to feel heard.
I’m just now pursuing my lifelong goal (one of ‘em) of making music for this sole reason.
For me, it was finally a realization that I will never be well. I work daily to manage my symptoms, and now, most days, I do well.
I hope today is a good day for you.
Has been. Thank you.
Love the style
You’ve always been a wonderful comic creator Adam, love that you can express yourself so vulnerably like this.
Beautiful.
I do the same thing, but i make paper dragons
Something Something, Coldplay song, Something Something
I thought this was r/bonehurtingjuice until I read the top comment
Is this a Coldplay reference?
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
Is this loss?
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Congrats on the sad muscles
he is BUFF!
He is POORLY DRAWN!
This is a good comic. I'm going to send this to some friends!
Lol thanks. XD
Awww are you okay friend?
Yello apple
Yello yellow
Are you OK Shen?
Dammit! I actually went back to check if it was one of his new styles.
Es el Rick tafolla
Felt that one
Lovely comic, and thank you for sharing ❤️
But I have to ask... Is that the Golden Hind???
King in yellow. The layout really works for the concept
This reminds me of the Nuprin ads in the 80s.
What's the goal in reminding yourself of days you wake up unhappy?
I was expecting the whole room to be yellow
Same
I really like the shadows on the last panel. Great work!
What a great discount
Yellowroom.
And now I'm living in a hell pit of popcorn sadness
Sniper tf2
Big lunarbaboon vibes. I appreciate it.
Fuck. Yellow is my favorite color. I feel personally attacked
He has been sad 7 times.
This a reference to Coldplay?
My entire house would be yellow
Lol I go buy another succulent >.< I have so many now
I kind of like to try this method, I do like yellow.
Piss jugs are yellow, sometimes, and free
Ok?
Lol. If I did this my house would look like gold members
I have a yellow t-shirt that makes me happy :)
Just wait till George comes and makes his life better
Ayo yellow ANCH deer head
Orange is now my favorite color thanks to my dog. It was his. He loved that color. Idc what people say, that boy knew orange and he found it.
As a yellow-lover, yes
I have a similar collection. Items I bought when I wake up sad and think buying things will make me feel better
At first they disappear in the clutter but once I get back to normal, it becomes a memento. Like a reminder of all of the times I got out of that hole.
Buy a yellow wallpaper next
Why not a nice green
Huh. I just buy things.
This guy gets it.
u ok b?
I mean it looks nice...
Someone photoshop a crypto graph on his laptop
Wtf!
Would have been funnier if it turned out everything in his room was yellow.
Adam, your recent work had been a revelation. I thought I recognised the style but thought the content was... different? And after reading these comments and checking out past posts I gotta say I am LOVING this change.
Not the depression, mind you. Depression sucks and I hope you're okay, but dang the ART. AND THE CONTENT.
SO. GOOD.
I did read this to the rhythm of tbe song "when i grow up"...
I think it would be better if in the last frame literally everything was yellow. That's assuming that this is supposed to be somewhat funny, if not sorry
Look at the sky, look how they shine for you.. And everything that you do... Yeah they were all yellow
No wonder you wake up sad. Yellow is gross. I'd wake up sad if I saw that every day.
Oh my God I literally do this with yellow things 😩 bright color thing fills the void
leaving buzzfeed was the best thing adam tots has ever done honestly. i love the comics he makes now
Ah yes, treating sadness with vapid consumerism instead forming stronger emotional bonds with those around you.
This works BECAUSE:
In "buying something yellow" you must focus on your immediate surroundings in order to identify the colours of the objects around you. This focus (on your surroundings) helps shift your mind to more emotionally-neutral thoughts and brings about a much calmer state of mind.
So yes I agree it feels like "vapid consumerism", but that's only because he doesn't correctly identify which part of the process helps him feel less sad. He doesn't feel less sad at the moment he buys the object - he feels less sad as he's walking around trying to find something yellow.
Interesting. Although, he still looks sad at the end of comic. He would be better off looking for a support network and therapy.
I do the same, except it's not Yellow and it's edible (sometimes)
So he was sad 6 times.
And if you keep wee wee in it, that's more yellow!
This hit me really hard.
My family moved when I was 15, halfway through my freshman year of high school. I said goodbye to the places I knew and all my lifelong friends. Even though I tried to stay in touch, that distance at that age made it impossible to maintain my friendships like they were before.
I was sad. Angry. I felt I had been wronged at a fundamental level because I told my parents I didn't want to move but we did anyway. So after a little bit I wanted to do something to cheer myself up. I had a few yellow t-shirts I liked so I wore one to school. It just so happened to be laundry day so when I was picking what to wear tomorrow I said "hey let's try a yellow shirt again, it kinda helped"
It wasn't until late junior or senior year that I wore a shirt other than a yellow t-shirt to school. I made various excuses and reasons to myself and others why I wore the same color and style shirt every day. I didn't realize it at the time but I had a case of textbook depression.
Many of the friends I eventually made at that high school still affectionately call me "Yellow" as a nickname and I make it a point to wear something yellow on the rare occasions I see them just to make them groan.
Yellow was my mask; it's causing lots of feelings to see it as someone else's too
I see this more as a nothing gold can stay. Like there are other yellow objects in the end but how many other things started that way then faded to grey. How long until the new ones do as well?
Adam you need to stop making us feel so much ;-;
I want biologists to develop a way to control our colour cones so we could see like this
Hah, his room looks like he pissed himself
Dude, you need to submit this to a gallery or something
Very first thing I thought of was The Yellow Bastard from Sin City. He's one of the few people in color in a black and white film (or comic book). I know that's not what this comic is about, but the visual similarity was striking.
“I will never forgive the green lantern for killing her.”
“But your whole room is yellow.”
“ :-) “
I don't get it. but if it gets you to a better place go for it.
Adam you're the best character arc I've ever seen. I can't believe you used to make comics for BuzzFeed that were 100% pure cringe.
Well done with this comic.
I never even knew this was a personality trait of mine until I read this comic and then looked at all the yellow items I own for the same reason.
reminds me of my favorite quote from ocean's 11.
"are you scared?" "are you suicidal?!" laughs "only in the morning"
I read somewhere that Van Gogh used to eat yellow paint because he thought it would get the happiness inside him
If that's all the yellow you have you're doing pretty good. My house would look like fucking El Dorado.
My name is adam and my fav colour is yellow.....does this mean something.
piss color 😳
Waking up sad only 8 times is pretty good all things considered
this guy is midas
Maybe buying yellow things will make me less likely to blow my brains out
Everything i own would be yellow after a week
king midas
Is there a place I can see more of t This work that isn't insta? I don't use socials on principle, but I love all of the comics of his I've seen on Reddit. Does he have a website?
Only 6? Congrats.
There are SEVEN, look closely dum dum
People with depression will be bullied and called "piss boy".
Watcha gonna do piss boy
Hey i like your comics adam hope you are doing well
This is a pretty unpopular opinion, but I don't think I'll ever get used to people using the comic strip format for non humor purposes. I always expect a punchline and I'm like... Oh. Ugh. Ok.
Edit: I do however appreciate the message usually. It's just like... I have to reseat my brain for it
Jesus Christ. Thank you for visualizing this emotion. If you're not okay... today or any day... please DM me. I'm not sure I can help, but I'll be someone to talk to that understands. Please don't hesitate to DM at any point you would like to. Please Adam. Thank you and I truly love your work.
Hugs, man
I'd still give you a hug, Adam. People are cruel
Lol can someone caption the bottom image with “but it doesn’t work”
I feel this. But I also got to click the button to make it 8000 upvotes exactly so that made me happy. So this meme did both sad then happy.
Appreciated Op
Wow I remember when reddit had a hard on for shitting on this guy. This comic looks great though. Good job.
This is incredible and very raw, I am empathise with that feeling a lot. Hope you're doing well OP.
Yellow is my favourite colour and people always shit talk it.
Fuck you. Yellow is dope 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
Buying things wont make you happy. Material is worthless in the long run.
Sure, but sometimes you need a little ritual something to make yourself get up on the bad days
Maybe produce something instead of consuming, you get the material reward and the satisfaction of making/doing/growing it without hurting your wallet or contributing to the waste problem.
Shopping isn't a coping mechanism I personally use, but I'm not here to judge anybody else. Hopefully your advice helps someone
My bad if it came off as judging, i wasn't feeling very good when i made that comment.
If someone looks like that, he wouldn't be single
Buying useless shit does not make someone happy.
No, but establishing a harmless coping mechanism that gets someone out of the house and out of their head for a bit can lessen the effects of depression, and that's pretty cool.
But
Yellow
yes because the best way to combat depression is to consoooooom
Yellow Hug for OP.
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