Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 13, 2016
December 12, 2016
December 14, 2016
Transcript:
Lupin: There are rainbows everywhere! We return to Elvis for continuing courage Elvis? Elvis: Lupin, this just in: It appears earlier reports that "St. Patrick's Day exploded" were mistaken! Lupin: I believe those were your reports- Elvis: It's not important who said what. The fact remains there are rainbows everywhere an the People are ecstatic. The Woman keeps spinning in circles with Puck. Woman: Yay! Finally! Puck: It feels like I'm flying, Elvis. ....Right over the rainbow. Elvis: The Man is cheering incoherentlyat the electric picture box. The Woman is pumping her fist in the air. Puck: Okay, we're doing this now. Elvis: The Man is telling the children this is an historic day. An...Irish historic day? Lupin: Just stop. Elvis: Well, though the cause remains unclear, two things are certain: Whatever happened, it was awesome and long overdue.
This came up as my random bonus comic today when I was reading the strip, and I had somehow not seen many of the negative messages this time around. I will say three things in response:
1. This was the third time this particular comic had run. I had never received negative comments or messages regarding it until it ran for the third time in December 2016. That’s really unfortunate.
2. I don’t care if this offends anyone. My dear, beloved aunt—a personal herione of mine—is a lesbian, and I wrote this strip to celebrate her and other LGBT loved ones. And my family comes first, always. I’m never going to lie or hide to make a little more money. I’d rather be myself than pretend to be someone I’m not in the interest of book sales—it could make more money, but that’s a cheap way to live. This was a day our family celebrated. We have little pride flags anyway every June (because if you’ve been here 10 minutes you know I love holidays/events/reasons to put up bunting!) We dragged them out, we colored rainbows with our kiddo, we explained the importance of this day. This was a big day for our family—it meant more in-laws one day maybe! Hooray!
3. You don’t have to love everything I write or create. And you don’t have to read my work. There is only one me and only one person who writes what I write and tells the jokes and stories I tell, though. You can leave any time you want, but I’m going to keep writing really fun stuff either way for people to enjoy. While sharing stories set in my life, where my aunt is awesome and I will always chose her over a few more books sold—and it wouldn’t be fair for me misrepresent myself to anyone who wouldn’t want to support my work either. So, forever save your quotes or arguments because my aunt has always been there for me and loves and supports me and was one of my biggest fans when I was just handing her scribbles on construction paper—and you don’t have an argument that will ever turn my back on that. End of story.