References:
Scientific American: One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About
The Guardian: Is Factory Farming to Blame for Coronavirus?
The Guardian: Surely the Link Between Abusing Animals and the World’s Health is Now Clear
The Guardian: We Have to Wake Up: Factory Farms Are Breeding Grounds for Pandemics
Between the coronavirus and climate change, the Grand-Canyon-sized blind spots in our culture are starting to show themselves. We really have not made a priority of taking care of each other and treating life on this earth as if it were a conditional thing.
“Is it safe to go to the grocery store? But I need to go to the grocery store! But I can’t stockpile enough food for us to eat forever! And what happens when the power goes out, or we can’t travel, or, or…?”
It is quite anxiety-inducing.
Not so bleak, actually quite bright, but freakin’ cold.
Last night at Comics Club I finally had a chance to start my new diary comics sketchbook.
I’ve been putting it off, partly because I’ve been so busy with work, illustrating a new quarterly book as well as doing lots of odd cartooning jobs for various other teams in the company.
I’ve also been hesitant to start this new book because I made it from the last of my favourite paper. Boo hoo.
The longer I put off starting, the more ideas and events piled up into a big, intimidating ball — so I produced this four-panel pile of non-sequiturs. But at least I’ve started!
I was out of town for a couple of days, but got some time on the road to catch up with my comic diaries…
