It takes a while getting over our childhood bullies. Sometimes, it can even take a lifetime. Canada-based artist Meghan Lands spent the last 20 years of her life trying to forget the first 10. However, she recently opened up her tormentor’s Facebook profile, which evoked a whole lot of emotions. So many, in fact, that Meghan decided to put everything into a comic.
She describes her comic as a “rejected anthology submission” and she hasn’t even given it an official title. Nevertheless, the 150k+ tumblr notes on it prove that many people related to it.
“I think many of us have been either picked on or the pick-onner at some point in our lives,” Megan said. “Growing up is tough to begin with, and in school we have to contend with this social pecking order that’s constantly reasserting or reorganizing itself.”
“When I initially posted the comic I received so much feedback that I drew a response of sorts. A lot of people reached out to me with concerns or to share their own experiences, and I felt kind of a responsibility to respond. You can see that comic here.”
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Meghan Lands’s work embodies a lot of her personal experiences
Particularly this moving comic about school bullying
After reading the heartbreaking story, people had a lot to say:
Motion picture is a new genre of novels, her works reflect her personal experiences
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