Underground Dawn III

I HATE TOM

I HATE DICK

I HATE LARRY

Hourly comics day! There is some bad shit going on (ICE fucking preying on people in my community as we speak), but after how grim last year's comic was I really wanted to draw something happier.

it sure has been a year.

This year has been... harrowing. I've struggled through a lot of it. I'm visiting my parents right now for the holidays. Mom's in a wheelchair now, due to severe nerve damage and chronic pain from the cancer treatments. But, as far as we know so far, she is cancer free, and making progress with physical therapy. She's doing better now than she was when she was first hospitalized after collapsing. I'm so unbelievably thankful for that.

There's been other medical stuff going on with my extended family, which isn't great, but I don't want to get into it.

I'm just grateful that it's not worse, even as I've spent this year struggling just to stay on top of my work/make financial ends meet and feeling helpless and guilty for not being able to do more-- for my family, my friends, or for the people across oceans from me who are suffering unspeakable horrors while I'm warm and safe but living paycheck to paycheck and unable to spare more than ten dollars or so once in a blue moon.

To literally anyone who's exchanged a kind word with me this year (or, you know, ever lol) at any point for any reason, no matter how mundane, thank you. I hope you're somewhere safe and comfortable tonight.

Democrats held onto the Governors seat in NJ

Virginia just elected its first female Governor, flipping the seat from Republican to Democrat. And it doesnt stop there. The Lt. Governor AND Attorney General also flipped from Republican to Democrat.

Pennsylvania voted to retain all 3 Supreme Court judges in its state preserving the Democrats 5-2 Majority

Maine elected to NOT pass a law that would force people to "prove citizenship" before voting. Which is good because only citizens can vote anyway and passing a law like that would only serve to allow discrimination of POC.

Colorado voted to tax the wealthy higher to fund free school meals AND use the excess from that to fund SNAP

AND Prop 40 is looking like its going to pass with flying colours.

It wasnt all wins. Texas passed a draconian Parents rights law that allows them even more control over their children's lives - likely in an anti-trans bid and they passed their own version of the whole "prove citizenship" thing.

BUT LOOK!! LOOK AT ALL THESE WINS!!!

THE RESISTANCE IS THERE AND ITS LOUD!!! THIS COULD BE JUST A TASTE OF WHAT WE CAN DO COME MID-TERMS. If we all collectively keep up the energy and VOTE LIKE HELL we can make a Blue Wave happen and SERIOUSLY kneecap this attempt at an Authoritarian Regime!

I know that we get a lot of bad news and we get it every day. But the good is there! The regime is failing left right and centre and this can be the first glimpse at what we can do!

This is non urgent, so just a dollar helps me a lot. Thank you so much if you donate. If you want you could also commission an art work from me if you do not want to donate! And if not, a reblog would be appreciated, thank you for reading.