Oddballs: All the Lonely People

This one has a different tone to it. It’s more melancholic. Yet, the humor is still there.

This begs the question: What is humor? To me, it’s not so much comedy (although, that can be an element of it), but more a connection at the totally human level that can have a funny “edge” to it. In this case, it’s humorous how so many people can feel lonely for different reasons yet those reasons overlap inside of themselves and with others. How can we be in a club where we all share the same views and not have a community? That’s the proverbial Lonely Hearts Club.

Also, as I mentioned, I’ve said all of these things to myself in a twist of irony. In a way, all of these separate people and yearnings are those of one person: me. This community of people lives inside of my head yet I was still lonely. It leads to discussions on personality – are we singular or multiple? It also leads to questions on the unity (or disunity?) of our cellular makeup and consciousness; cancer and subatomic energy.

With all those voices in my head, one would wonder why I ever felt lonely.

Here’s a video!

@oddballszine
“All the Lonely People” from Oddballs #23 #lonely #sad #alone #oddballs #humor #comic
♬ Sad and lonely violin and piano sound(119693) – STUDIO COM

And another of me inking it:

@oddballszine
Drawing “All the Lonely People” for an upcoming Oddballs issue. #oddballs #humor #comics #lonely #alone #sad
♬ Lonely – Justin Bieber & benny blanco