
ALT image of a four-panel black and white comic. the first panel is a darkened image of a birthday cake with the candles saying "26". panel 2 has the main character wearing a backpack and waiting for the bus. the caption reads "when i was a teenager...". panel 2 is the character on the bus looking out the window. the caption reads "i thought to myself..." panelf four has the character at a desk in class. "i'm never going to be 26"

ALT A man says "fuck it. I wanna be serialized. I'm tired of living comic to comic. I want to experience more. I don't want my eternally reviving body to be used for momentary vignettes. I want to be somebody!" Another man says "Oh Gary, I don't think it works like that. We are doomed to nothingness after the next panel." Gary shakes his fists and shouts to the heavens "NO! I refuse! My name is Gary! I deserve more life!"





























