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If I can be part of helping someone have a better day by making them laugh or smile, and especially if I can help them feel less alone with humor, that truly makes my heart sing!

I think that’s so cool, and it really makes my day when I receive messages like that. Spicy Little Brain was a bit of a rebellion against all those things - pain, depression, anxiety, inauthenticity, and the weirdness of being human.I get a lot of messages from people going through serious, heavy things, or experiencing mental health struggles, or feeling isolated and strange about being neurodivergent… and they let me know that my comics have helped them find joy in humor in that.

Whilst I’d like to say that I’m a positive person all the time, truthfully, I’m pretty cynical, analytical, and I get a little bit of joy out of poking fun at things that are a bit serious.

I was also making another comic at the time… it was very focused on positive, wholesome messages, and whilst that was fun, it felt inauthentic to me, and I wasn’t enjoying making it, because it just didn’t feel true to who I am.

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