Page 47 First day at Art College
skyangel on Dec. 22, 2024
This is exactly how my first day at Art College went so if you are ever in a situation where you feel like a square peg in a round hole I hope it's never as bad as this! The good thing is it wasn't to last as the Foundation course only lasted six weeks and a change of class changed everything!
This is also the last page of all the events that dragged my spirit down over the years and it's very timely as the New Year will go on to show how the emergence of Nikki brought about a change in me that finally made sense of it all.
Thanks to all of you for your wonderful support on this comic which always makes it feel so worthwhile doing and hope you all have a lovely Christmas! x
tommym at 11:20PM, Feb. 17, 2025
Dear Sky. I HATED!!! the high school my father wanted me to attend! I wanted to go to a public school, witch was in walking distance and coed. In stead I needed to take a subway during morning rush hour! for 30 minutes or so! then walk a third of a mile in the freezing cold. It was like a full time job!!! love tommym
skyangel at 8:01AM, Feb. 18, 2025
Tommym: I feel for you! It's bad enough being somewhere you don't want to be but having to go every day and with all that travelling to get there must have felt soul destroying. I wonder if you ever settled in over time.
ohanyname at 1:09AM, Dec. 24, 2024
You have the Union flag upside down - the red diagonal stripes go at the bottom of the white diagonal stripes in the hoist, and the top in the fly. I know how embarrassing it can be to have the same name as someone else - I have the same name (first and second) as a right-wing journalist and author, I'm a left wing politician and we're always being confused as it's not a common name.
A Reader at 1:32PM, Dec. 23, 2024
Oh dear Skyangel, it's all good and it's all so universally true! I think everyone has days like this, and events like this, especially when starting something new and trying to find their place in the group. Then again, some of us may not have had it all on the same day, every time, but close. I just want to say, you're staring to speak of Nikki in the third person, careful dear as this may lead to other difficulties, especially if you're trying to order dinner or somesuch ("Yes, and Sky will have the fillet please") trust me, they will look at you a bit odly then! LOL! Once again love your pages and the way they harken back (the hairdos!) and social cliques and such. And yes, you've conveyed the discomfort quite nicely, without having to go into long exposition (something I wish I was better at). Thank you again and I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
skyangel at 11:42AM, Dec. 24, 2024
Haha I'm definitely starting to lose control of my identity as we proceed! When I wrote for Simply Sarah I always saw Nikki as another person and it does feel strange now to be drawing the same person and then referring to them as myself. It gets more complicated when we bring in Sarah too! XD
Stever_Blotto at 6:32AM, Dec. 23, 2024
You're definitely not the only one whose had those awful awkward first day. My first day of high school started off like that. Also, I'm sure at Art School there were also SO many others who felt like that. Hopefully things will start to look up.
skyangel at 11:17AM, Dec. 24, 2024
That's a very good point. I remember thinking how nice it would be to spot anyone on their own I could sit with and all I could seem to see were people in groups!
Othosmops at 3:40PM, Dec. 22, 2024
Life's not easy at the bottom, and usually you're starting at a new establishment right there. I remember that my attempts to get started at the various institutions were sometimes confusing, sometimes extremely painful. But I settled in. All right - not always. That's when things cracked up. Anyway: Have nice and cozy holidays!
skyangel at 11:19AM, Dec. 24, 2024
It was a bit of a shock to me as I'd started Secondary School( high school?) not knowing anyone and got on with the people around me from the first moment so this felt like my worst nightmare.