It’s happened again. Previous New Year Comics here.

New year, new New Year Comic. I started doing these at the start of the decade and will continue doing them till the end of the decade. You can read the first four here. If they seem oblique that’s cause they are. See you again next year :).

Transcript

1. TEXT: I dunno man.
[FRANCIS sitting up in bed.]
2. [FRANCIS pulling on pants over long underwear.]
3. [FRANCIS unlocking bike from the porch railing of a house.]
4. TEXT: I’ve hardly paid attention to climate change these past few years.
[FRANCIS biking along the Schuylkill.]
5. [The Ridge Ave trailhead to the Wissahickon. Two figures wave to each other.]
6. [FRANCIS and MAX walking on a hiking trail.]
7. TEXT: Next year we’ll be halfway through the decade.
[Two figures walking across Jody Pinto’s Fingerspan Bridge]
8. TEXT: Check back with me then.
[FRANCIS walks on a path between two rocks. The path ahead winds.]
Signed FB 10 January 2024.

Starting in 2020, I’ve been making a one-page comic at the start of each new year. I’ve only ever posted them on Twitter, but since I’m putting more focus on this website now, you can count on seeing them here every new year. I’m also including the previous 3 comics so you can see those—they do all reference each other.

Also sorry the first one is very scratchy, they do get better.

2020

Transcript

Date: 1 January 2020
1. [Francis asleep in bed.]
2. [Francis wakes up, sitting straight up].
FRANCIS: Ah!
3. FRANCIS [Pointing]: New decade! Let’s go!
4. FRANCIS [Getting out of bed]: The 20’s! We’re gonna halt climate change!
5. FRANCIS [Putting on pants]: 10 years from now we’ll be STAGGERED by the progress made!
6. [FRANCIS, fully dressed, looks out of a window, leaning against it. We view this from outside. Clouds and other buildings reflected on the window.]
FRANCIS: A long future for a young and vigorous human race!

2021

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