Pepe

PEPE - Painted Doggie Comic

Panel 1:
[The background image of this comic is a homemade version of the “Pepe from the muppets” meme. Pepe has been replaced by Foxwolf in the same pose making the same horrified expression. The panel descriptions below are the captions applied over this meme template.]  
When I turned 21, Mick dumped me. Mick was a 30 year old aspiring professional poker player living in his friend’s basement. We had been dating since I was 18. He had recently been threatened by the father of a 14-year-old girl at a McDonalds for giving her his “business card.” I was madly in love, and like most 21-year-olds, blindingly stupid. 

Panel 2:
I was distraught for weeks after the break up. My younger sister thought bringing me along to a party she was attending would cheer me up. At this point, I was ready to distract myself from the endless loop of painful memories playing in my underdeveloped brain. Enough of that. I got all dolled up for the party, intent on attracting a new man to fill the hole in my heart.

Panel 3:
My sister and I were driven 2 hours away to the party by her friend - the only one of us who knew the host. I opened the door to see a house crawling with teens and 2 middle-aged parents  - all of whom were incredibly drunk. Food and drinks were spilled on every horizontal surface visible. There were profoundly dreadful vibes. I grabbed a beer and followed my sister around like a lost dog while she mingled. There were no hot men at this party to fill the hole in my heart. The beer made me feel sadder and tired. I didn’t grab another. I ruminated about being stuck there overnight. 

Panel 4:
At one point, we headed down to the basement. As I start making my way down the stairs in my stupid-tall slut heels, I slip in a puddle of spilled beer and nosedive down the entire flight of steel-nosed stairs. FUCK. Excruciating pain tears through my body. I look down and see bright white bone exposed through a massive bleeding gash on my shin. 

Panel 5:
I feel my blood pressure drop as I start to pass out. The basement teens crowd around me as I lay on the floor clinging to consciousness. They begin taunting me for being "so drunk" that I fell down the stairs. Several of them grab my arms and try to hoist me to my feet, insisting I get up. 

Panel 6:
I cannot stand, and I plead with them to just let me sit there a moment. They can't comprehend anything I'm saying, so I start SCREAMING at them to get the fuck away from me. They back off and walk away, shouting and pointing at what a dumb drunk bitch I am. I don't care. 

Panel 7:
My sister brought me some water, and I eventually regained the strength to stand. She helped me up the stairs to a room with a bed and sleeping bags on the floor. I made it to the bed, laid down, and tried to fast forward to morning when we'd finally be leaving. I couldn't sleep because of the serious open wound on my leg. I stared at the wall contemplating all my life choices. 

Panel 8:
As I laid there like a hospital patient with my injured leg propped up in full view, I heard people come into the room and up to the bed I was in. I pretended to be asleep. They said: 
"I can't believe she would just take your bed!! What a fucking bitch! I can't believe this!"
“That is so rude, who comes to another person’s house and takes their bed?? Unbelievable.”

Panel 9:
Fuck every single person at that party. Fuck teens. Fuck you, Mick. 13 years later I still have a 4" x 1” scar on my shin to remind me of this night for the rest of my life. 

Panel 10:
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Panel 11:
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***CW for next panel: gross scar/hairy woman leg (I am a wolf, get over it)***

Panel 12:
Image of a hairy shin with a very large but faded scar. The scar forms an indentation in the shin. There are puppy paws beyond in the background.