Kelly 75: Culture Clash

At least two of these things actually happened to me when I was studying abroad in England and those two were the middle panels. I am still embarrassed for causing the power to go out in my flat because I brought the wrong adapter. And the names thing is something I still struggle with. But I do remember the struggle of trying to find a pay phone to call collect home as soon as I landed because my mom would definitely call the embassy if I didn’t report in.

NA Humor: Cat Hybrid

My family’s cat, who I based Mitten on, was a great feline. And I don’t remember her having issues catching mice since she certainly caught her fair share of birds and rabbits. But she really did try to fetch sticks and chase her tail so maybe she was part dog after all.

Kelly 74: True Value

This art style, now that I look back on it, definitely reminds me of “Cathy” which was my inspiration for creating “Kelly” in the first place. As it is with most people, I think, I cannot sleep on planes. Luckily, the entertainment units in the back of the seats provide almost endless distractions. And by the time I landed in England on my way to study abroad, I was incredibly zonked out from being overtired so my eyes probably did look like swirls like Kelly’s.

# 73: Kelly Between Two Worlds

The time between my summer internship and going abroad in the fall of my senior year felt both long and short. I did have to rest after working hard at my publishing internship in NYC all summer then I took care of things at my parents’ house. Before I knew it, it was time to fly to England. Looking back on this comic now, I really like the different scenes I represented in each of Kelly’s panels so I am pretty proud of this one.

Kelly 72: Internships End

This is a comic that was very close to what happened in real life. My unpaid publishing internship did allow me to take as many books as I wanted and boy did I seize that opportunity. At least I brought them home gradually instead of all at once on the last day, thus preventing this mishap that happened to Kelly.

Kelly 71: A Crazy Summer

It’s perfect timing for this post to come out in June, nearly 12 years after this comic came out. The summer between my junior and senior year was one of the most monumental of my life and started out with a bang what with a family vacation then immediately traveling to NYC for an unpaid publishing internship. In real life, I was not as exhausted, nor had as much work, as Kelly, thankfully. But I still miss and think about that internship to this day.