Marie and Worrywart: Comics About Anxiety #[nn]
In "Marie tries to go camping," Jenn Woodall delivers a poignant, deeply personal story where anxiety takes the form of a vivid, ever-present companion named Worrywart. As Marie navigates a crowded art gallery, her inner critic escalates every small moment into a crisis, turning a simple social gathering into a retreat from her own mind. With every detail drawn, inked, colored, and lettered by Woodall herself, this 2020 comic offers an intimate, unflinching look at the quiet battles behind a smile.
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Marie is attending an art gallery show, talking to a friend. Others show up and start talking to Marie's friend. They all go off to meet someone else. Worrywart blames Marie for everyone leaving her alone. She starts looking at her phone and Worrywart says that everyone is watching her looking at her looking at her phone, rather that talk to people. Worrywart's catastrophizing increases until Marie has to run out of the gallery. She goes home feeling defeated.
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