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☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Out of Gas for Suicide" is a stark, character-driven story from 1969, written and illustrated by Howard Shoemaker, whose stark visuals and unflinching narrative capture a man’s desperate attempt to end his life by carbon monoxide. When his plan stalls due to running out of gas, he’s forced into an awkward, haunting journey—hitching rides while carrying a can of fuel, the weight of his intent pressing on every mile. The story’s quiet intensity and raw emotional undercurrent are rendered with a distinctive, personal touch by Shoemaker, whose full creative control is evident in every line and shade.
Jo, a man with a plan and a gas can, tries to end it all by poisoning himself with car exhaust—only to run out of gas mid-plot and end up thumbing a ride, the can clutched tight. A grimly comic take on desperation, with a twist that’s as absurd as it is inevitable.
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Reprinted in Playboy's Little Annie Fanny #[nn] (1972)
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