Prison Break

Before I could, she told me she was pregnant. I’m only 19, and the words hit me like a truck. In my panic, I blurted out, “That’s impossible — I can’t have children.” She froze. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she broke down, crying uncontrollably. I didn’t know what to do, so I…

The Mausoleum The word itself feels heavy in the mouth, like a stone dropped into still water: mausoleum. It comes from a single building, the original one, built around 353 BCE in Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap of the Persian Empire. His grieving widow-sister Artemisia II spared no expense. Greek architects Satyros…

This is a dark humor comic strip by the artist @ccmh_comics (popular on Instagram/TikTok) that plays on a classic dad joke/pun in Indonesian/Malay language. The comic has 7 panels: A father and son are fishing. The excited son casts his line dramatically. The hook flies far… and suddenly comes straight back toward the son. The…