Will the real goth please stand out? Page 4

PANEL 1

Olivia and Meg stand in the club surrounded by silhouettes of other goths. Meg has a resigned expression.

MEG: "Well, I guess everyones a poser to somebody!"

PANEL 2

Caption: "The next day..."

Back at school. The girl in the Korn hoodie from earlier approaches Olivia and Meg excitedly.

KORN HOODIE GIRL: "Hey! I burned all my Aberzombie jeans and got bondage pants. I am a real goth."

OLIVIA: "I met "real" goths."

MEG: "I think Id rather be a poser."

Text: "The End (almost)"

AUTHORS NOTE

A note from the author...

I once knew a girl who fancied herself a "true goth." She was something of an elitist, and everything was a competition to her. She would chide her peers simply for not owning some token of "true gothness" like a corset or fancy boots.

It was always amusing and (I admit) somewhat gratifying to observe her at clubs when the older goths saw through her superficialities. For this reason I try to avoid labels and elitism, even thought I do write comics about them to illustrate how silly we can get over these things. But in the end, you make you, not the things you own or the names you call yourself.

Signed: Rachel Nabors SubcultureofOne.com MySpace.com/RachelNabors Copyright 2007 Rachel Nabors

“Everybody’s a poser to somebody!” Well said, Meg. Well said. (Meg is my favorite character, right up there with Brenda. I think they might actually be the same character with different hair.)

Comments (Archived)

  1. CC

    Gosh, I remember when I first discovered Olivia Bryce in high school and I started reading your comics. This was one of my favorites

    • Rachel the Great

      She’s one of my favorite characters It was always fun drawing Olivia!