In Memory of a Dear Reader
I’m very sorry to report that longtime reader Lady Jenn passed away earlier this week; she was only 28. Jenn was one of my greatest fans, who devotedly read and commented on every new Scapula comic I made for years on end.
Jenn was always a great source of humor, intellect, pathos, and (perhaps most memorably to everyone here) an encyclopaedic knowledge of how to beat up people in the most absurd of scenarios. She loved monster movies almost as much as I do (if that’s even possible!). She spoke from her heart about the characters I created as if they were real people, and believe me, if that isn’t the ultimate compliment to a comics creator then I simply don’t know what is.
The contrast of her write-ups on combat and her intimate comments on life gave me the impression that she was someone who had endured extreme hardship for so many years, but still did not let it take over her. She was capable of great love and herculean support, and she always showed it around here.
It’s common for me, as a cartoonist, to lament about not having millions and billions of readers, but what I can’t lament on is that the readership that I have now is made up of some incredible individuals, and Jenn was most certainly one of the best. Rest in peace, my friend.
Oh, no. Damn. I was wondering where she’d been this week, but I never even considered… God damn it.
“Even the irreverence of a cartoonist can be set to rest by the tragedy of a funeral.” – Donald Oak.
Having known her personally, I can only really say thanks, Aidan. It’s a wonderful thing when a creator gets to know his fans as well as the fans come to know a creator.
Wait, what? Wow, that’s unexpected. Just read her last comment on sundays pic.
Well, so long!
Aidan, this is a beautiful tribute to Lady Jenn. What a great image of Sam… and it’s such a hopeful image. It is a most fitting tribute.
And, rest in peace, indeed, Lady Jenn.
No greater honor for an artist than to have a reader like that. I’d rather have a couple like Jenn than a 1000 trolls. So sad to hear and such a young age. My thoughts are with her and her family, as well as with you for losing such a dear reader.
Oh no…no… 🙁
Gods, she was as much a fixture of this comic as you are. I loved her comments and we both shared a deep love/rivalry for Knuckle Sam.
To lose such a bright, strong personality and powerful character as hers is a great loss to this world. It speaks volumes of her that I’m really deeply saddened and feel a sense of loss right now learning of her passing. I wasn’t a friend and didn’t really know her. She was just one of those super-strong personalities that when it’s not there anymore…you feel it.
28 is just too damned young to go.
Rest in Peace, Lady Jenn…then come back as a ghost and start scaring the bejesus out of everybody for shits and giggles because we KNOW you would totally do it!!!
No… 🙁
I hope if there’s an afterlife that she’s continuing to kick ass there.
I am at a loss. She was so great….. How did she pass?
Her heart, badly scarred after a number of violent events and surgeries, finally gave out on her. For what comfort it holds, she died instantly and in her sleep.
That does comfort me, knowing that. Thank you.
That’s a rare mercy these days. Hopefully she can finally get some much needed peace and rest. I’m 34, myself….. Sounds like you had more of an inside track on knowing her, personally. My condolences.
Thanks. I knew her for at least 12 years and I can say if there’s one thing she never got in her life it was rest.
Oh my 🙁
So young!
R.I.P.
oh thats awful, im so sorry…
Lady Jenn … I swear, life truly isn’t fair sometimes. And only 28 … I’m not even that old (yet), but I hear that and immediately think, “jeezus, she was still a baby …”
Taken from us far too young. You will be missed, dear lady.
And along with what Longtail said, make sure you haunt Aidan first. You know he deserves it. For something.
What a shame. I remember Jenn fondly. Wherever she is, I hope she is at peace, and the legacy she left endures in Scapula and every other part of her life.
I really don´t know what to say that you haven´t already expressed, except that I also remembered her comments fondly. Hell, I´d even go so far as to say that part of the reason I kept checking up on this comic was to read her comments on it. I think it says a lot about a person that they can express themselves so well in comments sections, because when you look at, say, Youtube´s comments, there´s always a sense of worry that you´ll run into some obnoxious idiot spouting bullshit. Not here, though. Here there´s a real sense of heart, and fan devotion, and I always feel eager to look into the comments, and I think that Lady Jenn made up a big part of that.
I’m late to write this as so many before me have put into words far more eloquently than I could. Lady Jenn, after rushing to read the new Scapula comic I would then rush to read your comments. Terrifying, wonderful, & funny at the same time, I always enjoyed them. Thank you for what you brought to this fan community. Rest Well, I’ll miss you.
I came to this comic somewhat late in the adventure and like Mari, I am late to write, but when I started, from the get go, Jenn was there, and I found her comments humorous and amazing. She was a very strong personality from what I could tell, and she will be missed. The picture of Sam is a very beautiful gesture, and I truly hope Lady Jenn finally finds peace.
It took me quite a while to compose my thoughts on this, and another while still to decide if my thoughts were worth sharing at all, but here goes:
Death is merely the final part of Life, for Life and Death are inseparable. Unlike Life, with Death we are all equal. Interesting in our endless variations, unique in our experience, fluid in our beliefs as a whole with Life… Death finds us all and judges no one. In the end, all of us must end. Such is the way with mortal life, and for good reason. Sooner, later, or far too late… we all must go. Whether we are noticed, whether we are loved in Life or remembered in Death is no guarantee.
But for her, she will at least be remembered for a lifetime. Her words carried her personality through the crude aether of the early internet to each of us so that we each may know at least a bit of her. She enriched this place with her contributions and our loss of her will be noticed. For some, like myself, it will be the loss of a familiar sound you never noticed much until it was silenced. For others, it will be a deafening silence where once we were accustomed to a cacophony of exuberance.
If anything is certain, she will be at peace and she will be missed by all that knew her.