I recently got to see some of Van Gogh’s work when I went to the Met in New York. I was moved to tears by it and there’s not a lot of artists I can say that about.

I’m not NEARLY as naive as this strip suggests. In reality, my mother– while trying to make me feel better about my lack of success– said to me, “Van Gogh only sold two paintings in his lifetime.”

My snarky reply was, “Yeah, but the man died penniless and syphilitic of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Do I REALLY wanna emulate that?”

…Yeah, it’s funnier when I play the fool (hence why my depression rarely makes an appearance in the strip)