I'm not cool enough to say that I was here at the very beginning, but I do remember finding OP on the internet in 2008 and instantly falling in love with it. Since then I've re-read it several times over and there's one thing in particular that really stands out for me: I am constantly amazed by how every time I go through the entire run again, there's yet another plot point or little easter egg to be discovered. Meredith is the master of letting silence and suggestion fill her writing. The sheer quantity (and quality!) of character traits and nuanced bits of personality that were communicated not by what characters said, but what they didn't say, is unbelievable.
When I started reading OP, I was just starting to enter my 20's, and there were so many different aspects of the comic that I didn't "get". I couldn't appreciate the subtext because I hadn't encountered those relational experiences myself. Now, a decade later, it's funny how many of those interpretations speak to me with such clarity.
Thank you Meredith for writing and drawing such a wonderful story over the last 10 years, and letting us chart our own growth along the way.
In just over 2 months, I turn 30. When I started reading Octopus Pie, I was barely 20. This comic has been my 20s. My 20s have good at times, bad at others, but through it all I've had this comic. Thank you, Meredith. This comic has been very important to me, and I look forward to what you make next.
Thanks for everything. It's been a wonderful ride.
what a gift octopie has been. than you for the experience, gran
Thank you so so so much
"THAT'S IT?!"
Yep. That's all
Thank you Mer
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, its been a wild ride. :'(
I'm not cool enough to say that I was here at the very beginning, but I do remember finding OP on the internet in 2008 and instantly falling in love with it. Since then I've re-read it several times over and there's one thing in particular that really stands out for me: I am constantly amazed by how every time I go through the entire run again, there's yet another plot point or little easter egg to be discovered. Meredith is the master of letting silence and suggestion fill her writing. The sheer quantity (and quality!) of character traits and nuanced bits of personality that were communicated not by what characters said, but what they didn't say, is unbelievable.
When I started reading OP, I was just starting to enter my 20's, and there were so many different aspects of the comic that I didn't "get". I couldn't appreciate the subtext because I hadn't encountered those relational experiences myself. Now, a decade later, it's funny how many of those interpretations speak to me with such clarity.
Thank you Meredith for writing and drawing such a wonderful story over the last 10 years, and letting us chart our own growth along the way.
In just over 2 months, I turn 30. When I started reading Octopus Pie, I was barely 20. This comic has been my 20s. My 20s have good at times, bad at others, but through it all I've had this comic. Thank you, Meredith. This comic has been very important to me, and I look forward to what you make next.