Anaïs Mitchell, “Road to Hell (Reprise)” // Don’t Look Up (2021) dir. Adam McKay // Miranda Mundt, Muted // BigSimpleComics, Critter Comics // The Narcissist Cookbook, “GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE” // Chase Petra, “Prologue” // Eleanor Davis, You & a Bike & a Road
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Image 1: Lyrics from the Hadestown song “Road to Hell (Reprise).” They read, “To know how it ends / And still begin to sing it again / As if it might turn out this time.”
Image 2: Two frames from the movie Don’t Look Up. On the top frame is a view of a man and woman from the chest up. The woman, Kate, looks past the camera, giving a small, sad smile. The man, Yule, looks at Kate. Text underneath them reads "I'm grateful … I'm grateful we tried." On the bottom frame, a man, Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, looks down with a tired, wistful smile. Text underneath him reads, "Man, oh man did we try."
Image 3: A webcomic panel from Muted by Miranda Mundt. A red-haired woman, Camille, and a humanoid blue flower demon, Dendro, touch their foreheads together. Dendro’s eyes are closed, and she cups Camille’s face in her hands. Camille looks dispirited. Dendro is saying, “While you can reach out to help her … it is ultimately her choice if she takes your hand.”
Image 4: Two webcomic panels from Critter Comics (formerly Snail Comics) by BigLittleComics. In the first panel, a closeup of a the face of a slug, Sam. She is saying, “It’s very tempting to think we have no power, and that we can’t change anything.” In the second panel, we zoom out to see Sam is talking to a snail, Jordon. Sam continues, “But giving up seems pretty convenient for the snails actively making our world suck!”
Image 5: Lyrics from the song “GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE” by The Narcissist Cookbook. They read, “And listen / I know, okay? I know it feels / Like I’ve just got you lugging’ heavy rocks around all day / For no reason, with no reward / But please, trust me / I can see what you’re not able to see yet / This is not just a pile of stones, okay? / We are buildin’ a castle together / And we’re gonna build it, brick by heavy fuckin’ brick.”
Image 6: Lyrics from the song “Prologue” by Chase Petra. They read, “I may be scared, but I’ll find strength in fear.”
Image 7: A text bubble from the book You & a Bike & a Road. It reads, “Another day spent undestroyed.”
