Dan Vs. Visiting Grandma

I started drawing this when I found out my grandfather was dying from Lymphoma, and finished it when he died a week later.

One of the few things we know about Dan is that his grandma is dead. So I ran with that. Most fandoms I'm into rarely get into any kind of background like that. I guess I could've made something up, but I totally love Dan. So there.

I feel Dan is oddly dis-proportioned, but that was sort of the way I was feeling at the time. I'd also like to think his height is family wide. Hence the grave being so small. Really, I was just wanting so badly to finish it, and I only had so much space.

Sometimes when someone dies, you get this feeling of total isolation, like even though there's a million people around you, you're all alone, so I wanted to depict just him and the grave, like they're the only things existing in space.

I'm also satisfied that I can't tell if he's sad or in a state of loathing or regret or something to that effect. The cartoon *hints* (and I use the term loosely) they didn't get along. Still, you don't have to like someone to feel sadness when they die. I honestly hadn't seen my grandfather in years, but that doesn't mean I didn't love him. That kind of shit, you know?

I've gone on too long.

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Dan Vs. (C) Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson