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A mixed media digital and painted poster with a dark watercolor background. At the top left corner there is a set of hands with a lit match in the left and cash in the right, setting the Earth on fire. To the right is a pistol. In the center there is a laptop with the logos for Facebook and Twitter, next to three extended fists. There is a person at the bottom of the poster shielding their face. The dark blue text surrounding the poster reads “Billionaires wealth rises to $10.2 trillion amid COVID crisis”, “Sixth mass extinction of wildlife accelerating, scientists warn”, “Protests about police brutality are met with waves of more police brutality across U.S.”, “wildfires rage across California”, “Polish women travel abroad for abortions ahead of law change” and “Free school meals: the Tory MPs defending refusal to support campaign”.

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Zed Omri

This is a page taken from a ten page comic I made about feeling overwhelmed, stressed and isolated during the pandemic. Again it was about being inundated with news about serious global issues, but rather than feeling angry and defiant like my other work, this comic was about feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders and feeling isolated in quarantine. At the end of the comic the character speaks to a friend and learns to take time to themselves, realising they can't fix everything.I wanted to express my own feelings of stress, anger, anxiety and frustration about the political landscape during the pandemic. I wanted others to know they weren't alone. I wanted to shout about what we needed to change.

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