Dad's funeral

This is a mini-comic about my father's funeral, originally published in Kuš! #39, 'The End', a Latvian comic magazine.

In the words of comics critic and expert Rob Clough, "Her story was about the death of her father, but it mostly concerned the details regarding his funeral. This is where Yan's sardonic, questioning wit shined even in the face of tragedy. In particular, Yan's ability to navigate certain local customs regarding funerals, like handing out towels to guests and buying fruit as an offering from the dead, made it easier for her to take over the proceedings from her sister.  Even in this moment of tragedy, Yan was happy that she'd be able to go without taking care of her hair for several days, and was hoping to carry this as an excuse not to deal with other people. While Yan might come off as callous and uncaring, that wasn't really the focus of the piece. Like her mother, her dad was now gone too, and there was nothing she could do about it other than go through the rituals of mourning. That's what this piece was really all about; respecting rituals and providing a proper send-off with dignity but not necessarily with a lot of sentiment."