THIS IS A FINAL PRODUCTION FROM GRAPHIC STORYTELLING, THE ANIMATION WORKSHOP, VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 2024
to bíbí
oh my god. can you believe it? it’s done! what a grind, baby! if you didn’t love me, i would have given up a long time ago. you make me be better to myself. thank you for understanding me. thank you for believing in me. thank you for growing with me. i love you.
to lilja, katta, jana, ırmak, and emei you teach me how to be funnier and how to be kinder. i love you guys.
to viktoria, lamberto, maria, pietro, alexandra, yaiza, and again bíbí and katta thank you so much for sharing your homes with me while i worked on this comic.
to my parents
thank you for teaching me how to think, how to speak, how to read. thank you for buying every book i ever wanted. thank you for being curious about what i would do with my life. i love you, mom. i love you, dad.
to leila
thank you for being my first friend. thank you for every time you have laughed at my jokes. thank you for not growing up mad at me. love you.
to glória
thank you being with me when i was so angry, sad, scared, and confused. it was so hard to be a child. thank you for loving me. i love you, gó.
to erik, to peter, to joana, to david, to lobo, to paula, to pedro, to annette thank you for believing that i could do better when was struggling. thank you for helping where you could.
to the little starling who flew in through the window and died in our living room that one evening in april.
to the more than 4000 victims of lobotomies in denmark. all the way to the 80’s. to the five year waiting queue to see a psychiatrist here today. i hope you would be proud of me. i love you.
