Blocked: That Guy

Year Published: 2017
Publisher: Blocked: Stories from the world of Online Dating

My online dating experience is very limited and yet it manages to span the gamut from mild text terror to life-long partner.

First page of a full color comic. The author is 26, sitting at their kitchen table and contemplating online dating. They have recently gotten out of a mess of a relationship, and wants something light and easy.

Second page. The author dips their toes into online dating and finds a match in their area. Said match adds them on Facebook.

Third page. The author spends the weekend at their parents place out in the countryside, far away from cell phone towers. As they head home, their phone fills with messages. Their online dating match has been thinking about them.

Last page. The author is chased all the way home by messages. The messages become increasingly unpleasant, and the author just about manages to close the door behind them. Blocked!

Autobiographical

Romance and Dating

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