46: Secrets

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Secrets
I'm a big fan of Kurt Halsey
Title text: I'm a big fan of Kurt Halsey

Explanation

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Kurt Halsey is a comic artist from Oregon. He was also referenced in 24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey. His style is similar to that in this comic. Many of his comics and paintings depict a couple and convey various emotions they go through. This comic is Randall's attempt on Halsey's style. This comic seems to address the issue of commitment-phobic partners. They get into a relationship but couldn't go through with it. Here, the girl is sad and lonely and wishes for her partner to share her feelings/emotions and be committed to the relationship.

Transcript

I just want you to share in my secrets
[Lonely looking girl staring down.]
and not run away

Trivia

  • Original quote from Randall: "I'm a fan of Kurt Halsey, if you hadn't noticed. Don't click that right now, because it's depressing how much better at this he is than me."
  • This is the forty-third comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous comic was 45: Schrodinger, the next is 47: Counter-Red Spiders.


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Discussion

I thought that, in addition to the obvious relationship context, there is a bit of self-reference word play: if the secrets are shared, they are no longer secrets; if the guy runs away (before she shares the secrets), they will remain secret. Mountain Hikes (talk) 04:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense. Adds another layer to the comic for sure. 108.162.238.163 12:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

The Kurt Halsey page is apparently nonexistent. 108.162.216.106 05:11, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

No, but it took two tries for me to load and even then the main content seems to be broken. There's also no web.archive.org archive. Fabian42 (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
The site is now completely dead, and blocked from the Way back Machine. There is an archive.is snapshot, but with very little actual content. The best way to get acquainted with Halsey's work seems to be his books.--Calion (talk) 17:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)