Daily Archives: August 28, 2012

One thing I enjoy about Jennie Breeden’s semi-autobiographical webcomic The Devil’s Panties is how she’s not afraid to share the bad as well as the good… while finding a way to find humor in that moment (even if after the fact). Her latest storyline where she came home to find her home robbed yet again with both of her air conditioning units stolen while she and her husband were away is a perfect example of this, especially with Jennie contemplating how she could protect her home. Personally, I suspect a company that developed a line of home-defense units that looked (and sounded) like the turrets in the computer game Portal would be a big hit. The only problem is I could see a homeowner coming back and finding that their Portal Turrets had been stolen! Sadly, with the economy stuttering along some people are forced to do whatever they can to survive. What they don’t realize (or want to think about) is how it affects their victims; Jennie has given us a glimpse of just that, while leavening it with a touch of humor. That she can laugh (even ruefully) at this situation shows us just how strong she is… and is one of the reasons why I enjoy her comic so much.