Jackie Monroe’s town is cursed. Anyone born there will die there, and all the time in between is riddled with nothing but calm mediocrity. Jackie is determined to beat the curse and make something of herself, or as she puts it, “Live a life someone would want to read a book about.”

But Jackie’s impatience and easily distracted nature make it hard for her to get anywhere. One week she’s going to be an astronaut, one week she’s going to be a rock star, one week she’s going to be a politician. She’s been in college for ten years now, still with no clue what she wants to do. The story mostly focuses on her attempts to accomplish her crazy goals.

Her friends humor her. Saffron, her roommate, studied fashion design, but at 22, she’s already resigned to being a waitress for the rest of her life. Jackie’s boyfriend Tom is a librarian who is waiting for the day Jackie settles down and starts a family with him. Jackie’s family consists entirely of office workers.

And then there’s Moira, Saffron’ girlfriend. Moira was born far away and at 26, she’s already lived ten times as much as Jackie, and doesn’t have the curse to contend with. She’s well on her way to becoming a rock legend, and Jackie is insanely jealous.

While Jackie spends her time trying to find some way to be awesome, she fails to notice all the interesting details around her, including some rather disturbing events that might actually make her special.

The tone of the story alternates between funny slice-of-life and mind-fuck.

Jackie Monroe (Aliases include: Marilyn, Zoozoobella, Carmen, Carmilla) Age: 26 She’s as distractible as she is ambitious, so it kind of cancels out.

Saffron Reed Age: 24 Jackie’s roommate and best friend. She studied fashion, but now she’s a waitress. Smells like Febreeze and cigarettes.

Tom Baker Age: 30 Jackie’s boyfriend. A cute(-ish) librarian. Both his dads were huge fans of Star Trek and passed their nerdiness to him.

Uncle Max Jackie’s uncle who taught her about the curse and tried to help her break it until he died.

About the Author:

I draw and write this thing. I sort of went to school for art, but it was community college. I mostly taught myself. I work part time for a TV station to stay on top of the bills.

I’m in my mid-20’s and I live in Michigan in a house my readers helped me buy (thanks guys!). My cat’s name is Scrambles the Death Dealer.

My email address: megan@rosalarian.com Things I don’t care about hearing: you suck because of something your characters did; you should have done [x] instead of [y]; please check out [x]/ link exchanges. It’s entirely possible to tell me you dislike something without being a douche - you just have to try a little harder. I love constructive criticism. “You suck” is not constructive.

Some relevant links:

Rosalarian: my main website where there are lots of other comics and stuff.

My Formspring - ask me anything! Well, almost anything.

My Personal Tumblr - feel free to follow me - where I post lots of stuff I find interesting, along with occasional essays about life, comicking, writing, bein’ a chick, bein’ a homo, and bein’ an artist.

My Twitter - feel free to follow me - where I post random thoughts I have during the day.

I don’t friend people on Facebook. It’s my one place on the internet that is exclusively friends-only. But there is a fan page for Meaty Yogurt where you can interact with me and other fans.

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