Links: two comics about hard times

I loved the new Robot Hugs comic Submerge. I've been feeling like that too - I need to step back from the toxic big picture and focus on things I can make better locally. The comic says it in a way that makes sense, not just a deep impulse the way I've been feeling it.

The last panel reminded me of another comic that really spoke to me at Akimbo Comics, as far as I can tell titled Eat Shit and Die 233 from March 2014.

Link: Intent! It's Fucking Magic!

While I'm posting retrospective links, I've been thinking about this post a lot lately, so I'm linking to it here for folks that didn't see it the first time. (Back in 2010, wow, time goes by.)
Intent! It's Fucking Magic! by genderbitch

A small sample:

So say, if you make a bunch of racist jokes, instead of contributing to the systemic oppression of POC, the bewitching might of Intent (I’m capitalizing the I now, to give it proper respect as a primary element) spreads out, blocking every single person from fully hearing the awful racist shit you just said, further preventing them from internalizing it and using it to justify actions. It also prevents it from creating an environment where racist behavior is seen as more acceptable, by twisting the very threads of fate there as well!