Hello everyone, I had something I meant to say to Jeph. I tried contacting him through some publicly available means (such as PM on this forum, the e-mail link in his profile...) but I've had no luck and I don't feel like using my work-related background check skills to get full contact info because that would be creepy and rude. Therefore I hope he'll see it here, or someone who is in touch with him can direct him here. If you're not interested in drama and shit try another thread
Message is as follows:
Hello Jeph,
I’ve been following Questionable Content for several years now. Specifically, I’ve been reading it since around 2008, when I was in secondary 4 (something like grade 10 for people not from the weird part of Canada). For me, high school was a mix of bullying, abuse, violence, and such. I wanted to kill myself quite often and was close to stabbing a few bullies (guns aren't easily available here). Basically, I was a danger to myself and everyone who pissed me off (which included myself).
However, at some of the worst times, something kept me from doing something really stupid (or messy). It wasn’t the fact that I was forced to visit the school psychologist every week, it wasn’t the few friends I had, and it wasn’t because of my parents (who were putting a lot of pressure).
Every night before a school day I’d either be at my computer hitting F5 around the usual time new comics appear or waiting to read the next comic the next morning, not thinking about killing myself or sneaking a knife in my backpack for a bit. I don’t know whether it was laziness, curiosity about what would happen next, both, or something else, but you most likely helped keep me from doing something quite bad. There were other webcomics and other factors, but the other webcomics were of lesser quality and the other factors usually annoyed me, for the most part.
I just needed to thank you. Thank you for helping keep my life in some semblance of order. It got better, and it’s still getting better. I still don't think I can return to my hometown and maintain sanity or safety, but I put as much distance as I can from there and avoid even going near that region so it's not an issue.
Please keep drawing Questionable Content and Alice Grove, don’t let the idiots who complain, act creepy, or throw insults at you bring you down, and stay safe.
You’re fucking awesome.
TLDR: Thanks for helping me not off myself back in high school.
-President Peaches
PS: Could you confirm once you read it?