Popular Last Week: Friend or Foe

Friendship is a universal human experience that can bring joy, laughter, and support, but also heartache, disappointment, and conflict. For today's Popular Last Week, we'll explore six comics that delve into the complex and dynamic nature of friendships, from the joys of inside jokes and shared experiences to the challenges of misunderstandings and growing apart.

Grey is..., 361 pages - Published by dee Juusan, (cc/ @deejuusan)

Betrayed by the ones he cherished most, Black left his home after high school and lived away with a friend of his dad’s. In the greyscale life he lived, he longed for nothing but the end of his life, until a person from the past crashes out of nowhere to re-add the contrast Black needs.

Story and Art by dee Juusan

Falling From Cloud Nine, 298 pages - Published by M0N0KR0M, (cc/ @M0N0KR0M)

Souh and Hiroki have known eachother since they were children, but as their final year of highschool rolls around they realize they might not know each other as well as they once thought.

Story and Art by M0N0KR0M

Fatal Choices X, 203 pages - Published by TadxSarahWebtoon, (cc/ @TadxSarahWebtoon)

After his dad passes away from cancer, Strive decides to listen to his dad’s final requests which is to pray at church for direction in life, make solid relationships, and to move back to his hometown with his mom that abandoned them. Strive’s prayer at the church is interrupted by a mysterious old woman who tells him about his fate as the “Chosen One By God” and that his decisions from this point forward will decide the fate of humanity and there will be dire consequences if “God’s Gift” to Strive is misused. When the old lady disappears an app on Strive’s phone appears

Story and Art by TadxSarahWebtoon

Dream Life | a late coming of age, 187 pages - Published by Salgood Sam, (cc/ @salgood)

A story of accidental adventure, failed dreams and fantasy lives, in a possibly ambivalent universe. Murder in BC leads to an inuksuk in Ontario. Charlie’s childhood friend is about to die. Hitchhiking in BC PJ’s luck runs out. Lionel is in crisis, time for love? Leslie is a therapist and part time drug dealer. It’s just occurring to her that she hates her job. Dan’s six year old daughter thinks he needs to grow up. She may have a point. 161 pages of cinematic, neorealist comics by Salgood Sam. First in a two part story,

Story and Art by Salgood Sam

Blue Remedy, 69 pages - Published by Blue Rabbit Comics, (cc/ @BlueRabbitComics)

Nick and Friday, best friends and roommates in The City (based off NYC and Philadelphia) are doing their best to find happiness in their daily lives. They finally manage to put together something they can live with when a new person comes crashing into their lives like a meteor- breaking everything they worked so hard to build. Sometimes it takes breaking everything down to build it back better...or, it may be left in ruins.

Story and Art by Blue Rabbit Comics

The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere, 133 pages - Published by Nicky Rodriguez, (cc/ @nrodriguez)

Lúcio and Sonia are two East Bay college graduates who, after struggling to control destructive powers they’ve suddenly gained, decide to leave their lives behind. After crossing paths in a sleepy diner, they embark on a winding road trip across the western United States with a friendship born out of uncertainty and hope for a new beginning, all the while trying to outrun their mortality.

Story and Art by Nicky Rodriguez