#HappieInJuly is a webcomic about a Depression named Happie and a girl named July, and how they learn to live with each other.

When July, a girl suffering from depression, realized that her Black Dog (a personification of depression) could talk, she started a conversation and subsequently a journey to understand and defeat her depression.

Along the way, she finds out about Winston Churchill, the drowning rats experiment, and how a Depression named Happie is not exactly happy.

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I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

#HappieInJuly was meant to be a ‘test’ for me to test out the effectiveness of the techniques from my visual storytelling cards. So I decided to keep the core idea of the story simple to allow for more flexibility for future development. Essentially, it is a story of how a girl learns and deals with her depression.

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

My key inspiration came from the story of Winston Churchill and his black dog, which was a metaphor for depression. I created July to represent the rest of us… people who heard about depression, but in fact do not know much about it.And even though Happie is meant to be a “black dog”, he is blue for 2 reasons - 1) He is forever feeling blue, and 2) I’ve set the color palette for the comics to essentially be blue and pink (with a small dash of yellow, and hints of blacks and whites).

My key inspiration came from the story of Winston Churchill and his black dog, which was a metaphor for depression. I created July to represent the rest of us… people who heard about depression, but in fact do not know much about it.

And even though Happie is meant to be a “black dog”, he is blue for 2 reasons - 1) He is forever feeling blue, and 2) I’ve set the color palette for the comics to essentially be blue and pink (with a small dash of yellow, and hints of blacks and whites).

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I’ve already established the base story with the first few chapters (Chapters 1 - 6), so right now, I’m alternating one chapter of the story with another chapter that is more informative. And surprisingly, I realized that more people liked the informative chapters instead (i.e. a chapter about Winston Churchill, and another one about the drowning rats experiment are the most popular).

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I hope that this webcomic can spark more conversations about depression and mental wellness, and also make this topic more approachable to a wider group of audience.There are still a lot of stigmas whenever we discuss “depression” and “mental health”.

I hope that this webcomic can spark more conversations about depression and mental wellness, and also make this topic more approachable to a wider group of audience.

There are still a lot of stigmas whenever we discuss “depression” and “mental health”.

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

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I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

In a way, July kind of represents me… as a “researcher” who wants to find out more about depression. Future chapters will see her meeting up with more characters, e.g. a therapist, her inner child, and even other mental health patients (with more black dogs).I’m hoping that more readers can write in to share their thoughts and experiences with depression, which I can hopefully include in future chapters.

In a way, July kind of represents me… as a “researcher” who wants to find out more about depression. Future chapters will see her meeting up with more characters, e.g. a therapist, her inner child, and even other mental health patients (with more black dogs).

I’m hoping that more readers can write in to share their thoughts and experiences with depression, which I can hopefully include in future chapters.

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

I Created A Webcomic About A Depression Named Happie And A Girl Named July, And How They Learn To Live With Each Other

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