Monday, February 1, 2010

Subjects of the Heart

One of the ideas I had as I created my missionary comic strip was to have every companion Elder Van Dyke served with get "Dear Johned" while working with him. Due to this, getting assigned in a companionship with Van Dyke would be a punishment to the missionaries in the field. Elder Van Dyke became known as the mission curse.

Executing this idea became a huge challenge. It was a real struggle coming up with a dozen different ways to get dumped. Still some of them turned out well. I particularly like this one.

Anyway, with Valentine's Day just around the corner, what better time than to share a couple of these "Dear John" comics with you.
Posted by Arie Van De Graaff at 7:23 AM
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5 comments:

  1. It's Elder Van Dyke's deep empathy that impresses me most.
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  2. I had a District Leader get "Dear Johned" on his Birthday. I had bet him that he wouldn't get any B-day cards until after his Birthday. When the envelope came his was all happy that he won the bet. When he opened it, it was a wedding announcement. I won the bet.
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  3. That's a good story, Jon. I may have to steal it and replace one of my less humorous "Dear John" comics.
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  4. I think that the best way to Dear John a missionary is to just slowly phase out the letters. Seems more gentle that way (or maybe more cruel). Worked for me though.
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  5. This was great, and it it's still over a week until Valentine's Day. I can't wait to see what we're in store for next week! My dad had a companion who mistakenly asked a departing missionary to "check up" on his girlfriend for him...I think you know how that one ended.
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