9/23/2024
Due to family medical issues, Requiem is on indefinite hiatus.
An elderly family member of ours took a bad fall on Labor Day night, and we’ve been dealing with the aftermath ever since. Hopefully, things will get sorted out, but as of right now, doing a daily comic is not something my schedule can allow.
Sorry to have this happen, but as everyone knows, real life comes first….and at least we don’t have too many running storylines on the backburner.
A nice touch of realism; without people to mow, trim or spray, or the constant abrasion of vehicles, plant life is quick to reclaim any / all available space.
On reflection, that could be another way to tell there were survivors in a post-apocalyptic urban area, if it seems relatively groomed compared to its surroundings.
There’d be places in the world where the groundskeeping was automated. Any other survivors would prioritze survival over mowing the lawn.
What would give people away would be trails through the tall grass where people’s feet regularly packed girt down and wore at the plants. I don’t think predators like packs of dogs would cross the same place in the same way enough to wear trails into the landscape.
Dogs and other animals all tend to follow the same trail. In addition, from the air human and game trails all look the same. The heavier the traffic the wider the track – and people do tend to walk on game trails if they’re available.
On reflection, that could be another way to tell there were survivors in a post-apocalyptic urban area, if it seems relatively groomed compared to its surroundings.
What would give people away would be trails through the tall grass where people’s feet regularly packed girt down and wore at the plants. I don’t think predators like packs of dogs would cross the same place in the same way enough to wear trails into the landscape.