{"id":24976,"date":"2026-06-08T13:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24976"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:03:51","slug":"what-you-think-of-when-you-think-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24976","title":{"rendered":"What You Think of When You Think Of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not exactly an event you want to remember, but it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earliest reference to the COVID pandemic in my comics, if not my life, is this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/strip4909.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/strip4910.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I go down to Dewey&#8217;s birthday, which I don&#8217;t know will mark the beginning of the pandemic for me, personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VzHIlCKdhQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24975\">Dewey&#8217;s 2nd Birthday<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cDewey\u2019s 2nd Birthday\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24975&amp;embed=true#?secret=7tPL50ek6n#?secret=VzHIlCKdhQ\" data-secret=\"VzHIlCKdhQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then we move into the &#8220;lockdown&#8221; phase&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nx2WpXVklY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24984\">Lockdown<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cLockdown\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24984&amp;embed=true#?secret=WiNO8GsnCX#?secret=nx2WpXVklY\" data-secret=\"nx2WpXVklY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And from there it&#8217;s just&#8230; the new normal&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4959.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4960.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4961.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4962.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4964.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4966.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4967.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/strip4969.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s another trip down home&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PsGWPLYkXE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24987\">Very Important Cars &amp; Trucks Business<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cVery Important Cars &amp; Trucks Business\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24987&amp;embed=true#?secret=Dia99ehBdS#?secret=PsGWPLYkXE\" data-secret=\"PsGWPLYkXE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summer is marked by the bird attacking my window&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NTFEWvP17v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24990\">The Battle of the Bird<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Battle of the Bird\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24990&amp;embed=true#?secret=3f4Q0j97de#?secret=NTFEWvP17v\" data-secret=\"NTFEWvP17v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and trying to clean up my property&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xaHZJMlm1c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24992\">Vs. The Yard<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cVs. The Yard\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24992&amp;embed=true#?secret=d0ocAyUyFU#?secret=xaHZJMlm1c\" data-secret=\"xaHZJMlm1c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and getting a brutal case of poison ivy in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y2yxL2HDrb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24996\">Poison by Bel Biv Devoe<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cPoison by Bel Biv Devoe\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=24996&amp;embed=true#?secret=UMb98nvEXK#?secret=y2yxL2HDrb\" data-secret=\"y2yxL2HDrb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But thee are other indelible moments from this very unusual year in there, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/strip5006.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/strip5013.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strip5017.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strip5018.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another trip down south&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7GA8OVHLNS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25003\">A Good Time In A Bad Time<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cA Good Time In A Bad Time\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25003&amp;embed=true#?secret=Hs0Xmu0Mxs#?secret=7GA8OVHLNS\" data-secret=\"7GA8OVHLNS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strip5042.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strip5043.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strip5044.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/strip5055.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/strip5063.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/strip5064.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/strip5075.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/strip5078.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long birthday celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xvpws2fFl1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25011\">Forty-Two<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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Voting time came around, at least for me&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5129.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then Mom&#8217;s birthday, previously an excuse for her to come visit me, now an excuse for me to go visit her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vSnRMF5lRB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25014\">Mom&#8217;s Birthday 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMom\u2019s Birthday 2020\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25014&amp;embed=true#?secret=ivGLwZILUc#?secret=vSnRMF5lRB\" data-secret=\"vSnRMF5lRB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then back to the new normal&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5141.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5144.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5147.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5152.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strip5153.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then I got a CPAP machine. A necessary adjustment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"f3EVv2AsOQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25010\">The Sleep Of The Undead<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Sleep Of The Undead\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25010&amp;embed=true#?secret=Kjo7E27UPE#?secret=f3EVv2AsOQ\" data-secret=\"f3EVv2AsOQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cruel trick is played&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5166.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it&#8217;s Thanksgiving time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OwA8JE1ZF7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25019\">Thanksgiving 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThanksgiving 2020\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25019&amp;embed=true#?secret=mXV9xPIhwV#?secret=OwA8JE1ZF7\" data-secret=\"OwA8JE1ZF7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;d think the general 2020-ness of it all was bad enough, but sometimes it got worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5183.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5185.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And other stuff, too&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5189.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5190.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5192.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/strip5196.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then it was Christmas time. 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