MaryDeath is a comic about life, death, and everything in between. The story follows a young girl named Mary who happens to have befriended Death. Why Death has chosen to take interest in Mary remains a mystery, but despite his ever dark presence Mary finds comfort in his companionship.

https://www.marydeathcomics.com/archives/comic/

MaryDeath Comics was created in the 2010s by Gwen Tarpley, though Cats Cafe Comic is her main effort now. The artist transitioned recently, and when I contacted her to ask about doing the Fan Edits, she encouraged me to remove her deadname from the strips. The main reason I wanted to do the edits is bc in a couple earlier strips Mary has a goth look but eventually she gave it up after a couple episodes. But I wanted a strip in which she retained her goth look. Finally, I wanted the three-strip stories to have a vertical orientation better suited to cell-phones.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I kinda suspect cancer is just an inevitable part of being multicellular. It's never fulling going away.

That being said, whales and elephants get less cancer than you'd expect for animals of their size, so there's something interesting happening.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    I kinda suspect cancer is just an inevitable part of being multicellular.

    Nah, Mole Rats don't, even people with Laron Dwarfism don't, but sharks do ( source ).

    I'm much more inclined to think it's common (much like aging) because natural selection doesn't give a shit about you after you breed and prioritizes successful breeding over everything but survival to breeding age.

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  • Pestilence is kind of a dick

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