Jun Kim

A Worthless Guide to Self Hate

An autobiographical webtoon about the author's personal experience with pre and post COVID-19 depression.

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A Worthless Guide to Self Hate follows the short story of an unnamed protagonist who, amidst his daily life, is plagued by depressive thoughts and harmful delusions. Throughout the comic, he struggles to find peace and follows his thoughts down a winding path in search of an answer to his unending self-loathing.

The comic’s narrative contents are directly inspired by my own contemplations, but the story is also aimed at anyone who feels they cannot forgive themselves, or carry a heavy burden on their conscience that has only grown heavier in recent times. Thus, the work shares it’s vision between conveying a universal message about depression and serving as a personal medium for self-actualization – the project is an exercise in critical self-reflection as much as it is an opportunity to utilize my strengths as an illustrator and writer to tell a fundamentally common story about regret.

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Webtoon: A Worthless Guide to Self Hate