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jezmm.bsky.social @jezmm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Chamomile #494 #chamomilecomic #comics (New comic every Sunday) jezmmart.com/chamomilecomic

Comic from my weekly series, Chamomile. Detailed Description Follows:

It's a very dark morning, sun smothered in thick clouds, heavy rain pouring. The voice of an unseen character says "We'll see you later sweetheart! Be brave! You can always go find your older brothers at lunchtime if you want to. We're sure you'll have a fun first day and make friends though. Love you!" The scene is now revealed, a drop-off at the school gates of Bay Valley East Primary School, several parents present and kids walking in. In the foreground, a couple, the source of the dialogue before, walk away, a woman and a man both in rain coats. The woman has black hair poking out of her hood, the man has glasses and curly brown hair. The woman, looking back towards the school gates says "Goodness... that's that then. All our children, grown up enough to be at school now." The man jovially says "What a day for it, too!" while adjusting his rain hat. The scene changes to a high street. There's a red telephone box, an electronics store advertising a desktop computer with CRT monitor as "The home office multimedia future", a shop called "Worthwools", advertising Pick and/or Mix for 39p per 100 grams and a music sale that includes both CDs and cassettes! The man says "I thought I'd be much more emotional. Certainly was the first time... and yet, because we've been though it so many times now, there's a funny mundanity about it today instead, don't you think?" He turns to the woman and says "Oh, but it's really pouring isn't it? You'd think the both of us actually were bawling our eyes out!" We then see that the woman has indeed got comical amounts of tears streaming from her sopping wet eyes as she sniffs and sniffles, saying nothing. The man stammers "...A... ah..." The two continue walking, and the man says "Come on then, home and a hot drink for us, I think. Ha ha, tell you what'd be fitting for the day. We've got that box of herbal tea still. Shall we make a nice chamomile?" End of comic.

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