The Intern Vol 2 - page 9

Idk why, but I keep going back to the line that says, "What a way to ring in the New Year." I had a pretty shitty New Year not remembering any of it because of a car crash, but something makes me feel like I don't want to remember.

Mitchell

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying the comics <3

Jackaloo

New supporter here! Just signed up today. I wanted to say, Jackaloo, what you're creating is amazing and I hope you can continue making these beautiful comic series well into the future. You've totally captured the struggle that is "coming out" from Coop's perspective whilst creating this incredible counterpoint in Andy who tries so hard to be good to Coop and at the same time, be good to himself. Don't ever stop, because I'll always be waiting for the next page haha.

James Vilcek

Oh no, not even close to the end!

Jackaloo

Is this the last page of the internship series?

Spencer Allen

I agree with you on everything. Chelsea does deserve an apology, but I hope she is able to understand that Cooper wasn't intentionally trying to lead her on, and we know he and Andy weren't doing stuff behind her back at all. It was just the kiss. Cooper became distant because he only started to realize his feelings for Andy were romantic and sexual, and therefore that he does have the attraction to guys that his father told him would result in severe punishment. His father may be dead, but Cooper still feels his "ghost" following him everywhere. Parents often fail to realize that is the effect they have on their children...or they just don't care. :C And yeah, Cooper just need to be shown some love by SOMEONE. We can put aside the shipping thing entirely. Forget about Andy, even though that is who he has feelings for right now. Cooper has NO IDEA how to go about this stuff AT ALL, especially when it comes to feelings he is so afraid of having. He's trying, but the "language" he is speaking is not one that most people would understand, since he is so downright awkward. Perhaps his history with Andy is just too complicated, but that doesn't mean he can't figure things out and find love with a guy who understands him, or is at least patient enough to help walk him through it. There are new characters being introduced, after all! Also, thankfully, Cooper is still relatively young. He is of the age when a lot of people start to figure things out (not everyone is lucky enough to know all this by the end of highschool), and it isn't uncommon to make a lot of really stupid mistakes along the way. I'd like to hope he can use this time to become a better person, and to learn from the mistakes he is making. That way, by the time he is Emery's age, he won't have married a woman (assuming he is gay and not bi; I personally don't find it to be clear yet) just for the sake of it and ended up going through a divorce. It's better he goes through it now with Chelsea, in the early stage of a relationship, than during a marriage with children. Yes, he might be a jerk now, but he may be a metaphorical ugly duckling. This may be the crossroads at which he finds the right path for himself, which will lead him down the road to eventually becoming a beautiful swan. Again, entirely regardless of Andy being in the picture. At least, I can only hope, since I know what it's like to be so confused and lost. I want to see a decent ending for him, one way or another. But, I guess we'll see!

Calystegia

I really love the expressions. In particular Cooper says more with his hurt face than anything else he said out loud. Hopefully he apologizes or at least says something before they part ways, which I assume they are doing at least. Chelsea deserves the truth too of course. I'm new to this so I'll have to re-read everything to find out if it's clear whether Cooper is gay or bi. It's not fair to Chelsea either way, of course. I'll echo the comment about the hug. Just because Cooper has some serious issues doesn't mean he deserves to suffer.

ZR

Honestly, I just absolutely adore Cooper. He tries so hard to be a hardass tough guy, but you can see just how vulnerable and scared he really is about everything. He doesn’t know how to handle the feelings he has since they go against everything he was taught to hate about them, and acts on them in negative ways so he has deniability for them. He’s a jerk and a supreme ass, but his damage isn’t so deep that it can’t be mended, and he really does want to. I just want to grab him up and hold him tight.

RadjinWolf

I really wanna see Cooper do an all out outpouring of grief, regret, and love--or at least affection--and for Andy to just be bowled over by it.

Gato909

I can't wait for this hard copy

Spencer Allen

The way they're acting seems very much like a couple having that little airing of grievances after an emotional and stressful negative event. Cooper has finally gone from silent treatment and running away, to admitting the kiss was genuine and he is sorry. The problem is that he is really awful at expressing it well, since he never was taught the proper way, so he is basically playing this all by ear, not unlike how he learned public speaking. I can actually relate to this, as I find public speaking WAY easier than dealing with deep interpersonal stuffs with anyone who I'm not already very close to. I have a tendency to open-mouth-insert-foot, even when I'm desperately trying to avoid it, and part of that is due to panic attacks, just like Coop has. I can relate to him in so many ways, it's kind of scary (except for the extremely unethical things he has done, which I have actually had done TO me; in those ways, as well as my academic geekiness, I am like Andy). I think one of the reasons we all love this comic so much is because of how real it is. A lot of these things are things that have happened to us. Not EXACTLY, but very similar things, and it allows us to identify with the events and the characters. We can easily place ourselves in their shoes and even relive some of what we have gone through before. I think that makes for a good reason for us to come together and discuss the ways in which our emotions resonate with this beautiful work of fiction. Personally, I find it to be quite cathartic.

Calystegia

That's what I'm expecting. We are about due for a sex scene of some sort, and nothing says "amazing romantic sex scene!" like fireworks on New Year's Eve. But, I guess we'll see.

Calystegia

Think this my favorite page so far. The outpouring, confusion, tension, relief all in one page.

sheppard wolfeyes

My guess on the change was seeing the person he knows in his heart he loves, slip away from him and to another man. The sudden realization of loosing something so important it can hurt on every level has a way of opening ones mind.

sheppard wolfeyes

This comic just feels so right there and real. I probably sound like a broken record but this is amazing.

LauchInterceptor

Ok I'm really enjoying the Cooper and Andy plot of this more than the whole internship part now. I really want to see how their relationship goes.

Carson

Agree!

Carson

Also, just gotta add that I'm not sure that it's exactly true that Cooper is the same person he was at the beginning of the comic. But of course, for all Andy knows, Cooper's just the same. Its going to be a bit of a shock for Andy if it's true that Cooper has indeed changed. I mean, for Cooper to have made the move that he did on Andy, something fundamentally has shifted in Cooper and I know that. To make my point, regard this quote from The Gulag Archipelago: "One and the same human being is, at various ages, under various circumstances, a totally different human being. At times he is close to being a devil, at times to sainthood. But his name doesn't change, and to that name we ascribe the whole lot, good and evil."

Gato909

Andyyyyy... We all know that he’s a jerk and lord knows you have every reason to be mad after what just happened with Chelsea, but c’mon man, cut Coop some slack.

RadjinWolf

I sincerely hope that in the next few pages we get to see Coupe open up about himself a bit. Or, not even in the next few pages, but at least as they continue their walk they figure things out. The toughest thing for Cooper is going to be for him to have to admit that he was afraid of himself. Afraid of being gay, afraid of being who he was, and especially afraid of letting his feelings for Andy show. I have no idea whether that's true, but it's certainly what I imagine to be the natural flow of things. We shall see. :)

Gato909

Awe!!!!

Tenyo

I think for the moment all he asks Cooper is at least to apologize, but he does not forget that he "wanna move on" with him. The next page should continue their discussion, we'll see what happens there

Phephe

I can see the "Entertainer" being the one to break Coop out of his shell-closet.

Insomni-act

Yet another great page! So does Andy know that Coop has feelings for him? Some of his lines in this page kinda hint that he's already aware, but I'm not sure. It's understandable if Andy doesn't want to give him a chance, but if not, hopefully the "Entertainer" can hook up with Coop since Emery has Andy.

Insomni-act

I can only hope this eventually leads to sharing the same bed, round 2. But that's probably a ways off. I have to say though, the opening to volume two still leaves me worrying. Is Andy or Coop going to get dragged into the porn business? I can't imagine that ending well... I mean.. if Coop can't get proper work, what if he tries out doing a porno? and then gets AIDS or something. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Czyrek-Marc

Coop is going to have to man up to how he's acted before Andy can really do that. The kiss says alot, but Andy is right, it doesn't erase how Coop has treated him all those years.

Czyrek-Marc

there is a whole lot that needs to be said, and a whole lot that still needs to happen in order for them to even start to resemble a couple. But it does seem like they've gotten themselves on a road where that is now a possibility.

Czyrek-Marc

Not supposed to be in a mean way. It's like a punch on the shoulder between bros.

Aiden

I like that Andy is trying to work things out with Cooper makes me wonder if Cooper and Andy will have makeup sex and was the kick needed

Tristan Sparks

I just want to reiterate how much I appreciate the rate at which you've been pumping these pages out recently. I'm dying to know in what direction Andy and Coop's relationship is going to go and it is such a rush of excitement each time you upload. :D

I'm glad Andy finally vented, Cooper needed to hear how much of a jerk he's been.

Babs

Cooper, you're killing me! Drop the facade man! The disappointment there shows how you feel.

Cody Lucario

Awww think the Coop just got a bit crushed. Time for makeup sex X3

Vaska

Rapier through the heart, Andy. Hope Coop manages to open up soon, can't be easy with a dad like his.

Ardex

"Oh."

Rourkie

Cooper plz You're too adorable :c

Drakirion

Way to hold in a grudge Andy :T , guess it makes sense for him to not forgive him for all that stuff but still.

ScalerAegis

In the last panel I can see Andy kicking Coop.. A bit harsh.

Marcwolf

Coop's ears have been back for a loooong time, too. Hopefully he'll relax soon.

Zac

Honesty is the best policy, especially when it hurts. I'm glad they're airing everything out.

Zac

Ouch, Andy. I'm glad this story is keeping it real. Cooper didn't call Andy a name in the last frame...aw....

Dunkandonut

Jesus christ nothing will ever progress between the two at this rate

billyjoeguy

Ohh... little harsh there andy...

RoxTheHeeler

The boys have had a lot to deal with. Atleast they are talking, and walking together. There is hope for them yet. Hopefully Coop will beable to admit to Andy just what has been bother him for so long.

Marcwolf

Ok they moved slightly forward and then a big move backward. Come on guys fess up and admit the feels you have and figure out what you wanna do from here.

Chris J Brown

"And I wish I didnt"

Thefox23

Very good I'm glad Andy addressed how this kiss doesn't make up for all the bad things Cooper has done, love the story keep it up

Awww jeez. They're so cute. I love the part about Andy saying he was simmering, and he has every right to walk away, but stayed by him! I feel like the part about Andy saying he wish he didn't, makes me a bit uneasy though...

Rix