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A special edition Don Depresso e-zin

NEUROTIC NICOLE

March 2014

More Don Depresso comics:

http://dondepresso.rujic.net

Rujis stuff:

http://rujic.net

By Ruji

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Who is

Neurotic

Nicole?

Neurotic Nicoleis based on my

awesome and hilarious

friend/ former

roommate Nicole.

She named the

character herself.

Neurotic Nicole is

best known as anagoraphobic young

These are theintrusive thoughtsI have, and that's

why I don't leave

my room.

-Neurotic Nicolwoman (b. 1985) with

an uncanny knack for

90s alternative music

trivia.

She is an INTP,according to the

Myers-Briggs

Type Indicator.

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WTFHappened

to DonDepresso?

Is the artist

still alive?

Im guessing you found

this e-zine through myDon Depresso comics. Im

probably giving myself

a little too much credit

by even entertaining

the possibility that

youve noticed I havent

published any new

comics in months, but just

in case you do happento be a hardcore Don

Depresso fan whos been

obsessively checking

the website every day

for the new comics I

keep promising and not

delivering, this e-zine is

for you.

Basically, Ive been too

tied up with the stressful

aspects of real life to make

Don Depresso comics

lately, but I certainly

havent stopped for

good! Due to a recent

slew of technological

catastrophes, Ive spent so much time freaking out abou

how Im going to get everything done that I havent ha

time to, like, actuallyget anything done.

Anyway, this e-zine is about Neurotic Nicole, not

Neurotic Ruji, so Ill stop explaining myself now.

Dons been busy because Ive been busy, but wereboth still alive.

So WTF Happened toNeurotic Nicole?

Werent they dating

or something?

Well, they... hm. Actually, thats kind of a toughquestion to answer. Lets take a look back atsome of the time Don Depresso and Neurotic Nicole

spent together before Neurotic Nicole stopped

appearing in the comic.

They startedout as tobacco

and marijuana

smoking buddies

and eventually

progressed to

a symbiotic

partnership

characterized

mainly by theexchange of

childhood traum

stories and

prescription drug

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One day, Don wokeup and realized tha

t

despite his obsession

with an ex-girlfriendfrom two years ago, he

was beginning to see

Neurotic Nicole

a little differently...

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Gradually, things happened between them.

Don and Nicole had some differences. Things got confusing for Don.

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(Pro tip: Go friend Neurotic Nicoleon Facebook!)

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Neurotic Nicole's Own Words

A Video Message to Don Depresso, Recorded

in the Mental Hospital

So anyway, months passed, and no one heard from Neurotic

Nicoleuntil she responded to an OKCupid messagefrom fellow

pill-popping Polaris fan Heartbroken Hads.

Nicole revealed to Hads that shed been locked in the mental

hospital for months but would nevertheless be up for

a date. Hads met Nicole at the mental hospital and left

with not only a bottle

of Xanax but also amysterious DVD labeled

TO:Donalongwith instructions to

bring the DVD to Don

Depresso for her.

The DVD contained this

unsettling video.

Hey, Don, its meNeurotic Nicole!

I just got into the closet where

theyre keeping my phone and

stuff.

And I read those 16 e-mails that

you sent me... and Im sorry we

havent been in touch over the

past few months.

Ive been in herethe mental hos-

pital!

I guess it all started with a call

from the vet conrming my darkest

fear: that Rufus tested positive

for feline herpes, which sent me

spiraling into a 4-day episode of

compulsive coupon-clipping and

eventually paranoid psychosis.

Anyway, Don, Im really not in anyheadspace to answer all of your

urgent questions from the last

month.

You know, about where our rela-

tionship stands, whether I still

like you, or if I consider you a

clingy emotional vampire com-

pletely lacking in sex appeal

[Dons words].

I dont know when Ill have the

answers.

Sorry in advance if you waste th

rest of your life waiting for me

to get out of the loony bin.

Anyway, I gotta go get my mornin

Xanny bar.

Youd love the pharmacy here, by

the way!

Later, alligator.

I have wicked dry mouth too, man

Staytunedfor

updates!

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Here's a bunch of links:

Don Depresso

Official sitewith all the comics

Beta site (not live as of thispublication, but keep checking in!)

Tumblr

Facebook fan page

Instagram Twitter

Neurotic Nicole

Neurotic Nicole comicson official site

Facebook fan page

Heartbroken Hads

Heartbroken Hads comicson official site

Tumblr(belonging to the real person

who inspired the character)

OK,cool,THX

4reading!

~Ruji

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