#274 – Hang in there!
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009A new strip. Finally. It’s taking forever for me to get these done! I’m sorry! 
by Rene Engström
Guys! ALM is finished but I have a new comic calledSo Far Apart.
A new strip. Finally. It’s taking forever for me to get these done! I’m sorry!
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October 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Awwww.
Maria looks so tiny and childlike, even though she’s going through this.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I hope he makes it in time!
October 8th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
don’t apologize! this comic is worth all the time in the world. just think, if you published one comic a year, and you have about 30 left, you’d finish just in time to retire early.
maria is incredibly adorable in this strip (as usual), and i thank you for continuing to make this strip, at any speed.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
That second panel made the waiting 100% worth it.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Thank you!
October 8th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
i love the photo background in the last panel. you’re always trying out new things with the art in your comics and it’s always beautiful and interesting to look at. i’m so excited for the baby to finally come!!
October 8th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I love the sixth panel! it’s so cute, I’d wear it on a shirt. take all the time you need Rene, the wait is always worth it
October 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Where’s Lennart the midwife when you need him?
October 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
Banana phone!!!!! yay.
Also love the handwritten font
October 9th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I like the little star
October 9th, 2009 at 12:27 am
what’s “knapp, knapp, knapp, knapp, knapp”?
October 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am
It’s the sound the phone makes when you press the buttons I would guess
October 9th, 2009 at 12:37 am
I love the little details you put into this comic, like using computer fonts for the world bubbles, but handwriting the text messages, or that photo background in the last panel
Also, that 6th panel is simply adorable. <3
October 9th, 2009 at 1:30 am
YAY! Thank you!
October 9th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Awww, I really like the “ouch” stars coming from her back and vagina. Nice touch!
October 9th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Beautiful!
October 9th, 2009 at 1:48 am
love it!. btw, what does the message from Anders say? i can’t read that small
October 9th, 2009 at 2:01 am
@helena It says, “I’ll be there in 20 min. Hang in there. <3 Anders"
October 9th, 2009 at 2:02 am
The text says :
‘I’ll be there in 20 min, Hang in there. <3 Anders"
October 9th, 2009 at 2:32 am
I like the little star of pain comic out from between Maria’s legs in panel 3.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Awr, crotch stars of a different variety. I’m sure Hazel (of GWS fame) would be terrified.
Poooooor Bjorn. He is the unsung hero of this comic. <3
October 9th, 2009 at 3:56 am
That last panel is absolute beauty.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:57 am
This page makes me not like Maria.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:20 am
“This page makes me not like Maria.
”
Well, excuse her moodiness but she is in I guess labour pain.
I’ve never been pregnant and am not even a female but I compare the pain to getting hit in the balls (which has happened twice to me) so any attitude women have whilst in labour is acceptable.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:33 am
shoooo cutesh!
October 9th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Why, on an important day like this, would they text? :0
October 9th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Flipper baby!
October 9th, 2009 at 5:07 am
This one makes me very, very afraid to have my kid in January.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:21 am
D’awwww. This page is awesome : ) I always forget why I like Anders when he can be such an incomprehensible douchebag. It’s pretty much because of this. Bjorn looks way out of his element.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:21 am
this makes my vagina hurt…….
October 9th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Hehe~ Maria is adorable in the second last frame.
How did Anders manage to get out of jail anyways?
October 9th, 2009 at 7:46 am
@Tibz, you’re a dork.
@Rene, you’re awesome. The last panel, seriously! *so good*
October 9th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Where did maria’s huge eyebrows and super chunky hair go?
October 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Love it! You’re the best Rene!
October 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
I bet there will be something that will become in the middle. Some old GF that seduces him. Will he be strong enough to make it….
October 9th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Hahahah yes, this comic is the BEST of the BESTESTEST. Every single panel, every single line, every character, word, dialogue and pause. I’m still in awe of you Rene, thank you!!
October 9th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
nothing but patience and gratitude here.
October 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I just hope the planets decide to align and Anders is responsible for just two or three hours.
Also, my uni choir director’s last name is Knapp and so the cell phone sound effects kind of threw me off for a second.
October 9th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Vilken station är det? Känner inte igen den?
October 9th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
aw the second to last panel is the sweetest, i think they need each other. go anders, go!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I love Maria’s posture and expression in the 3rd panel, and everything about the 6th one. This comic makes me excited for baby Silkfersed/Holm, but still apprehensive about the rest of the fallout from Anders’s Night (and morning) of Mistakes.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Please let him arrive on time, Rene! That would be the best ending to ALM ever! (:
This is one of my favourite strips by far. It shows that no matter how much crap you go through in a relationship, if it’s meant to be and you truly love one another, you’ll keep fighting ’til the end. Anders and Maria are perfect for each other.
And yes, it makes my vagina hurt. Still, can’t wait to see what’s next!
October 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
BANANNA PHONE!
October 9th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Lol @ Fesworks. I thought the exact same thing.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Thank you for updating! Is this going to be a 1 or more times a week update, or just whenecer life allows? I read a while ago it would be done in Oct., so I checked back. But there are still 30 somethig strips left. Should I just check back in a few months?
October 10th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Love the fidgety hands and stance in panel one! My only question is, why is she standing up and walking around?
October 10th, 2009 at 4:00 am
why is she standing up if it hurts so much? crazy woman!
gohhhhhh anders loves maria. <3
October 10th, 2009 at 6:45 am
materat, I love you @w@
And Rene, there is no need to apologize! Your comic is so inspiring and well done. It’s worth every day.
October 10th, 2009 at 8:22 am
I hate Björn!
Go kick his balls Maria
October 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
@AJ: You know, I don’t even want to say a word about my ambitions of updating. It just makes me feel terrible for letting people down. My goal is 3 times a week, whenever I get them done but that is nothing I feel like posting officially anymore. According to my old schedule I was set to finish this by the end of October but I am now 21 comics behind schedule, so around the end of November perhaps?
October 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Awww…looks like poor Maria is having back labor. That’s the most painful labor. I had it with my first.
@Lenya: standing up and walking around when you’re in labor helps to bring the baby down and it’s less painful than lying down.
Thanks for this great depiction of labor! I’m happy to see that she isn’t strapped down to the bed. Really beautiful strip.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Jennifer has it right…
You really don’t want to be laying down in labor if you don’t have to be.
I know when I had my baby they couldn’t get me to lay down at all, not even too monitor the contractions (as if I couldn’t feel them!)
Most of the time I was standing up or crouching down, holding on to my partner and doula for support.
During transistion I was on my hands and knees (doing that crazy yoga pelvic rock so I wouldn’t push too soon) and then for the actual delivery I was squatting (being held up by doula and mother).
I say all this to illustrate the point that labor isn’t always the lay down affair depicted in movies and TV…
People also tend to be in bed after epidurals (needle in spine) because of course…once the epidural goes in…you’re paralized from the waist down.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Thanks Rene, for responding. I check back around then!
October 10th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
is it Danderyd, Karolinska or Huddinge Hospital?
October 11th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Do not apologize! I for one appreciate the focus on quality rather than just churning out filler strips just to stay on schedule! Take all the time you need, and the payoff will be evident in the finished product!
(I don’t comment here much; just figured I’d throw in a few encouraging words and thank you for writing such a good comic)
October 11th, 2009 at 12:38 am
…and the subway station looks like it’s Rådhuset.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:21 am
I just found out about your comic, and just read it from beginning to end, AWESOME.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:39 am
I LOVE ur comic. No subject is untouchable! You are one of the only few brave artists i can find on the web who keeps it true!
Your story is so gripping, i couldn`t stop reading until i got here! If i ever (Finally) publish a book, i hope it to be as good a read as this.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring….banana phone!!!! Doot doot doo doo doo doot! HAHAH!! I love this!
October 12th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Oh, wait, which pregnancy of hers is this? I’m getting confused.