Absolutely. I agree. I’m not against expressing pain and personal struggle in art. Some of my favorite art pieces are exacly that and it feels extremely personal. It’s exacly as you say: the problem of loss is that it feels weird in this format and with the funny webcomic context.

I’m guessing part of fhe meme being successfull is because a lot of people felt that way. It’s definitely art, but art comes with the ivitation of being up for interpretation and criticism.

In a way the meme turned that four panel comic into a whole seperate artpiece, one that is born from and does express the awkwardness in a way.