Li'l Karate Pants

<p><strong>Li'l Karate Pants: Never Follow Your Heart</strong></p><p>By Emerson Murray</p><p></p><p>The third volume of Emerson Murray's <em>Li'l Karate Pants</em> collects comic strips originally published from March 8 through June 30 2025. Set in the year 1985 the strip follows seventh grader Li'l Karate Pants a nervous impulsive kid as he navigates school heartbreak and life in a struggling rural town.</p><p></p><p>Living in a garage with his gruff dad and horror-obsessed little brother Snikt Li'l Karate Pants drifts through a rough world of drugs self-harm schoolyard fights G.I. Beau action figures wrestling and table top role-playing games. His friends and enemies include barefoot nerds chicken-carrying philosophers and chain smoking poets.</p><p></p><p>Rough-edged funny and unexpectedly tender <em>Li'l Karate Pants</em> blends classic newspaper comic aesthetics with a punk spirit and emotional depth.</p><p>Perfect for fans of underground comics coming-of-age stories and 1980s weirdness.</p>