The Suspension of Disbelief: Covid-19 Stories

I started this project on March 10th 2020. That was the date of my first interview. I was workin in the restaurant industry in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. My friends coworkers and I were already witnessing the onset of the devastating economic effects of COVID-19. Our establishments were seeing a significant decrease in sales and patrons and I wanted to document the impacts of these changes on career service workers.When the Governor of Washington announced the immediate closure of all bars and restaurants on March 15th 2020 I was out of a job along with every other service industry worker in the state. The comics I had begun less than a week earlier now seemed more pressing. I decided to expand the scope of the project to include as many working people in as many industries in the greater Seattle metro area as I could. I never intended to write and illustrate an entire book of stories; however I also never expected the pandemic to last this long. Or to disrupt so many more industries and working peoples livelihoods.I want to thank the interviewees who too the time out of their busy days and lives to talk to me and share their stories.