That comic doesn’t communicate that well, to the point where I thought that would have been the message but still checked the website because I thought that couldn’t be it. The eyes aren’t drawn in a way that would imply blindness. He won’t be able to “talk for a while”, implying that’ll be fine again. He has all his limbs. Breathing tube, yeah, but that alone really doesn’t illustrate injuries to the degree of wanting to be dead - I’ve seen people with similar devices that essentially help them sleep.
If your explanation is correct, the comic doesn’t really do its job of communicating it, so any other explanation would be just as likely.
I agree there’s nothing there indicating that he wants to be dead. It’s just people keep telling him he’s lucky. If he was really lucky he wouldn’t be hurt at all.
That comic doesn’t communicate that well, to the point where I thought that would have been the message but still checked the website because I thought that couldn’t be it. The eyes aren’t drawn in a way that would imply blindness. He won’t be able to “talk for a while”, implying that’ll be fine again. He has all his limbs. Breathing tube, yeah, but that alone really doesn’t illustrate injuries to the degree of wanting to be dead - I’ve seen people with similar devices that essentially help them sleep.
If your explanation is correct, the comic doesn’t really do its job of communicating it, so any other explanation would be just as likely.
I agree there’s nothing there indicating that he wants to be dead. It’s just people keep telling him he’s lucky. If he was really lucky he wouldn’t be hurt at all.