Simon Ma UNITED KINGDOM
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Now it Can be Told – Rick Geary

Location: Comic Art
Artist: Rick  Geary (All)

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Location: Comic Art
Title: Now it Can be Told – Rick Geary
Artist:  Rick  Geary (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 38
Likes on CAF: 4
Comments: 6
Added to Site: 2/25/2026

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George Orwell once wrote (I think it was in an afterword to an edition of Animal Farm) that “If you have to explain the work, it has failed”. I am still trying to work out the relationship between the pictures and medical conditions depicted in this. Some of them I think I get but other connections are more elusive, but that I believe adds to its depth.

Although the ailments shown are not necessarily all age-related many of them are. I have been lucky enough so far to have been afflicted by only two of them. “Old age is not for wimps,” as the saying goes. I would not recommend it, but, as another saying goes, the alternative is even less inviting.

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 2/26/2026

I bet there's a pill for each one!

Simon Ma Member Since 2013
2    
Posted On 3/11/2026

Marcus Wai wrote:
"  I bet there's a pill for each one!
 "

Yeah, and if they could only manufacture one for old age. I don’t mean the Dutch variety.

Earl Edwards Member Since 2024
Posted On 2/26/2026

Even as a fail to make the connections between some of these, it's fun looking at them trying to figure it out. Fun piece of art

Simon Ma Member Since 2013
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Posted On 3/11/2026

Earl Edwards wrote:
"  Even as a fail to make the connections between some of these, it's fun looking at them trying to figure it out. Fun piece of art
 "

Someone much cleverer than me (I?) told me that according to Post-modernist criticism any interpretation of a work is as valid as any other, even if it contradicts the creator’s intention. This means we can all knock ourselves out with how we make the connections between drawing and ailment and still be correct. Thank you for your comment.

Paul Roach Member Since 2014
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Posted On 2/26/2026

I'm also struggling with some. It seems like an ideal CAF contest, though, and it is a lot of fun. It's also nice to see a Colan-esque old fashioned door knob. Perhaps that illness requires a colan-oscopy?

Simon Ma Member Since 2013
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Posted On 3/11/2026

Paul Roach wrote:
"  I'm also struggling with some. It seems like an ideal CAF contest, though, and it is a lot of fun. It's also nice to see a Colan-esque old fashioned door knob. Perhaps that illness requires a colan-oscopy?
 "

Ha ha! I see what you did there. Or perhaps Gene Therapy. *groan*

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