Prickly City by Scott Stantis for February 20, 2024

What does it matter if you’re forgoten?

If you want to be remembered kill someone famous your name last forever. Lee Harvy Oswald /s

Athazagoraphobia is an uncommon and specific phobia characterized by an irrational fear of being forgotten, ignored, or overlooked by others, especially those with common sense who vote! It can also refer to the fear of forgetting another person or thing like everything in reality, especially those you owe money to or laws you have ignored and are now coming back to bite you in the as_!

With enough time, we are all forgotten.

And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

Don’t worry, Carmen, we’ll always remember you for the brave, forthright positions you took on issues, such as … uh … wait, it’ll come to me. Oh well, you’ll be forever remembered for your hilarious gags, like … um … er … come on, this strip’s been running 20 years, there’s got to be at least one.

Go to Gotham City—-there’s a guy named Scarecrow who’ll confirm that phobia