Personal

The Year I Sat On My Butt at Home and Cried Watching Livestreams of Occupy Wall Street

A comic by Maré Odomo about being an observer of the Occupy movement.

12.15.11


001

002

003

004

005

006

007

008


Maré Odomo is an illustrator and cartoonist, best known for his Pokémon fan comic Letters to an Absent Father. He likes Twitter and Tumblr.

More from the Personal section

  • More Like OkStupid

    Hallie Bateman tries dating on OkCupid and finds that she prefers online profiles to the people behind them.

  • The Sheep of Liechtenstein

    Jonathan Gourlay confronts the romantic appeal of typewriters and the resonance of obsolescence.

  • The Identity Crisis of Personal Blogging

    Publishing the intimate details of his life on Thought Catalog gave Dan Hoffman a voice and an audience. And then he dealt with the consequences.

The Bygone Bureau

A Journal of Modern Thought

  • About
  • Archives
  • Authors
  • Submit
  • Subscribe
  • Via RSS
  • Via Twitter
  • Via Email
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Humor
  • Personal
  • Opinion

Current Series

  • TumorousJuliet Disparte on having breast cancer.
  • The ValleyJeff Merrion explores the bizarre San Luis Valley.
  • The Long RunLindsay Crouse trains for her seventh marathon.
  • Welcome Back BoodyKatie Boody teaches seventh grade in Kansas City’s poorest neighborhood.

Blogs

  • Tuesdays & ThursdaysOff-day links and ephemera from the editors
  • Editor vs. EditorLetters from the editors

Search

Contact

letters@bygonebureau.com

Best Of

  • That One Time I Accidentally Ordered a Prostitute

    Jordan Barber interviews his friend Jenn, who learned what a “traditional Balinese massage” really meant when she visited Jakarta.

  • Keywords: Anger

    Darryl Campbell on why everyone is mad about everything all the time.

  • Still Life, with Grandmother

    Taking care of his grandmother provides Garland Grey with a new perspective on his distressed family history.

—More—

Masthead

The Bygone Bureau is an online magazine that publishes articles on culture and travel three times a week.

Editors

Nick Martens & Kevin Nguyen

Assistant Editor

Darryl Campbell

Art Director

Hallie Bateman

Writers

Whitney Carpenter, Jonathan Gourlay, Jeff Merrion & Alice Stanley

Founding Writers

Jordan Barber, Caitlin Boersma & Locke McKenzie

Site Design

Sleepover, San Francisco