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“It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. ‘They all eat one another!’ he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, ‘They all feed one another,’ and called it good. Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death. The first form of life would be here yet, miles deep by this time, and nothing else; a static world. If birth is allowed, without death, the resulting mass would leave death as a blessed alternative. Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. ”

– from page 40 of The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the posthumously published 1935 autobiography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, author and lecturer.

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 25 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to September 1983 (vol. 7, no. 6), in four previous posts: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four.

I suppose I could spread the last batch of strips out over two posts, but since it’s less work to do it as one post, here are the final ten “I’m Age” strips, October 1983 (vol. 7, no. 7) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4), presented in order of publication:

And that concludes my posting of the complete run — as far as I’m aware — of “I’m Age” by Jeffrey Jones. Hope you enjoy it!

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five (You are here!)

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 19 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to March 1983 (vol. 6, no. 12), in three previous posts: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.

So now — forging ahead in the face of indifference — here are the strips that appeared from April 1983 (vol. 7, no. 1) to September 1983 (vol. 7, no. 6):

Only 10 strips to go…

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four (You are here!)
Part Five

The single-page comic strip, “I’m Age,” by Jeffrey Jones, appeared in every issue of the monthly comics magazine Heavy Metal from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to July 1984 (vol. 8, no. 4). I’ve already posted the first 13 strips, which appeared from September 1981 (vol. 5, no. 6) to September 1982 (vol. 6, no. 6), in two previous posts: Part One, Part Two.

Continuing as promised, here are the strips that appeared from October 1982 (vol. 6, no. 7) to March 1983 (vol. 6, no. 12):

Enjoy! I plan to post the rest in two or three separate posts.

Part One
Part Two
Part Three (You are here!)
Part Four
Part Five