Artist Who Made People Cry With Her Grim Reaper Animal Comics Is Back, This Time It’s About Appreciating Shelter Staff

Every pet deserves love, care, and respect. No matter how they look. After all, it’s the inside that really matters, not the scars we show to the world outside. Unfortunately, the real world isn’t built that way and a lot of people can’t look beyond the “ugliness” of a pet and opt to rescue one that’s prettier.

That’s the tearful reality that German artist Jenny-Jinya, aka Jenny Hefczyc, showed in her comic about an “ugly” dog that nobody wants to bring home with them. The illustrator created the comic as a way to talk about how a lot of people look just at the outside.

Like all of Jenny’s comics, this one has a bittersweet and unexpected ending, too. Have a look for yourselves, dear Pandas, and be sure to tell us all about how the story made you feel. We know you’re big fans of Jenny’s work, so you can have a look through her other recent powerful work featured on Bored Panda here: Orcas, Parrots, Dog. Be prepared to shed a tear.

Jenny created another powerful comic. This one is about how people treat a shelter dog that looks different than everyone else

Image credits: jenny_jinya

Jenny cuts straight to the core of the problem. Even though animal shelters are meant to house pets until they can be rescued, most people would prefer to have an “aesthetic” pet at home, no matter how warm and kind one that’s been hurt before might be. That’s the sad truth.

Over 254.4k people liked Jenny’s comic that she published right on Christmas eve. The artist already has 469k followers on Instagram and she keeps on drawing in new fans with her emotionally resonating art.

For her, art has been a passion and an obsession since she was very small. In an earlier interview with Bored Panda, the artist opened up about how her mother joked that she could draw before she could properly walk. In Jenny’s words, she picked up a pencil when she was a kid and “never stopped scribbling.”

Her goal is to create worlds and tell stories through her illustrations. However, just like other artists, Jenny needs to take breaks. The stories that she does require lots of research which can be draining because of how sensitive the topics are. So she takes a few days off after publishing a new comic to recuperate. Cute cat videos are one of the ways she does this. This way, she avoids burnout and keeps her love for art and animals.