Poor Laughing Gravy is a perennially depressed individual who walks around with a paper bag over his head and once when someone asked him why, he answered:
"because when I use plastic, I can't breath"
That answer may not be a satisfactory explanation as to his reasons for wearing a paper bag, but it might somewhat clarify his outlook on matters. He responds to it in a way that avoids a direct answer
There was another incident when a man was being interviewed for a job and was asked a very common question posed by interviewers whenever vetting new job applicants:
Nowhere in this particular gag does it identify the character wearing the bag but he's been accused by many of my readers as Laughing Gravy. Whether or not it is him, I cannot say with any certainty, but again, it may shed some light on reasons why Laughing Gravy does what he does. It's a way for him to avoid real world stress and the shame which he feels for having no helpful copping mechanisms other than just hiding himself. Like the myth of how an ostrich sticks his head in the sand at the first sign of danger, Laughing Gravy also attempts to disappear. Who, I ask, has never wanted to crawl under a bed, or go into a dark closet when life sometimes becomes unbearable? It may be his way of wishing it would all just go away but it's been said:
A crisis is when it's too late to say, "lets just forget the whole thing."
Poor Laughing Gravy has a therapist and has been spotted in the psychologist's office but what, if any, medications he takes to remedy his mental state isn't presently known. Labor day is his doctor's traditional vacation week and it's traditional for therapists to take off that specific week for reason unknown. So, during the first week of September the country is full of crazy people.
Some have told me that he is actually my own alter ego and even though there is at least a little of myself in all the characters and gags I draw, I must deny that he is actually me. I understand why some people think he is me because there are certain "tells" in other specific gags. For example, the character in the gag below has a striking similarity to me and his posture is the same as Laughing Gravy's in the top gag on this page:
Actually, in the way my gags have been accepted by so many, it is apparent to me that he is a relatable character and many of his feeling and interpretations are part of lots of peoples feeling. He is humble and loveable man muddling his way through the life he's inherited.
