Halloween as Self-Care

Who says haunted houses don't count as antidepressants?

a comic panel that reads 'halloween as self care: can't afford therapy? me neither. thank god it's october in the Bay. A comic by Janelle Blarg.'
Text: Halloween is cool because you don't need a happy, functional family to participate. It can be as depraved as Peaches Christ's Terror Vault at the SF Mint... (image of green lady with jack o' lantern bra) Or as wholesome as the hay maze at Arata's Farm in Half Moon Bay.  (image of two kids saying, "We're so lost." "Guess we live here now")
Text: Release those pent-up anxieties by running for your life through the Pirates of Emerson haunted house in Pleasanton. Image: Two people running from a big gray dude in overalls, screaming "Aaaaaaa!!!"
Text: Nothing is better for the soul than creativity and fellowship. Renew your faith in humanity with homemade Halloween spots like Alameda's Gold Coast neighborhood or beloved Oakland puppet show Driveway Follies. Image: A witch and bat puppet are shown to an audience of people dressed In costumes: the Joker, Superman, sheet ghost, witch, werewolf, Animal from the Muppets, Labubu, and pumpkin person.

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