I cannot tell you how meaningful the 3rd "KAZAM!" comic was for me as a child. It isn't even loneliness due to isolation from other humans, it is eternal isolat

I cannot tell you how meaningful the 3rd "KAZAM!" comic was for me as a child. It isn't even loneliness due to isolation from other humans, it is eternal isolation from the worlds in your imagination and the people you want to meet there. They never have a life of their own outside your mind, it is a profound kind of separation that no amount of companionship can remedy, you can be distracted for a moment, or even a lifetime, but those worlds and all their potential beauty and wonder are always there waiting. Maybe VR will someday be good enough to synthesize those worlds and give expression to imaginations like Calvin's.