crying anthropomorphic fox with scratch marks on its cheek and speech bubbles that read "don't worry" "i will survive"

I Will Survive

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About

"I Will Survive" is a webcomic created by DeviantArtist Borba featuring characters from the 2016 animated film Zootopia. First published in March 2017, the comic has become a popular exploitable in early December of that year with many mocking the approach the comic took to the issue of abortion rights. While many accused the comic of taking an "anti-abortion" stance, Borba has denied the comic was written to push a pro-life agenda.

Origin

On March 17th, 2017, Borba uploaded the first comic in the series to DeviantArt, in which the anthropomorphic rabbit character Judy Hopps discovers she is with child after using a home pregnancy test (shown below).


I Will Survive webcomic from which the meme started

Over the next two months, Borba released an additional 24 pages of the comic on DeviantArt, in which Hopps and the anthropomorphic fox Nick Wilde argue over whether they will keep the baby, with Hopps expressing concerns over the safety of an interspecies birth as well as the effect pregnancy would have on her career. Wilde, argues in favor of keeping the baby, leading to a dramatic break up between the two characters.


I WILL SURVIVE- A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BOR NICK.. NICK! NICK! C'MON! WAKE UP! NICK! I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY GRUMBLE TEXT ME PLEASE WE'RE OFF DUTY TODAY NICHOLAS! I AM SERIOUS! GEEZ! WHEN YOU CALL ME NICHOLAS IT MEANS THAT I'M IN GREAT DANGER OKEH! OKEH! You BET! I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA *YAWN* MAY I TAKE A SHOWER AND DO OTHER THINGS BEFORE YOu RLIN THE REST OF MY DAY? WOW! I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER NOW! YES. IT'D BE GOOD, I THINK. NICK. I'M PREGNANT. WELL, WHAT IS THIS IMPORTANT THING YOU WANT ME TO KNOW? I WILL SURVIVE A žOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA 애 in) Ha! niCe TRY, FLUFF! YOU ALMOST GOT ME! AS IF IT WERE EVEN POSSIB--... YOUR.. YOUR NOSE'S TWITCHING! SO IT MEANS. . . CARROTS! ARE YOU SURE? IS IT FOR REAL? YES, IT IS TWITCH TWITCH TWITCH 4 I WILL SURVIVE A Z0OTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA I JUST TOOK A PREGNANCY TEST AND. JUoY! oH JUor! THIS Is THE HAPPIEsr MY LIfE! 5 ILL SURVIVE-A FOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA YOu'VE HAPPIEST EARTH I LOVE MADE ME THE NICK! PLEASE) STOP! STOP! MAMMAL ON LOVE YOU S0 MUCH! OH! SORRY! I DIDN'T HURT YOu, DID I? NO, NICK. YOu DIDN'T BUT THI ISN'T THE PROBLEM I WILL SURVIVE A EOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT I DON'T UNDERS- PROBLEM? YOU MEAN, CAUSE WE'RE FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES YOU THINK OUR BABY MIGHT HAVE SOME PROBLEM, RIGHT? NICK, PLEASE! DON'T MAKE THINGS WORSE FOR US! I DON'T WANT THIS CHILD NICK.. JUDY. WHAT'RE YOu TALKING ABOUT? 0 I WILL SURVIVE A 2OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA NO! T-I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! NICK, HEAR ME oUT PLEASE TELL WHY, ME I HEARD JUDY?!EXPLAIN, LET ME WRONG! WHY?! NIKK! I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA SO EXPLAIN YOURSELF! WHY DON'T YOU WANT OUR BABY? NICK... AND YO THERE'S NO BABY" YET! I'M JUST IN MY FIRST MONTH OF PREGNANCY! DECIDED ON YOUR OWN THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE LAST MONTH AIN'T YOU? LET'S TALK LIKE ADULTS... RIGHT? 6 RIGHT? THANKS. WELL... AT FIRST I BELIEVED You COULDN'T GET ME PREGNANT. OK. TELL YO R TALE. I WILL SURVIVE A EOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA YOU REALLY THINK So? WHY NOT? IT ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE. MOREOVER, A BABY OF YOURS MIGHT B.. ALITTLE TOO BIG ノFOR ME YOu DON'T KNOW FOR SURE NOBODY KNOWS AND IT SCARES SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS... "HEY, NICK! EVEN IF YOu CAN GET ME PREGNANT, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY CHILDREN WITH YOU." DID I HIT THE MARK, JUDY? AND YOu HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO HAVE TO TELL YOU THESE THINGS AND IT NICK, I SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS TALK CAREER! ITH OL EARLERANDm IS FOR ME TO IER AND I'M REALLY SORRY FOR NOT DOING SO. BLIT 1 M凵ST SAY THAT THERE IS ANOTHER GOOD REASON I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA YOU KNOW WHO I AMI YOu KNOW WHAT I AM! YOU KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR ME SINCE WE FIRST MET! AND YOu KNOW FULL WELL THAT I DID EVERYTHING FOR MY CAREER! YES, I DO KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE YOu COULD EVEN KILL OuR BABY FOR YOUR CAREER. 13 I WILL SURVIVE A 2OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA O o 15 I WILL SURVIVE A 2OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA NICK! NICK! FORSVE ME! I LOST MY NICK? 16 I WILL SURVIVE A žOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA SCREECH NICK, I BEG YOu, PLEASE FORGIVE ME! YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT! I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT YOu! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY! I NEED YOu! I NEED You NOW MORE THAN EVER! TRUST ME WHEN I SAY I STILL LOVE YOU! 7バ NICK? 1a 仔 I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA JuDY... UM? WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENE IF YOUR MOTHER, WHILE PREGNANT WITH YOu... HAD DECIDED TO... INTERRUP HER PREGNANCY? 2 NICK, IT'S USELESS. I KNOW WHAT I'LL TELL You WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IF YOu HADN'T BEEN BORN JuDY, THIS WORLD WOULD BE AS BLEAK AS EVER. AND WITHOUT YOUR LIGHT, I'D STILL BE ON THE STREETS, LIVING A MEANINGLESS LIFE. You. 18 I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA THAT'S NOT TRUE, NICK! JUDY, LISTEN. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. I'M WOULD-_ ) AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM TO ME, THINGS LIKE THESE COULD NEVER EVER HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOu. EVEN BEING A LITTLE BUNNY, YOu STOPPED AN ABSURDLY NASTY CONSPIRACY AND HELPED CHANGE THE MINDS AND NICK. HEARTS OF MILLIONS I BEG YOu FOR GOD'S SAKE, JUDY! GIVE THIS UNBORN CHILD THE PLEASE LET YOUR LIGHT CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH HIM OR HER! ENENNOPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME! 19 I WILL SURVIVE A ZOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA AS I SAID BEFORE IT'S 凵SELESS. SORRY NICK, BUT I'VE MADE UP MY MIND. MY BODY MY RULES. NEITHER WILL I. NO, NICK. ANY CHANCE YOU MIGHT CHANGE YouR MIND? 20 0 I WILL SURVIVE- A 0OTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BOR NICK! DON'TlPLEASE STAY LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THIS! GO AWAY! WITH ME! DO YOU WANNA TALK? WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO KNOW. WHY DIDN'T YOU KEEP IT A SECRET FROM ME? IT WOULDN'T BE THE MOST HONEST THING TO DO. I MEAN, WHY DIDN'T GET RID OF OUR CHILD WITHOUT ME KNOWING ANYTHING? 21 I WILL SURVIVE A EOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA I THOUGHT YOU DESERVED TO KNOW. WHAT? HUMPH! ITD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR YOu- -FOR US- CLICK GOODBYE, JUDY. -IF YOu HAD KEPT ME IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR PREMEDITATED SIN. I WILL SURVIVE A EOOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA WHERE you GOING? NICK! DON'T WORRY I WILL SURVIVE. (23 I WILL SURVIVE-A 2OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA NICK!... IF YOU DON'T HAVE WALK OuT TO COME BACK THE DOOR...ANYMORE! NOTHIN6 LASTS FOREVER. EVEN AN APPARENTLy EVERLASTING LOVE.. THAT HAS TRIUMPHED OVER THE ODDS. .. AND MANy CHALLENGES... MAy EVENTUALLy COME TO END 24

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On June 1st, 2017, YouTuber ZPD comics uploaded a full slideshow of the comic (shown below).



That day, the comic was featured in an article on the fandom blog Zootopia News Network.[3] On December 6th, 2017, Twitter user @Hello_Tailor[1] tweeted a panel from one of the comics in which the character pleads with the character Judy about her "unborn child" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 4,800 likes and 2,000 retweets.


FOR GOD'S SAKE, JUDYI GIVE THIS NBORN CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME! I BEG You- PLEASE LET YOUR LIGHT CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH HIM OR HER! 19

On December 7th, Tumblr[4] user Dismal-Dragon posted a Distracted Boyfriend parody of the comic, in which Wilde looks on Hopps' imagined hybrid rabbit-fox offspring from the comic (shown below). Meanwhile, Tumblr user ibrokemyotherone posted a Scroll of Truth edit based on the comic (shown below, right).[5]


IVE FINALLY ouNDTHE SCROLL OF abortion YES, I DO KNOW · )( IT SEEMS LIKE YOu couLD EVEN KILL OUR BABY FOR YOUR CAREER. KNow.

Also on December 7th, Borba responded to a comment on DeviantArt,[2] claiming that the comic was not meant to be interpreted as pro-life (shown below).


Charleston-and-ltchy 56 minutes ago Hello, I've seen this comic before. And I'm informed that your comic became popular because some people claim this comic is "pro-life." Reply Is this true that you and/or this comic is "pro-life?" Devious Comments borba 36 minutes ago The answer is negative for both sides of your question. Reply

Born to Be Alive

On September 30th, 2018, Borba posted the first page of the "I Will Survive" sequel, titled "Born to Be Alive" (shown below).[6]


HTIPS://WwW.DEVIANTART.COMBORBA BANG BANG ZOOTOPIA 2018 DISNEY C'MON! OPEN THE DOOR! | | | / AU YOU'RE HOME! CLİCK CLACK CLICK

In the description of the post, Borba noted that creating a sequel was a difficult decision, as "I Will Survive created a fuss surrounding the issue of abortion and a great deal of shitposting in the comment areas." That day, a link to the comic was posted to /r/Zootopia, gaining 25 points.[7] On October 3rd, Tumblr user snekcore reblogged the first page with an image of Mr. Incredible saying "I can't. Not again. I'm not strong enough" (shown below).


AZOOTOPIAIFANCoMiCBYBORBA JUDY!! BANG I KNOWJ youRE Ju- C'MON, OPEN THE DOOR! HOME! CLİCK . CLACK CL I can't. Not again I'm not..strong enough

As of October 4th, two of the twenty-eight pages have been posted (page two shown below).


BORN TO BE ALIVE A 2OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA GO AWAY, NICK... IT'S 2 AM BESIDES, YOU'RE BEING QuTE NOISY. COULDN'T YOu JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR? IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SUCH A FUSS AGAIN, I'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ARREST YOU FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT 2

Various Examples


EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE IS REDUCIBLE TO THE ABSURD ACTS OF CHEMICALS, AND THERE IS THEREFORE NO INTRINSIC VALUE IN THIS MATERIAL uNIVERSE! HYPOCRITE THAT YOU ARE, FOR YOU TO TRUST THE CHEMICALS IN YOUR BRAIN TO TELL YOU THEY ARE CHEMICALS ALL KNOWLEDGE IS ILTIMATELY BASED ON THAT WHICH WE CANNOT PROVE WILL YOU FIGHT? OR WILL YOU PERISH LIKE A DOG? ク nick we've gotta respect women An Apress is an Apress, you can't say it's only half! Now hold on! 19 WILL SURVIVE-A OOTOPIA FAN COMIC BY BORBA Well hear Nick me out.three parts An A press actually has to it, ,153 311, you near about video aames? BY TIM BucKLEY L0S5 GENC www.cTRLALTDEL-ONLINE.COM

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – @Hello_Tailor

[2] DeviantArt – Borba comment

[3] ZootopiaNewsNetwork – I Will Survive

[4] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – Dismal-Dragon

[5] Tumblr – ibrokemyotherone

[6] DeviantArt – Born To Be Alive – 01

[7] Reddit – /r/Zootopia

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CrossfireInvader
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It can't be serious. It just can't be. Someone below compared it to a Chick Tract, and they're spot-on. The art style is competent and polished, but the expressions are exaggerated and uncanny. Mixed with the shading and inking style, it just has to be a parody of Chick's style. The religious paraphernalia in the background of several images clinch it for me.

On top of that, take a look at this image:

There's no way this is serious. It's Catholic Nick and Judy engaging in a disco-themed fight over an abortion in Jerry Seinfeld's apartment in the style of Jack Chick.

I love it.

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