Today is Friday, the finish line of the week. The problem is that for some of you the week isn’t really finished until you drag yourself through that Friday lab/study group/program meeting/etc. With that in mind, we present two light-hearted comics to brighten your day. Hopefully they make the final drudgery slightly more bearable.

First, this helpful guide from PHD Comics will help you decide whether it’s really worth it to ask that question.

Second, because academia often leads to existential crises (especially on Fridays), here is a site re-imagining Garfield comics in a way that would make Chuck Palahniuk proud.