Feeling blue after the end of Heartstopper

Feeling blue after the end of Heartstopper A scene from the webcomic and the show side-by-side, featuring the protagonists Nick and Charlie, and Nick’s dog Nellie. Ever since discovering the show, I’ve been hooked on the comics as well. Last night, we watched the final movie in the Heartstopper series that has been my comfort show since 2022, Heartstopper Forever. It was released in July 2026 already, but I was postponing watching it, because, frankly, I wasn’t ready for it to be over. I’m feeling all the feels: happy and sad, hollow and unable to cry. Why has this, ostensibly just a teenage romance series, affected me—a thirty-four year old—so deeply emotionally? First, let’s backup a bit. What is it about, anyway? Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age webcomic and graphic novel series written and illustrated by Alice Oseman. It tells the story of Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, two teenage boys who meet at school and fall in love. The series explores themes including romance,…