HARDENED BY RETAIL

by Louise Leong

I started this series during my last few months at my job, an art supply store where I worked for over 6 years. My wife said I should make art about all the crazy things that happened there before I quit. I'd get home from a bad day at work and draw out whatever shitty thing someone said to me and then I'd forget about it.

These comics have unintentionally been very healing to crank out and now I can just laugh at all of it since I don't have a stockroom to cry in anymore.

Nearly all of the dialogue in this is verbatim*. People are so mean and entitled! And weird! I also had lots of wonderful regulars who I loved, but I'll save them for another zine.
To all my readers working service jobs, hang in there!!
I hope these make you laugh.

p.s. please stop licking paint brushes at art supply stores.

Louise
September 2018

*one of these is a scene from Ocean's 8 that have me anxiety

4" x 5.5"