If youve ever worked in a retail job, you know how thankless it can be.
The customers, the promotions you have to pushit can be draining.
So, its nice to be able to commiserate with other folks who know the in-store retail struggle.
IllustratorStephen Bealsdoes just this by chronicling the adventures of retail workers in his daily comic calledAdult Children.
The customers complain, want refunds, cough without covering their mouths, and more.
Penny was always one of my characters and a few old strips showed her working in retail.
As my day job changed, my focus in the strip shifted to Penny.
Beals attended the California Institute of the Arts to become an animator but decided he would rather draw comics.
His goal is to be a syndicated cartoonist in newspapers.
I love comic strips, he says.
The newspaper industry has shrunk to the size of a thimble, but I still read them online.
