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If you’ve ever worked in retail, you’ll know it’s a place where patience is tested, rules get bent, and absurd situations somehow feel routine. Stephen Beals, the artist behind the comic series Adult Children, turns those everyday workplace moments into sharp, relatable humor. With clean, expressive artwork and perfect comedic timing, he captures everything from difficult customers to exhausting management situations in a way that feels all too familiar to anyone who’s been behind a register.
Beals has been creating daily comics for years, using humor as a way to highlight the shared experiences of stressful jobs. Scroll down to see his latest batch of relatable strips!
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BrunoVI 2 hours ago
I had a coworker named Fritz who one day found a giant TV looming over his work. "I'm not sure I feel comfortable like this," he awkwardly complained. I told him: "Sure, but if it does fall on you, I get dibs on telling management that the new TV is on the Fritz." He accused me of putting the TV there just so I could make that joke.
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QuincyForrest 2 days ago
Evening shift was the one I liked best. Home after work at midnight, stay up a couple of hours (at most), up again around 9:00 a.m., all the rest of the time until 4:00 p.m. to myself, daytime hours awake and not at work, loved it! And no fatigue at work because I was still in general circadian rhythm, doing most of my sleeping while it was dark and my waking activities while it was light.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago (edited)
(horrified look) "They're... they're right behind me, AREN'T THEY??" (Pity she wasn't looking for Celery. It could have been stalking her.)
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
You know, I've *never* seen monitors where the cables connect at the top. Or does she have her display upside down?
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
The best sign is on a bandsaw, punchline is First Blood drawn 10 minutes after install.
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
A rehash of Bloom County, including the art
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 18 hours ago
That's how comic strips work. Since it's split up into panels, the artist has to do four separate drawings just to complete a single comic. and they have to do several at a time, days or sometimes weeks in advance, just so they can make sure that the comics come out on time. With all that work put into comic strips, can you really blame the artist for cutting corners whenever possible?
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
A rehash of Bloom County, including the art
Load More Replies... TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 18 hours ago
That's how comic strips work. Since it's split up into panels, the artist has to do four separate drawings just to complete a single comic. and they have to do several at a time, days or sometimes weeks in advance, just so they can make sure that the comics come out on time. With all that work put into comic strips, can you really blame the artist for cutting corners whenever possible?
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