A Living Wage For Everybody
November 3rd, 2022 Barry Posted in Becky Hawkins collaborations, Labor rights & Unions | No Comments »
Another collab with Becky Hawkins.
I want to point out that the new cartoon collection, Yet Another Example of Pro-Billionaire Bigotry, is now available on Amazon!
If you like these cartoons, then you’d probably also like running your tongue along a gritty dark staircase bannister, but that sounds gross and people wouldn’t understand so you keep it secret. It’s not a sex thing or anything, it’s more about texture. Also, patreon.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels, all showing the same scene – a white man wearing a tee shirt (the shirt front features an illustration of a bald eagle) is talking to a black woman holding a sign. Her sign says “Fast Food Workers Need A Living Wage!” She has short dark hair and is wearing hoop earrings and cat’s-eye glasses.
Behind her we can see other demonstrators, with signs that say things like “Fair Pay” and “Raise the Raise” and the like. All the demonstrators are wearing bright red shirts with yellow collars, suggestive of fast food worker uniforms.
A building partly visible in the background has the sort of architecture I associate with fast food restaurants.
PANEL 1
The man is talking to the woman, looking a bit angry and raising a forefinger in a lecture-y fashion. The woman is listening thoughtfully.
MAN: If burger flippers get a “living wage,” they’ll make more than me! How is that fair?
PANEL 2
The man has folded his arms and is listening but with an obviously hostile expression. The woman has lowered her sign a bit and is speaking with a bit of fervor.
WOMAN: It’s not fair! Because if people getting a living wage are making more than you… Then you’re being seriously underpaid.
PANEL 3
The “camera” backs up, so we’re now at a bit of a difference. The man looks extremely taken aback. No one speaks.
PANEL 4
Apparently a little time has passed. The man, now smiling, has joined the protestors, standing next to the woman (who is also smiling). The man is now holding a sign which says “A Living Wage for Everybody!”
