Ed's Rant.: Pills

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Sunday, 7 February 2010

17. The Date (Part One)

Hmm...looks like Richard is really living up to his name (ie. a Dick). How will this date end? Stay tuned.

As you can tell, I'm experimenting with colouring. And I really need to work out these darn speech bubbles.

PS - If I ever own a Chinese restaurant, I would name it this.

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

16. Celeste

Nah, French people are cool. And they have a great sense of humour - especially their sarcasm which goes likes this: "Ooooh....wooooww....so coooool!" and "Thanks, Ed."

It cracks me up.

Celeste was inspired by my own French neighbour, though I'm not sure whether they have much in common. We will see how it goes.

As it goes for noisy neighbours, it's generally ok here, though the girl next door has fits of giggling at times.

C'est tout!

Saturday, 30 January 2010

15. Every Little Helps (Make You Fat)

That's right. A packet of scrumptious Tesco brand shortbread fingers, made with nothing more than wheat flour, butter, sugar, vegetable oil and salt, and manufactured in Scotland, costs about a fifth of the price of an apple.

And that's why you're fat.

Oh, and this is also why you're fat (Warning: this may gross you out big time).

PS - For the Australians: "Every Little Helps" is the slogan for Tesco.

14. Sigh

So I wanted to end Benjamin's first day fairly abrupty to take the comic in a different direction. But don't worry, it's not going to go all soppy and serious or anything.

And what's with that ever so subtle sigh? Hmm...

Thursday, 14 January 2010

13. Yarrr (Part Two)

Mystery solved!

So, the character of Yang was inspired by a previous co-worker - she was short and had the same big, protruding eyes. She had a fairly dubious job description and was always about doing random, non-descript duties. Having said that, behind that innocent and simple veneer, I always thought of her as hiding something far more deeper and complex. Hopefully I'll shed some light on this mysterious creature in a future comic.

PS - I couldn't really be bothered with the colouring in this one - I wasn't really sure what I was trying to achieve, and besides, I think it looks okay as it is.

PPS - ATO = Assitant Technical Officer

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

12. Yarrr (Part One)

TO BE CONTINUED...

So, I wanted to do something a little different. I decided to try out adding a bit of colour, just to give the illusion of a dark store room. I think it looks kinda cool, though I'm still just experimenting. I may attempt a proper colour cartoon in the future, but we'll see how it goes.

With regards to the storyline....I guess you'll just have to wait and see!

Sunday, 10 January 2010

11. Dot

Dot is based loosely on a locum pharmacist I worked with at a previous job. She told me about how one day whilst working in community, she did shots of expired cough mixture - lining up measuring cups on the counter and shotting them. She's that sort of person. The wavy hair and sense of humour have also been borrowed from her.

Note: Ed's Rant does not condone the consumption of expired medications. Any medication past it's used by date should be taken to your nearest pharmacy for appropriate "disposal". Thank you.

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

10. Lab Coats

Yeah, so when I first got the privilege to wear a lab coat at work I was totally stoked. I did the whole pushing the double doors open and shouting: "We need 10 cc of adrenaline, stat!"

I didn't really, but I secretly wanted to. I'm way too professional for that.

The novelty of course wore off as soon as I had to leave the pharmacy and walk down the corridor, where I was cornered by members of the public asking me for directions to various clinics. For some reason 'lab coat' = 'knowledgeable, coherent and helpful member of staff.' Here's a tip: no it doesn't. In reality, 'lab coat' = 'I don't need to iron my shirt anymore.'