How to Complain About Your Personal Problems

Here’s a story I don’t think I’ve ever shared. When I started doing workplace humor, I needed a boss character. Because I drew from photos, I needed the boss to be based on me. I threw on jeans, a button down, and a blazer, erased my beard and drew on a mustache and a mullet. (Leaving out the job at Chik-fil-A [Ben Folds Five reference!])

A few months later, the office I worked at got a new boss. A very personable man who treated me well. He primarily wore jeans and button downs with a suit jacket over the top, and while he didn’t have a mustache or a mullet, he was born and raised in Arkansas.

A few months after that, when Basic Instructions started running in the Seattle Weekly, I was forced to show my comic to my coworkers, and I was entirely unable to convince him that Mullet Boss was not based on him. Luckily, I put in my 2 weeks’ notice that same day, so it made little difference.

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