They say "What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." Yeah...Try to imagine how comfortable life would be if we always kept an optimistic attitude towards everything. In the case of Stephen Beals, it's more than that. He is a typical example of the saying "take your broken heart and turn it into art". Indeed, with his talent and positive attitude, Stephen turned life's challenges and negative emotions into humorous comic strips. If you're having a bad day, it is definitely time you get to know Stephen Beals, a talented artist in the comic community well-known for the comic titled "Adult Children".
When asked about the comic's name, Stephen explains: “adulthood seems to be a myth that we tell children to make them behave.” Besides, he also adds that his illustrations are something he made after work to blow off steam.
"Adult Children" comics feature daily work life in the retail sector. Everyone who has ever worked in retail knows that this job isn't easy. Some people think that "the customer is always right", and it is completely acceptable for them to berate or even yell at the employees, and all the employees can do is STAND there and ABSORB it all. People only catch a glimpse of what retail workers have to handle, but Stephen Beals wants to show people what it’s really like in his painfully relatable comics. The work-life in Stephen Beals' comics is expressed in a hilarious way, but we seem to hear the characters silently screaming out of helplessness and exhaustion.
Although the artist graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animation from the California Institute of the Arts, he wanted to draw comics instead of working in the industry. However, comics don’t pay enough to buy the luxuries he needed, so he decided to work for the university library. He loves libraries, but he thinks they are similar to retail stores and he also deals with every type of person imaginable. Perhaps, that's why Stephen can make the "Adult Children" so relatable that retail workers find themselves in it.
Below are 20 humorous comics of Stephen Beals that retail workers and regular people will probably relate to. Check them out and enjoy!
When asked about the comic's name, Stephen explains: “adulthood seems to be a myth that we tell children to make them behave.” Besides, he also adds that his illustrations are something he made after work to blow off steam.
"Adult Children" comics feature daily work life in the retail sector. Everyone who has ever worked in retail knows that this job isn't easy. Some people think that "the customer is always right", and it is completely acceptable for them to berate or even yell at the employees, and all the employees can do is STAND there and ABSORB it all. People only catch a glimpse of what retail workers have to handle, but Stephen Beals wants to show people what it’s really like in his painfully relatable comics. The work-life in Stephen Beals' comics is expressed in a hilarious way, but we seem to hear the characters silently screaming out of helplessness and exhaustion.
Although the artist graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animation from the California Institute of the Arts, he wanted to draw comics instead of working in the industry. However, comics don’t pay enough to buy the luxuries he needed, so he decided to work for the university library. He loves libraries, but he thinks they are similar to retail stores and he also deals with every type of person imaginable. Perhaps, that's why Stephen can make the "Adult Children" so relatable that retail workers find themselves in it.
Below are 20 humorous comics of Stephen Beals that retail workers and regular people will probably relate to. Check them out and enjoy!
#1 It's not time for your talk here.
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#2 The mug gets it
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#3 You can't do your job in your sleep, poor you
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#4 See? Crime shows is pretty addictive
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#5 Sh*t up!
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#6 And better life
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#7 I'm tired of this job
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#8 I didn't have enough time to watch TV
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#9 Don't they???
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#10 Oh...wait!
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#11 Not everything gone up, man
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#12 Grandma needs some herbal tea
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#13 They're waiting
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#14 Need no more talk
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#15 Parents are wrong, not kids
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#16 Go away, too enough for me
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#17 Who else loves cats?
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#18 Fun part of my day...haha
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#19 A cough in the face…
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#20 Spoken to…
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