This comic is based on (somewhat) real events. As I was driving the other day, I saw a man holding up what, at first, I thought was an iPad, asking for money. I soon realized it was just a very white piece of cardboard he had used to make a sign. I was then suddenly struck with the sad realization that had the man actually been holding an iPad he probably would have made a lot more money. Our society loves irony. The last line of this comic was originally “That reminds me, have you donated to Kayne’s Kickstarter yet?”

Drawing this comic also taught me how important it is to not get hung up on the little things while sketching, but rather to keep working and move on to the next comic. As you can see in some of the panels, I was having a real hard time with perspective and sizing. I really just wanted to get this comic out of my system. If I could redo one thing, it would be to work on the hipster panhandler in the first panel, as I feel he looks a little too much like a cartoon devil. There’s no subtext there. I was just rushed.