My friends gave me an idea for this quick strip when we were waiting in line at the border to HK and noticed that every time people moved ahead of us giving us a little bit of room, which was in our opinion not enough to bother picking up all our bags to gain 5 cm. It drove the people behind us crazy to see those few precious centimeters of space left unoccupied. Enough to start quite the chatter. Also, in general situations, leaving a space large enough in front of you that can be filled by a human body guarantees that exact thing happening within 5 seconds. While in Canada with our sparse population and political correctness, space is sort of no big deal. In China, it is quite the opposite. Hence in general, people will stand closer to each other when talking, which for foreigners can send red flags indicating kissing distance. : P

This is the first strip got to ink traditionally! And I got sooo lazy with it, I am quite embarrassed. It has been a long while since I’ve consistently inked comics, something I will be spending more and more time on from now. The bright side, this process is MUCH much faster than full digital!! I am trying to keep the style more or less consistent, though traditional media has always been my preference. : P