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Socialist Grocery

By March 6, 2020
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Comic: Panel 1- (Drawing of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen) “Hi, I’m Mary Kate” “And I’m Ashley” Panel 2- (Drawing of Ashley) Ashley: and boy have we got a juicy product for you. It’s top of the market. Panel 3- (Drawing of a hand holding an onion) Ashley: maybe the hottest GMO you’ll EVER see. MK: You asked, we answered. Panel 4- (Both Mary Kate and Ashley holding the onion) Both: it’s a 20 pound sweet onion. Panel 5- (Sebastian laying in bed) *sebastian wakes up* Panel 6- (Sebastian in bed next to their partner) Sebastian: I just had a dream that Mary Kate and Ashley were trying to sell me a big onion. Panel 7- (Sebastian's partner stands in front of bed and Sebastian lays In bed) Maggie: wait like, they were both in the dream at the same time? Sebastian: I know, right?

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In a 9-panel comic part of the Socialist Grocery series by Oli Knowles, Sebastian the main character works the cash register at a grocery. In the first panel a man walks up and says, "Hey. Just buying these two things." The top right panel shows Sebastian's view of the man's shirt plastered with big letters "Blackrock". The middle left most panel shows Sebastian quizzically asking the man, "So... Do you... Uh...Work for Blackrock?" In the middle panel the man tugs at his shirt, "Oh! I sued to, last year. Didn't realize I wore this." In the middle right panel Sebastian asks, "Well... What do you do now?" The man responds, "I work at a lab that's trying to cure cancer." In the bottom left panel the man seen from behind speaks to Sebastian at the register, "When I worked at Blackrock, we played this game" , "With new hires: we asked them to each randomly name a terrible company-" The next panel a half cut row panel shows the man, "-Then we asked them to name something terrible the company's doing. Sure enough, every time Blackrock's behind it!" The lower half left panel shows the man receiving his items from Sebastian, the man continues, "Wait. Wait. Wait. This shirt is why I'm getting side-eye all day!" Sebastian in the last panel seen in side profile says, "Yes - Absolutely."

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