Free With a Catch

At this point I'm not quite sure why I'm double-posting these (I'm not even using the flickr image because flickr doesn't deal well with line art). I'm sure it will all make sense at some point!

This guy is almost real. I was enjoying a nice dinner at a quiet mexican restaurant on Armitage when this preacher-looking, loud-mouthed, buzz-cut salesman came barging in with his silent female cohort. He seriously high-fived the quiet counter girls, and then launched into a spiel about his make-up and what a steal it was and how the girls next door almost cleaned him out but he just happened to have a few more choice items. That were "Free! With a Catch!"

I just watched the Wire episode in season 4 where the schoolgirl knifes the face of another girl just because she annoyed her, and as horrifying as that moment was, it sure sounded appealing in this moment. I hate unsolicited salesman, especially in a restaurant ferchrissakes.

But my comic version saves himself with those choice book titles, unavailable on your supermarket shelves. Other books he didn't get a chance to bring out: BUSES AND YOU, TEETH ASLEEP, and SPEARWYMYNT. Genius!

Oh, and he forced another HIGH FIVE on the way out. I've never seen such an awkward, uncomfortable shared human gesture.