[[A woman holding a fishing pole stands in front of a store counter, with an apron-wearing mustached shopkeeper behind it. A plate of things is sitting on the counter. The woman is reaching for them.]]
SHOPKEEPER: That'll be nine seventy-five.
SHOPPER: *Woah!* Prices went up!
SHOPKEEPER: Yup. *Obamacare*.
SHOPPER: Sorry?
SHOPKEEPER: Because *Obamacare* passed, unfortunately we have to raise our prices.
SHOPPER: Well, I don't mind! At least your employees are getting healthcare now!
SHOPKEEPER: Who's getting the *what* in the *what* now
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what does health care have to do with being mad about obamacare
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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