THE BACKSTORY: Marco has been a programmer at a pretty dreary market research company for a few years, with a bit of a commute and coworkers that were aggressive and hostile to boot. He says he wrote this comic to express the dread and anxiety he felt going to work most days, in a job that he felt exploited him as a latino worker and the labor of people of color at their call center. He was recently laid off (hello accidental paternal leave!) and we’ve been developing a little web/design/art collective all together so we can all work from home and be with our new baby more. You can hire Marco to code your next website, database, or software project… As well as elicit my graphic design services (for web or print) or Matt’s custom commissions. Check out our info and portfolio at galridian.com – we’re flexible about rates especially for non profit work.