← All spreads

1997 · not illustrated yet

The McDonald's Incident

Illustration in the queue. New spreads are drawn every week — join the list and you’ll see this one the day it’s inked.

“Chubb needed a wee. The McDonald's wall was there. The security camera was also there.”

At the retail park, Chubb is desperate for a wee. The queue for the McDonald's toilet is too long, so he slips out the back. He finds a nice, quiet wall and begins to relieve himself, just as we spot the little black dome of a security camera pointing right at his... oh.

Chubb, don't look up... but I think you're on television.

From the back cover

A trip to the McDonald's at the retail park takes a desperate turn. Chubb really, really needs the toilet, but the queue is a mile long. He decides to take matters into his own hands, and finds a quiet wall round the back.

He is halfway through when we see it: a sleek, modern security camera, and it is recording his every move. His parents would be mortified. Good job they are never, ever going to see that footage.

Where
The retail park, Colchester
When
Saturday, walking home
Who
Chubb, Me
Props
A wall, A security camera, A man with a mop
The oblivious grown-up
The camera pointed the wrong way, we think
Got away with
Nobody came out until we had gone