Taxi driver - wisdom on wheels

"Tales from the Backseat"

In the hustle and bustle of city life, taxis are there to get us where we need to go. This mini comic celebrates the hardworking taxi drivers whose dedication and stories add a unique flavor to our rides. Recently, Uber drivers have also become part of our travel experiences, adding their own stories from the road. Most of them have held previous jobs before venturing on the Uber app. Together, these drivers navigate the urban jungle, making sure we reach our destinations while sharing snippets of their lives and political opinions along the way.

In the words of comic critic Rob Clough, "In Taxi Driver: Wisdom On Wheels, for example, she takes what is low-hanging fruit (stories about cabbies) and focuses on details and her own withering observations to create variations on a set-up that still offers up funny surprises. What's also interesting about this comic is that Yan's whole project has been one long memoir mediated through various gimmicks and devices: her experience having cancer, dating, teaching English, and more. This mini explores Yan's career as a consultant, a lucrative but stressful profession that meant dealing with a lot of weird personalities. Yan wisely approaches this time of her life from different, bite-sized angles with their own narrative hook, like having to take taxis to work. Ultimately, Yan noted that she just wanted to get home safely, which meant humoring some weirdos. "

Enjoy these stories from the backseat, where almost every trip has a tale to tell!