I set myself the question of how to represent different smells in a comic strip without using ‘stink lines’ which only ever seem to represent an unpleasant or overpowering odour. I decided that colour would be the best way to go about it, and that led to a series of cartoons of which this is the first.

Lynx aftershave is exactly the same stuff as the range of adolescent smellies known as ‘Axe’ in the States. It doesn’t smell too bad used in moderation, but its target demographic doesn’t know the meaning of ‘in moderation’ yet.