He's so c-c-cool...
Fitz on March 25, 2010
Interesting fact: Originally, long long before it became an icon of pop culture and the symbol of globalization, John Pemberton's concoction was marketed as a medicine.
Now, for a little backstory: Dr K.Ovalsky was one of the first characters I drew specifically for this comic - the other one being Poe, the potato. But Cole is older than either of them. Waaay older! He's about… 16 years old! Yup. Back in the day, Cole had a little strip of his own. It was my first attempt at a comic strip format. And not a very funny one, at that. Plus, Cole was… green. Coke is red, Pepsi is blue - so the only color I had left on the RGB scale was green. And at that time I didn't know Mountain Dew existed.
Fitz at 9:37AM, March 28, 2010
Vickie: Hm, I never heard of either of those. Do they give free Cokes in the World of Coca-Cola? Got a free Heineken in the Heineken Museum in Amsterdam. And not being much of a beer fanatic, I traded the two other coupons for Heineken beer glasses :P Gary: The scary part is that you don't actually feel much of how it tastes because of some phosphate they put in it. An average can of coke has ten spoonfulls of sugar in it - enough to make you regurgitate. The phosphate masks the uber-sweetness. Trevor: Thanks!
Loud_G at 4:04AM, March 26, 2010
Medicine eh? That explains why it tastes so vile :D
usedbooks at 10:11PM, March 25, 2010
A fun trip is the World of Coca-cola in Atlanta. It was one of my favorite tourism spot -- right after the Shoe Museum in Toronto.