Catching up with WaPo's Shifts comics

I've been falling behind on letting people know that the Post started these again, and they've been very interesting.

This link appears to list them all, via editor Beatrix Lockwood. Here's the 2025 ones, most of which appeared in print. The CBC picked up one to follow up on at Former N.L. lighthouse keeper's tale gets comic book treatment in the U.S.

July 16, 2025

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This job is a North American symbol. It looks different now.

How a former door-to-door salesman thinks about his job.

July 15, 2025

Why I'm a film projectionist | Opinion

Carolyn Funk projects film in one of the last cities where it's still a job. Her booth is a hidden world of machines, images and sound.

July 14, 2025

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'The opposite of fast fashion': The romance of a well-made shoe

Part of Shifts, an illustrated history of work.

July 9, 2025

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How a film projectionist creates 'visions on screen'

Part of Shifts, an illustrated history of work.

July 7, 2025

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'I lived on a cliff with 10,000-year-old icebergs and a beagle'

How a former lighthouse keeper thinks about the job.

July 2, 2025

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These jobs are disappearing. What can they tell us about the future?

An illustrated history of work.