JOBMALS

Animals at work.

For the shift that ran long, the break that never came, and the coworker who gets it. Jobmals are drawn in Japan — and tired in a way you'll recognize anywhere.

Born in Japan. Working everywhere.

Nurse Rabbit jumping, arms wide, ears straight up
Nurse Rabbit · one shift

Sound like your shift?

Sticker: Night shift. Let's go.
Badge. Coffee. Go.
Sticker: Call light. Again.
Room 4. Sixth time this hour. It's the TV remote.
Sticker: Still charting.
Shift ended at 7:00. It's 7:42.
Sticker: No break yet.
Lunch: scheduled for 12:00. Actual lunch: 3:47 PM. Standing up.

No punchlines about patients — just the part of the job everyone on the floor recognizes. Send one to the coworker who gets it. See all 16 of hers ↓

Four-panel comic. 2:10 PM, Room 4 call light. 2:25 PM, Room 4 again. 2:48 PM, Room 4, sixth time this hour. 2:49 PM, it's the TV remote.
One of the four-panel comics we post — this one's the call light.

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  • Follow for the comics

    Short four-panel comics, one shift at a time: the lunch break that wasn't, the 3 AM doctor call, the call light. New ones go up on Instagram and TikTok.

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  • Send a free GIF

    Ten animated Nurse Rabbit GIFs live on GIPHY. They're their own small set — a free taste, not the sticker pack.

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No. 1 — Nurse Rabbit

She hasn't sat down since 7 AM.

First-year, med-surg, still charting. No punchlines about patients — just the part every nurse recognizes: the time, the room number, the thing that happens every single shift.

Nurse Rabbit, standing

16 stickers. One whole shift.

Report's taking forever

Report's taking forever

Staying late. Again.

Staying late. Again.

Left on time?!

Left on time?!

PTO approved!!

PTO approved!!

See all 16
Night shift. Let's go.

Night shift. Let's go.

Survived nights.

Survived nights.

Call light. Again.

Call light. Again.

IV in! First try!

IV in! First try!

Checking vitals!

Checking vitals!

On rounds!

On rounds!

Paging the doc…

Paging the doc…

Need orders!

Need orders!

Still charting.

Still charting.

No break yet.

No break yet.

Otsukaresama! (good work today)

Otsukaresama! (good work today)

Got it!

Got it!


Chef Bear, standing
No. 2 — Chef Bear

Asked my boss for a day off. I said no.

He's the boss. He looks like trouble. He isn't. Sixteen stickers from one kitchen — prep, the rush, the taste test, the shutter coming down.

16 stickers. One kitchen.

Day off. Still here.

Day off. Still here.

And?

And?

Appreciate you.

Appreciate you.

So sweet.

So sweet.

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Morning.

Morning.

Prepping.

Prepping.

Come on in.

Come on in.

Order up.

Order up.

Slammed.

Slammed.

Spicy!

Spicy!

Bitter.

Bitter.

No days off.

No days off.

Chef's kiss.

Chef's kiss.

Not to brag, but.

Not to brag, but.

Kitchen's closed.

Kitchen's closed.

Happy to.

Happy to.


No. 3 — Hairstylist Cat

Sit down. I'll handle it.

Cool on the surface, soft underneath — the tail gives her away. Sixteen stickers, start to finish: the consult, the cut, the mirror at the end.

Hairstylist Cat, standing

16 stickers. One chair.

Customer service face.

Customer service face.

Trust me.

Trust me.

Thanks. Bye.

Thanks. Bye.

Hard pass.

Hard pass.

See all 16
Too early.

Too early.

What are we doing?

What are we doing?

You good?

You good?

Glow-up time.

Glow-up time.

Too hot.

Too hot.

Look at you.

Look at you.

Fully booked.

Fully booked.

Just a trim.

Just a trim.

All done.

All done.

Walk-ins welcome.

Walk-ins welcome.

It'll grow back.

It'll grow back.

Stirring the pot.

Stirring the pot.


Get the sticker packs.

One pack per character, sixteen stickers each. The English packs work in the chat apps most people already use; the Japanese ones live on LINE.

English · WhatsApp · Telegram · iMessage

English packs — from $1 each

  • 16 stickers per character, with the words in English
  • A ZIP download: 16 transparent PNGs (512 × 512) and the same 16 as WebP
  • A short how-to for each app comes in the ZIP
  • Pay what you want, from $1 per pack, on Ko-fi

How you add them

iMessage
Save a PNG to Photos, touch and hold the character, tap “Add Sticker.”
WhatsApp
Add the WebP files with WhatsApp's own sticker creator, or any free sticker-maker app.
Telegram
Send the PNGs to the @Stickers bot to make your own private pack.
Anywhere
Or just send a PNG as an image.

These are image files, not an app-store sticker pack, so the first setup takes a few steps. Personal use only.

LINE · Japan

On LINE — ¥190 each

The original packs, with the words in Japanese. Sold in the LINE STORE and used inside LINE.

Example chat · illustration only
Room 4 again?
Sticker sent in reply: Call light. Again.
Did you eat yet
Sticker sent in reply: No break yet.

12 animals. 12 jobs. One town.

Nobody here is the sidekick. Each one is the main character of their own shift — same station, same café, same train. Three have clocked in so far.

3 of 12 clocked in. Nine more are on their way to work.

One animal, one job

The rabbit is the nurse. The bear is the chef. The cat is the stylist. Twelve animals, twelve jobs, no repeats.

Everyone's the main character

No hero, no sidekicks. Each one has their own shift, their own bad day, their own story. Start with anyone.

One town

Sometimes one of them walks through another's story. We won't always point it out.

Drawn in Japan, about work everywhere

A few words stay Japanese on purpose. Otsukaresama is what you say to someone who worked hard — roughly, thank you for your tiredness.


Get the stickers — from $1