201 English as a Global Language By Don L. F. Nilsen (pictures from )

202 Global Business English Japanese Hotel Room: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid. Paris Hotel Elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk. Tokyo Hotel: It is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do do such a thing is please not read this notice.

203 Leipzig Elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up. Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 am daily. Belgrade Elevator: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Tokyo Shop: Our nylons cost more than common but they are better for the long run.

204 Sarajevo Hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Moscow Hotel: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday. Swiss Menu: Our wines leaving you nothing to hope for. Norwegian Lounge: Ladies are required not to have children in the bar.

205 Hong Kong Tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs. Bangkok Dry Cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results. Paris Dress Shop: Dress for street walking. Rhodes tailor Shop: Order your summer suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

206 Rome Laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time. Copenhagen Airline: We take your bags and send them in all directions. Moscow Hotel: If this is your first visit to the U.S.S.R., you are welcome to it. Acapulco Hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

207 A Vegetable

208 Asian Rear

209 Baby’s Fanny Mushrooms

2010 Bottled Water

2011 Crap your Hands

2012 Crippie and Gravid

2013 Dogs Sauce

2014 Dying

2015 Getting Off

2016 Hard Times

2017 HO ENTRANCE

2018 Robster

2019 Starbutts

20 !Tinkling Heart

2021 !!Turd Baby

2022 !!!Very Suspicious Supermarket

2023 References: Rhode, Michael, and John A. Lent. “Comic Art, : A Global Bibliography.” Special Issue of International Journal of Comic Art 11.3 (Winter, 2009):