![Panel 1 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A green humanoid mouse with ears protruding from the top of a mop of curly teal coloured hair stands facing the viewer. They are washing a plate over a sink with two taps in the foreground. Two text bubbles say: “You’re working. Water work”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/22e50cf1-fa78-443d-979c-e348dadd4198_sfw-growth1.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: Most of the frame is filled with a large traditional, rectangular radio with a slightly extended aerial on top. The mouse’s face, in profile, peers into the bottom left of the frame, attentive and listening. A text bubble above the radio reads: “The radio is talking about…” and a spikey speech bubble coming from the radio speaker says “The vital importance of economic growth”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/3b38d65b-bd35-4eeb-a85a-9daeddab4195_sfw-growth2.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: The entire frame is filled with a close up of the mouse’s face looking glum. A textbubble reads: “It’s endless”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/915be115-6d4c-403c-ab59-b3a64330f092_sfw-growth3.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: The mouse is seen from behind, still standing at the sink washing dishes. A small figure in the panel. To their right are wobbly stacks of dirty dishes and pans. To their left are methodically arranged clean dishes and pans stacked in shelves three times the height of the mouse. Two text bubbles above the mouse read: “The piles get bigger and bigger”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/298b5a20-7fd5-4ec6-b73e-58251b7a22df_sfw-growth4.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 5 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: Most of the frame is filled with a huge white tea cup. The mouse crouches inside the cup, scrubbing the outside with a blue checked cloth in their right hand and holding the rim of the cup with the other hand. A text bubble above the cup reads: “And the crockery gets bigger too”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/c9e584ee-263f-4396-9162-13a557ab8cf7_sfw-growth5.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 6 of a six-panel comic made with ink, watercolour and colour pencils: A gigantic white tea cup is balanced on top of the planet earth, seen from outer space. The weight of the cup has squashed the earth into an oblong shape. Beyond hte earth are two small planets in the distance. A text bubble below the earth reads: “You wonder when they will run out of the stuff”](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/0ac83c08-de4b-4d9a-aaa3-4745c03292b1_sfw-growth6.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Endless Growth. © Rob Bidder for Wellcome Collection.
About the artist
Rob Bidder
Rob Bidder is an artist, person-centred counsellor and educator based in Glasgow.
Rob Bidder is an artist, person-centred counsellor and educator based in Glasgow.
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