When life gets you down, sometimes all you need is something utterly ridiculous to make you smile.
I'm an artist, and I create funny, witty cartoons that are just as relatable as they are weird. I pair deadpan humor with a simplistic style to create illustrations that make you laugh.
Unclench your jaw and enjoy some of my new artwork below!
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As an IT man, I've found carrying a big hammer usually frightens the petulant silicon into behaving. ))
It's still surprising how often that worked back then.
One of the most satisfying days of my life was when I smashed the jammed printer onto the concrete floor of my shop.
I always start my illustrations with a joke or idea. I keep a page in my Notes app on my phone where I jot down silly thoughts or ideas that I think are worth remembering. I was inspired to do this after learning about David Shrigley’s “to draw list,” where he keeps a list of ideas so that he is prepared to create when he sits down at his desk. My Notes app is packed with nonsense and nuggets of ridiculousness that would have been forgotten if I hadn’t quickly noted them down.
I either have a visual in mind immediately (those are my favorite types of ideas—the faster I have the idea and create the comic, the more I tend to like it), or I have to stew on it for a few days, weeks, or even months. I’m always cautious not to force an idea. If I can’t find a way to keep it simple, then I won’t create it yet.
Job interviews that act like this should be banned. No one should have to prove why they would bend over backwards for a company that doesn't care about them.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need?
"Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store..."
My variant when I was in school... "Assigns and exams, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter doncha call me cuz I can't go... I owe my soul for my student loans."
Load More Replies..."Yeeeaaaah, I can't shuffle off this mortal coil todaaayyyyy. Let me look at my calendar. Are you free next Thursday at 3? I can squeeze you in for the REAPING OF MY SOUL then..."
I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but I don't think I'd have any problem whatsoever calling in dead. Boss can have my mortal life but nothing beyond that.
Humor unites people in a way that I don’t think is spoken about enough. I create my work with the intention of appealing to people who don’t typically engage with art. You don’t have to know anything about the art world to enjoy my work; you just have to be human. In doing this, my work is known and spread among every type of person imaginable, from your local butcher to celebrities. How wonderful is it that we can all laugh at the same playful silliness?
"It squeaked and squeaked and squeaked in pain and regret until silenced. Now, it squeaketh no more..."
A friend and I had this joke about a guy called Justin Case. I don't think any of us ever really 100% got our own joke, but we laughed at it and kept building on the joke.... Justin Case.
In my 20s, when we'd take cases of beer to parties there was always an extra: "Your case, my case and Justin Case."
Load More Replies...Oh boy! I am buying a briefcase TODAY to make this exact same thing! Many a pun will be delivered, just in case.
I have a roadside car kit in a canvas bag that is branded "Justin Case".
I don't know if it was real, but years ago you could allegedly get a small suitcase that when opened an inflatable man popped up, the idea was for single women to keep Justin Case in the car.
The swear words, and all dialogue in my work for that matter, occur completely naturally. I create my comics exactly how I would say them myself. The deadpan expression, dry tone, and blunt comments reflect how I talk and joke in real life, so when I’m writing the dialogue, I just write whatever comes naturally. I think this realness, accompanied by the very cartoony, minimalistic style, makes for eyebrow-raising work that is unexpected yet somehow completely relatable.
When life gives you lemons, remind it that lemons aren't naturally occuring but actually are a crossbreed between a bitter orange and a citron - which means life never gave us lemons, we did it all by ourselves!
That is EXACTLY the sort of thing I will definitely memorize, because I absolutely love little factoids like that! Take THAT, LIFE!
Load More Replies...When life gives you lemons don't accept them. Get mad! Demand to see life's manager! Do you know who I am?! I'm the one who's going to burn your house down. With the lemons. I'm going to get my engineers to make a combustible lemon and burn your house down with it.
"Okay, LIFE, you also need to give me some sugar and water if I'm gonna make lemonade..."
Devil: "Now, wipe your used heroin needle in between the sheets of TP...Yeah, just like that..."
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *inhale* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I have a loathing, perhaps irrationally, for toilet paper holders. So, I don't use one.
Wait, wait, wait! You misunderstand! It's the visible outline of the fella that got eaten! If yer Jewish, you'd also be able to see that the foreskin was missing due to the tightness of the snake body against the person. Not racist, just a silly observation! C'mon, ya'll, gimme another chance!
Load More Replies...Good to know I'm not alone in this. I literally was rubbing my food baby belly last night, standing in the pantry debating which "4th meal" food I was going to eat. *BURP!*
"we've had breakfast, sure, but what about second breakfast?"
Load More Replies...Which one, Sr or Jr? Never mind, I can't fathom needing either one. Also, getting stoned is always a killer in horror, those birds were in for it.
Load More Replies..."...and now I will attempt to chop down this light pole with this leash and our combined forward momentum...GYARKGH! Nope, still can't do that!"
"You just lost the Game of Life, son. Now go cry in the corner like a REAL man!"
"I will now proceed to make 200 versions of this document, but none of them will include the "Cyan" cartridge, so they will all be useless to you!"
Shouldn't there be a third water cooler for them to gather 'round?
? are they gathered around a virtual water cooler? are we the third one looking at them?
Load More Replies..."Yum. I'm 'bout to eat this chopped up chicken cooked in the scrambled amniotic fluid and remains of her children. Death never tasted so good!"
Except commercially bought eggs aren't fertilized, so wouldn't develop into chick's. Organic eggs would...
Load More Replies...It was a that exact moment that Princess Grenwillatroy realized she'd fuc*ed up...
Slide a piece of cardboard under it and take the spider outside and let it go. That is what I do.
TRAPPED, ONLY TO BE FREED OUTSIDE! The irony...
Load More Replies...@Apatheist Account2 They more than likely can, but some jokes are even better punctuated very specifically by a well-placed cuss word. The REAL shame here is that YOU allow yourself to be pigeon-holed into only accepting humor YOU approve of. Think of all the awesome jokes you're missing!
@Desert Nomad So the only reason to do anything is if it can replace your income from the 9-to-5 grind? I think not, good Nomad.
@Apatheist Account2 They more than likely can, but some jokes are even better punctuated very specifically by a well-placed cuss word. The REAL shame here is that YOU allow yourself to be pigeon-holed into only accepting humor YOU approve of. Think of all the awesome jokes you're missing!
@Desert Nomad So the only reason to do anything is if it can replace your income from the 9-to-5 grind? I think not, good Nomad.
