Artist Creates Relatable Comics Illustrating Her Gaming Habits, Social Mishaps And General Ineptitude At Life (35 Pics)
Interview With ArtistComics are an interesting way of communicating one's thoughts and feelings about a situation. Many artists choose to translate their ideas and things that are difficult to articulate in the form of a comic book. It's the way creators speak their minds, share their passions or just joke around about something.
Today, we want to introduce to you a talented artist named Meg who entered the world of comics in 2016. She's been creating illustrations based on her life, which, according to her, as of recently, has been "outta whack". As Meg shares on her Patreon page, her comics depict her "gaming habits, social mishaps, sarcastic opinions and general ineptitude at life" and a lot of people find them relatable!
Scroll down for the fun illustrations and let us know what you think about them in the comments!
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Worked at a gas station once and this lady was stealing. So I stopped her and asked her to return the items. She had so many candies under her shirt. She then proceeded to let me know she was NEVER coming back to the store. So I said thank you lol
Load More Replies...It's funny how people think that they are the ones keeping the company afloat and that if they leave it'll cause major damage
You are the most confused dumb person I’ve ever heard haha yeah! The customers are the ones keeping the business afloat dummy think about it dummy a business with no customers??? Hahaha
Load More Replies..."I'm definitely never coming HERE again," should be responded to with a, "Thank You" for good customer service.
And then you scream shop local after we have taken our business online. Why is Amazon so popular? We don't have to deal with"customer service" like that
lmao and they don't have to deal with you. Good job. Really stickin it to em
Load More Replies...The store you work at is probably some trash place that rips its customers off lol
I always imagine that in Gollum's voice: "Leeeave now... and NEVER COME BACK!!"
Or as a colleague said recently when a customer threatened to cancel their subscription because the company supports gay rights: don't let the door hit you on the way out.
As Meg described herself, she is an aspiring comic artist based in Pittsburgh. She's been drawing on and off for most of her life but only recently started taking cartooning seriously as a way to document her thoughts and feelings since she's "too lazy to be consistent with the diary."
Meg studied Fine Art at a community college for two years, during which time, according to the artist, she was a bit of a "shy art nerd". "I began illustrating my experiences and posting comics to Facebook since I struggled with openly expressing myself offline; I usually got good reactions, and my friend Toby suggested I put my work on Reddit. I had a few panels on there that did particularly well, and noticed peopled seemed to like my 'funnier' content (big surprise). After graduating, I took a few years off from making comics to pursue a career in art; that obviously didn't work out, so I'm back to making comics - but this time for fun, I'm way more extroverted than I was when I started."
I try to but sometimes my dumb hands grab their opinion back out of the trash without my permission 😅 No but in all honesty it's frustrating when I go "their opinion means nothing to me" and my brain goes "but what if... it does? 🤔" I'm getting better at it though.
Load More Replies...But they keep sending emails stating "your opinion is important to us" it would just take 5 minutes ☹️
Trash can turns into a mimic, trys to eat me for putting such b.s inside of it.
That's not how most of us believe though. I'm a Trump supporter and so is pretty much everyone I know, some lgbtq as well. None of us care what ppl do in their lives! The media will have people believe otherwise & sure there are some crazies but most of us aren't hateful people.
Load More Replies...By, “all lives matter” they mean ALL. Even people they dislike. God said to love everyone, including your enemies. Yes, SOME people are like this guy, but not most of them. This is just through my eyes so no need to downvote me if I have a different opinion as you.
Shhh...if you say that, the people that believe their lives matter "more" will get upset...
Load More Replies...Blah. The BLM movement isn't about not caring about anyone else. Just like feminism isn't only for and about women. It's a way of raising equity and bring equality for the ones that historically (and even today, sadly) are considered to matter less and are less privileged. It's not that hard to understand.
And pride and the lbtq-movement (sorry if I'm not properly updated on all orientations included) isn't about not accepting heterosexual love. Etc etc I'm sure you could find more examples.
Load More Replies...BOOM! NOW EVERYBODY IS INVALID AND THEREFORE EQUAL! GENIUS!
Load More Replies...Never met a MAGA person who hated Gays; obviously the "Artist" is uninformed or they would know of Dave Ruben, Milo, and many other "Gays". #BigotsWillBigot
Milo is cool with pedophilia. My whole family is MAGA and if you aren't straight conservative white Christian, their love doesn't extend to you.
Load More Replies...I take it to mean that no one is inconsequential, for good or for ill.
Load More Replies...There are a lot of different inspirations behind Meg's work. May it be everyday life, mental health issues or pop culture, it's whatever the artist is into at the moment. "Any time I've got a feeling, experience, or idea that I just can't get out of my mind I'll end up turning it into a comic; for me, the process of drawing out my thoughts and condensing it into 4 panels is a great brain dump."
Cause it usually does...lol..also isnt this the kid on south park...jimmy, i think.. yeah..looks like jimmy from south park...the comedian. Right?
I usually steer away from even 30 minutes before closing, I don't want to be "that guy"
Closing time & quitting time are 2 totally different times. I get it, I have worked in restaurants, but I really believe the opinion in this strip is bad.
We went to a restaurant about 30 mins before closing. Hubs is in the restaurant industry and pointed out that the kitchen staff were *all* glaring at us from the kitchen pass...We smiled and waved at them while looking at the menus. We talked loudly about their most involved dishes and how good they looked etc.. When the waitress came to get our order we just smiled and asked for 2 slices of pie a la mode. (Very easy request) I swear I heard a cheer from the kitchen lol..
There are SO MANY assholes who do this. There is almost nothing worse as a server when you've got your section spotless, all side work done, ready to walk out & in comes *THAT GUY* & his friends.....
Nope. Closing time is when the doors close to the customers. Up until then it's their time. As long as they order something that can get them out the doors by the time they're locked it's fair game. Hell, better than my managers taking orders up till they locked and me making stuff WHILE doing closing duties. Is it NICE to be able to get stuff closed/cleaned/counted down so you can make it out quick? HELL YES. But blame the CEOs for not giving enough coverage, and paying so little that ridiculous hours are neccessary.
Bro you just suck. If a place closes to customers until 11, that means an order placed at 10:59 is valid. This is why bars have "last call" they don't just keep serving drinks right up to closing time.
What inspired Meg to create comics in the first place was Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes". "I remember reading through collections of them when I was about 7 or 8 years old, absolutely in love with the snarky dialogue and full-page watercolors. I also would race to the comics section in the Sunday newspaper, back when we would get them, and probably owe a lot of my comic inspiration to Zits and Foxtrot as well."
I learned that I don't like other people that much. So in my opinion, the "human connection with random strangers" that was hiped during the mask and distance times is highly overrated.
I continue to wear a mask in part because I want to avoid "connection."
Load More Replies...Telling someone they are ugly isn't funny, it is a sad thing to say!!!
This guy sounds very unlikeable and avoidable IRL he's probably bitter that he'll never get a girlfriend
Load More Replies...Alot of ppl were masks all the time even when there wasn't a pandemic going on.
Since Meg's comics are based on her own life, we got curious if it's not difficult to share them with other people on the internet. The artist revealed that it is not that easy sometimes. However, the only way to overcome the discouraging thoughts, for Meg, is to try not to take herself - or anything - too seriously. "It helps to negate any self-consciousness I might feel about putting myself out on the internet. That, and I'm trying to get better about not reading comments. Some of the Redditors can get really mad."
I bouncearound the work place, hearing colours And worry Ing that if I stop I die
Me but change it to every morning routine. Coffee first, then l do the thing lol Side note, l actually put this line in my wedding vows: " l love you more than coffee but please, don't make me prove it" LOL ☕☕☕
*calls 911* Uhm there's someone crazy running around the neighborhood
Me on the other hand, drinks another cup: This does nothing to me.
coffee knocks me tf out. but only when i try a different type once. then it does ✨ nothing ✨. and, yes, i'm tired 15000% of the time because of this fact. no, taking melatonin doesn't work. 🥲
With her comics, the artist is either trying to make somebody laugh or provide a relatable perspective; "if I can get a reader to either feel happier or less alone, my job's done. I'd prefer it if you'd all laugh though, I'm mostly tryna be funny out here."
Meg finds it very satisfying when people think that her content is either funny or relatable. While she would probably still doodle comics for herself, the support and reactions from her readers are what keep her illustrating. "I love being able to make someone laugh, and comics are a really accessible way for me to do that."
don't be embarrassed, we all know Frodo and Sam were doing the same thing
Load More Replies...Whatever the artist is feeling passionate about gets turned into a comic. "Drawing out my feelings is a pretty cathartic experience for me; any time I'm feeling a strong emotion, whether it's happy or not, I often need to visualize it in some way in order to fully process it. Or just get it out of my brain in general."
When asked if Meg wanted to add anything for our readers about her art, she replied that "It's not much, but it's honest work".
Not me reading this with only one eye cua the other one has started crying for no reason
This is why I love autumn the most. The bugs and everything are going into hibernation, colors change, more rain, the season for warm drinks and food...HALLOWEEN.
I hate this b******t about not having kids being selfish. I love kids and if I could give them a life that is as good as our better then my own i would have kids for sure. But the way the world is going that is not going to happen and the main cause is overpopulation. I choose to not have kids, not for me but for those hypothetical kids and future generations. It would be selfish to have kids so somebody can take care of you when you get old.
Who would want to be the child of a person who had them because they felt obligated... think of the children!
It's not like the millennials will be taking care of their parents when their parents get old. They drove off most of their millennial kids with this kind of s**t attitude.
bruh, why is it that we are considered selfish for not wanting kids anyways? but the moment we do have kids, but are dirt-poor and can't support them, we are considered the bad guy AGAIN!
Are we pretending we don't currently have an overpopulation problem when so done complains about millenials not having kids?
That's what I was thinking! I'm not against people having kids, but if someone doesn't want kids for any reason, they're helping earth, even if it's unintentional
Load More Replies...I probably will never have kids because I don't want to. My brother who is much older than me and who is married also does not have kids and does not want to have one (his wife does not want too). Only my sister has kids and we are happy like that, both my brother and I give care, love and money for our nephew and niece. We are not selfish and we never have been abused. Kids are a choice not an obligation or a duty.
Procreating shouldn't be that high on the list. We have a lot of people already.
Doesn't compute. As the aging population outstrips the birth rate, elder care becomes more and more scarce. Also millennials are making less money than their parents overall. It's a common complaint that debt is too high and you can't buy appreciable assets like the previous generation any more is it not?
Why? Why is this me and how do I stop it? Even when things are going so great, I'M the one waiting for trouble. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I barely enjoy the good times cause I'm so on edge waiting for the bad to come back. How can I stop this?
Used to be my m.o. back in the day... everything would go so well at times but I'd still wait for the other shoe to drop as they say (now there's a cartoon lol) but in hindsight? Most of the shoes that did fall were mine. Over the years I've put salve on the wounds of betrayals by 2 husbands, a few "friends" and a boss and the salve was made of not giving a sh*t about others behavior. I dug deep into who l was, raised 3 amazing human beings and when l started focusing on them & myself guess what? The shoes stopped falling. Istopped befriending/ dating idiots who needed a mommy to fix them. Can't fix anyone when you're broken so...l fixed myself and moved on down the road !! Great comic!!!
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Young straight men, please pay attention. Older women can not only do that thing you like, they can teach you a dozen other things you'll like even more. With age comes experience. You should HOPE a fit older woman is interested.
Load More Replies...I'm totally the woman, I know the look on those young boys faces.... The bold ones end up asking if I have a daughter they could date.
Yes, I know how it is too. Women have to keep in shape physically, mentally, socially; while guys their age can 'let themselves go' to c**p (if divorced/ single) then still want to date waaay younger girls basically like wtf
Load More Replies...This is after bragging about how your money will take care of you when you're old... Lol good luck with that
The life of an introvert...I can relate but l'd not say someone disgusting, rather I'd think "don't talk to me, I don't want to talk" lol
"I really want friends if only I had social interaction" me in a social setting: mom pick me up I'm scared
didn't you read any of the information lol, she's called meg
Load More Replies...Why cut. Ponytail works. Braided if you have energy but we know that procrastinating will get someone else to do that for us out of frustration. Hair nets work when you don't want to risk an oopsy.
Appearance has so much to do with first impressions. The phrase " Love at first sight" didn't get popular for nothing.
Thats not that bad at all. imagine being me. I can't wear my favourite messy bun hairstyle anymore because i tried to cut bangs and now whenever i put my hair up it makes me look like Eren Yeager and not the good Eren Yeager the old and bad one.
mhmm sure. how would you have seen it after only a minute of the comment being posted if your daughter said it?
Load More Replies...Absolutely. Anyone who thinks differently doesn't know enough about them.
Load More Replies...Ok, if you were to get a tattoo, what would it be? Mine would probably be something nerdy, like Harry Potter or The Mortal Instruments
A Whitestar from B5 or an STTOS Klingon cruiser under cloak
Load More Replies...My daughter: look I caught a black widow in a jar Also daughter: ITS A MOTH IMMA DIE.
...and gravity is not our friend either!
Load More Replies...At 31 I discovered ignoring my lactose intolerance was why I had consistent facial acne. And I hate it because now I'm one of those people that says things like "I figured out my acne was 95% my consuming dairy and when I stopped it went away in a week" Feel free to downvote me for it, I understand.
Actually, the reason prices go up when minimum wage goes up (not because min wage goes up, there is a difference) is because companies price gouge everything. They want to "make up" for profit loss by increasing sales prices on everything. They want to keep the gap between how much min wage people make and how much they make as ceos, vice president, etc. If there were regulations for these specific moments, then raising min wage would actually help the economy. But the rich figured the easiest loophole would be to make everything super expensive to keep the min wage at bay. It was never about helping the economy, the rich have their own interests (which should be regulated)
Not Inflation--Corporate GREED !--ceo Gotta Have Multi Million $$ "Bonus" While Those Who Do The ACTUAL WORK Struggle
Actually the 1%ers just hoard money. If their salaries were less, it could work
Load More Replies...Two machines that liberated women, the bicycle and the sewing machine. One gave them freedom to travel, the other sped up what would have been endless hours of hand sewing.
Ok but I don't see how you get anywhere on a goddamn sewing machine...
Load More Replies...oh boy, i sure hope that because woman start wearing heels and dresses, men won't stop wearing them and calling the things unmanly now that woman are wearing them!
I mean I know about kilts and stuff, but heels?
Load More Replies...I've always found skirts to be far more erotic. Just the idea of lift and go is far more appealing than the mess of having to deal with pants. But I also wear a kilt when appropriate, so....
What I remember there were guards over the chains and gears to prevent pant legs getting caught abd chewed up. for the ladles in dresses guards that covered the rear wheel to prevent such accidents.
ME, TOO, I NEED MORE TATTOOS AND MORE MONEY FOR MORE TATTOOS AND MORE TATTOOS AND MORE MONEY FOR MORE TATTOOS I NEED TO BE SLAPPED IN THE MOUTH
My youngest is an exceptional tattoo artist and will get a big kick from this one !!
Starting a petition to relegate "Butt-hurt" to the "Daddio", "Gnarley", and "gag me with a spoon" graveyard. Just STOP!!
So sometimes, at the right time, under the right conditions and if its the right sort of work, ill put my best foot forward....
Can relate. I can be great, if it's something I care about.... (and quit procrastinating for a while) but I don't care that much about many things.
February 15th: this candy is on sale for half price, I'll just buy a few boxes and freeze them. They'll keep a long time, right?
I started to track how much I eat to hold myself accountable and don't eat if I feel full, I lost three pounds already:)
I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
Load More Replies...I'm listening to Fall Out Boys right now. Hum Hallelujah to be specific.
Never a problem when I wash my hands but every.single.time I wash my face! So annoying!
I wash dishes with long sleeves, so they get wet, and I leave them be.
no, it feels like sleeping on thorns, fire, and stone when you try to sleep, then the best bed ever when you try to wake up.
Bed? I never make it that far. Couch for a planned 15 min power nap. Two hours latter... 🤯 I have to make supper.
Some tips for others feeling this way: If possible, buy gifts from local businesses, especially ones that are explictly anti-exploitation. Making gifts if you are at all crafty is also a good option, though it does take time. Food is also a good gift, and one that can be shared. A "gift coupon" for an experience together (like going to the movies, or doing something like a difficult chore (for example, mowing their lawn) can also be good.
Make or purchase hand crafted s**t. Gives you the option of participating in gift giving but you're free of the guilt if mass consumerism. Plus going to craft faires can be sort of fun. People often bring dogs and some let you pet them.
I try to support the small businesses that need the income rather than the larger corporations that just capitalize on the holiday season.
Its quite simple. I don't participate because I don't require 1 day a year to show my loved ones that I love them. Anytime throughout the year, if I see something someone would like and I can afford it, I buy it for them. I don't need to wait until Christmas.
Not even mentioning that it sure looks like that the main culprits try to deflect on the rather meager culprits in comparison, maybe in fear that we would somewhen force them to do their part, if we weren’t busy feeling guilty coz we forgot to turn the light of in that one room we didn’t use for an hour.
"They say that the noise causes cancer." - President Trump speaking about wind power. FFS.
This is funny and apropo, I've always thought this. Even if, somehow, climate change isn't linked to human actions, reducing resource usage and mitigating human consumption is still a beneficial goal.
Professional makeup artist does it for them as they sit there only slightly high.
Load More Replies...yep, I only choose people whose profiles say negative things.
Load More Replies...I saved my boyfriend from having to use Tinder. I asked him out myself at work.. We've been together 3 years :)
Hey, it's tinder, therefore it's all lies. Mark is most likely a control freak with substance abuse and anger issues. Kyle puts up the edgy stoner front but is actually a gamer introvert going outside his comfort zone because of peer pressure.
Had it once, do not recommend! 1 stars out of 5. And the only star is because I can appreciate my partner better. Learn and move on!
I have that same problem! I only ever watch school and video game videos on YouTube, and somehow half of my recommendations are about anxiety, panic attacks, and how to be calmer. I don't even GOOGLE that stuff, why is it showing up???
Because you watch school vids and school is a leading cause of depression and anxity
Load More Replies...Mine are fnaf, Markiplier, and Rick and Morty. I DON'T WATCH RICK AND MORTY I HATE THAT SHOW
Oh, so THAT'S why the US has the highest rates of working homeless, people are living with their parents into their 30's, and no one can afford housing or healthcare. Because capitalism is so great for everyone! Got it! 🙄
Load More Replies...Tip to young people: you look way better than you think you do. Forty years from now you'll look at pictures of yourself at this stage of life and think "Huh. Why was I so self critical? I didn't look half bad, actually."
Unless you're like me and you're at peak ugliness as is 💀
Load More Replies...This one doesn't feel accurate though. Aside from the fact that moving is expensive enough that many people can't afford it, especially outside of a 50 mile radius... my parents have a saying "wherever you go, there you are". It means that you can be anywhere in the world and still have to face your internal struggles and issues. Struggling eith stagnation, feelings of being stuck, apathy, feeling misunderstood? You'll have those same issues in your hometown, in New York, in Thailand, in Denmark. Moving is very rarely a solution to these problems. It's really a solution for "I don't like living in this location" and "I want a change of pace" almost exclusively.
I constantly feel like there's nothing to do nearby, and all my activities are indoors, but really I don't know what I *would* do. College was a great change of pace, but I still only got out to hang with friends there, and that was basically just in the student union anyway. Can't imagine "something near" will change anything, rather I need people to get me out. A change of location *could* help with that, but it might not.
Load More Replies...Well I think they got more than they bargained for, if this was drawn in 2019
lol this is how I feel looking in the mirror every morning . Then shoot myself some finger guns
Pants? In THIS economy? *laughs slowly turn into crying*
Load More Replies...Depression is often triggered by one's brain not braining right and not making the happy chemicals or making to many sad chemicals. This is a chemical imbalance. It can also produce to many fight or flight chemicals causing anxiety.
Load More Replies...I saw 16 on another page. I'm not saying u stole, but someone did. Couldve been the other person tho.
I saw 16 on another page. I'm not saying u stole, but someone did. Couldve been the other person tho.
