Plenty of us loves to read. Or say that we do. But finding the time to do so is, more often than not, much more difficult than we’d like. After a hard day at work or school, instead of snuggling up with a doggo, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a good novel, we usually end up being couch potatoes in front of the TV or computer screen.
Well, not to worry, because artist John Atkinson of ‘Wrong Hands’ has you covered. The illustrator created a series of cartoon drawings that will help any lover of the written word catch up on the writings they missed out on. Whether it’s classic literature or popular modern hits.
“I’ve always loved to draw even as a young child,” Atkinson told Bored Panda in an in-depth interview. “I studied Fine Art at University and after spectacularly failing as a famous artist, took up graphic design. The webcomics are a more recent endeavor.”
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“Cartooning is a great way to extract the silliness bottled up in my head,” the artist said during the interview. “Humor is subjective so it’s always interesting to read other people’s reactions to my work. I get a wide range of comments from “This is hilarious” to “You think you’re so clever, you’re not!” to “I don’t get it.”
Atkinson joked: “The last one is always my favorite. I usually like to respond “I don’t get it either.”
There is a complete misconception that belle has Stockholm syndrome SHE DOESN'T that is a different thing Belle didn't start falling for the beast until he treated her kindly and then didn't fall in love with him until she had departed. I don't really know how to explain this in written form. Maybe I am the only one that thinks this but I just had to say something! But the rest a pretty accurate and funny so kudos.
Bangor, Maine in particular, that place is Derry and Castle Rock.
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Carrie wasn't evil, she was superpowered. If people had been nicer to her, she would have used her powers for good.
These are the books i eant to get my hands on the most! Theyre so hard to find though!!
I've spent many happy hours reading King's books. In fact, Mr. Steve is responsible for me quitting cigarettes: "The Ten O'Clock People".
Cujo wasn't evil. Actually it was a good doggo absolutely confused and horrified by its illness. It just couldn't help itself after rabies took over.
Carrie wasn't evil, she was abused and bullied and snapped. Cujo is "evil" from the very beginning when he gets rabies - apart from the like one chapter before he gets bitten by the bat, there's no Cujo being normal
I don't consider Carrie evil. It's get back on high school bullies. Way to go!
Cujo is the first movie I remember seeing as a child, and I felt so sorry for the poor dog. Never thought he was bad or evil. That movie just made me sad.
Mr. King, you're transforming the entire planet into pure evil. Oh wait! We have POTUS who's doing that already. Carry on, Mr. King.
Bored Panda asked the illustrator to go into detail about what inspired him to draw cartoons about classic books. Here’s what he revealed: “I came across a survey a few years back that revealed about 60 percent of people pretend to have read books they haven’t and around 40 percent rely on movies and TV to feign knowledge of popular books.”
He continued: “I thought it might be a funny idea to help everyone out and provide “tweet-sized” synopses of these famous books suitable for dinner parties or when you’re cornered at a function. They’re not intended to replace reading the actual book and I’m quick to tell students not to use them as book reports unless they want a solid D- or an F.”
I love that you threw Jim Morrison in there. Especially since he's one of the Doors...and we are talking about doors...
Atkinson explained that he’s still posting new cartoons to his blog two times per week. What’s more, he told Bored Panda about his upcoming plans. Next year, he hopes to have a follow-up book to his current one (“Abridged Classics: Brief summaries of books you were supposed to read but probably didn’t”). “The follow-up will most likely cover movies and television and is tentatively titled “Abridged Cinema.”
The artist had some good advice for cartoonists and artists: “Don’t take yourself too seriously and if you’re in it for the money—get out now!"
Takeuchi would have Strawberry Ramune, Tolkien would have Ale, and Arakawa would have Oolong.
Well, games are an interactive medium. If there's no action, people complain. Although, I personally prefer when I can stop and use my brain to solve the given quest. That's why I love the RPG genre. However, even in RPG, more and more games are focusing more on battles and less on other characteristics, and go for more action and less thinking.
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Finally something that's not about how someone looks, cats or crazy brides! They are all really funny. Love it!
Glad you enjoyed it :) John is an amazing artist
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I'm a literature buff and I laughed or giggled at almost all of them. My favorites are the "writer's block" (pun of the century) and keeping the "bankrupcy".slot from "wheel of fortune" in the Dickens Misfortune wheel,
I'm a Librarian. I'm using these at the reference desk. hahahahahahahaha
So funny and I have to confess some of the books shown here I’ve never read before. So, it was a great introduction to them for me. Don’t have to read them anymore :)
Well, the art's pretty bland and as far as the jokes go... he's no Kate Beaton, that's all I'm saying.
Fantastic Creation. Even if we read and understand only 10 per cent of this we can call ourselves to be proud elitists.
Finally something that's not about how someone looks, cats or crazy brides! They are all really funny. Love it!
Glad you enjoyed it :) John is an amazing artist
Load More Replies... I'm a literature buff and I laughed or giggled at almost all of them. My favorites are the "writer's block" (pun of the century) and keeping the "bankrupcy".slot from "wheel of fortune" in the Dickens Misfortune wheel,
I'm a Librarian. I'm using these at the reference desk. hahahahahahahaha
So funny and I have to confess some of the books shown here I’ve never read before. So, it was a great introduction to them for me. Don’t have to read them anymore :)
Well, the art's pretty bland and as far as the jokes go... he's no Kate Beaton, that's all I'm saying.
Fantastic Creation. Even if we read and understand only 10 per cent of this we can call ourselves to be proud elitists.
