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Artist Creates Comics To Share How Fun It Was To Grow Up In The ’80s (40 New Pics)
Interview With Artist
Most of us remember the time of our childhood with a bit of sentiment. Also, looking back, for people born in the '80s or '90s, modern times, and everything they offer to today's children, don’t compare to what we experienced back then. The first thought that comes to mind is that everything was just so much easier, innocent, and real. All the face-to-face interactions between people and the fun they had with each other seem to be very nostalgic when thinking about it now.
The ‘Crabgrass Comics’ series we would like to present you with today contains an overdose of little moments and things characteristic of the ‘80s. Let's dive in and enjoy some good old humor served to us by Tauhid Bondia. Scroll down to see the most recent strips by this artist and to find out more about the series directly from its author. Also, if you missed our previous Bored Panda post featuring earlier works by Tauhid, make sure to check it out now.
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Heather Nicole 2 years ago (edited)
I agree... no one should have to eat pumpkin spice at ANY time of the year 👀
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
On the other hand, if you use the philosophy of "everything all the time" it may taint the sense of being something special that would occur on those occasions. Just sayin'...
We got in touch with the artist behind ‘Crabgrass Comics’ to ask some questions about his recent work. First, we wanted to find out about the most rewarding aspects of being a comic artist, as well as what keeps Tauhid motivated to continue creating. We found out: “It’s extremely rewarding to do something you love for a living. I would have drawn comics if it never made me a dime so it’s nice that I don’t have to keep a day job. I’m mostly motivated by getting better. Doing a daily strip is a pretty unassailable record of your progress as an artist. I can’t wait to see what I’ll be doing in five or ten years!”
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
There's a reason we cats are against vacuum cleaners. Evil, soulless monsters that eat apex pouncers..
Darian Starfrog 2 years ago
My Nana almost caught me doing that..with my.. what can say here? Does it need to be said!? Waa great btw, trick it not put it in, but make a tunnel with ya hands, that ya can wiggle around in furiously.. 🤣
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Tabitha 2 years ago
Listen, if you’re adventurous enough to try dog butts, surely giving shrimp a try should be easy-peasy.
Asked how his art style has evolved over time and what factors influenced these changes, Bondia answered: “I think my art has evolved to become not only clearer but more efficient. I waste less lines than I used to. And I believe my character design has become more dynamic. I’m sure there are those who would disagree. I still get plenty of comments praising the way the comic ‘used to look.’”
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Difference between the ‘main villain’s clueless minions’ evil laugh and ‘behind the scenes controller who just wants to watch the world burn’ evil laugh
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
When everyone on the web was choosing between pirates and ninjas I was firmly in the Mad scientist camp.
Lololol 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm gonna need citations for the meds of all those shooters. Good luck, there's been several hundred so far (and four of them were from the 1700s)!
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Printerman 2 years ago
I mean, if you're the "you two are grounded" type of parent, it could cost them some freedom.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Being polite doesn't cost anything. Except my self respect and my honesty.
We were also wondering what tools or software the artist uses for creating his comics, and what makes them essential to his process. Tauhid said: “I am currently still using Clip Studio Paint. I tried switching back to Photoshop not long ago and it didn’t stick. CSP is just the better tool for cartoonists. I draw on a Wacom Cintiq drawing display, but before that I did everything on iPad. If the big expensive Cintiq is better, it’s honestly not by much.”
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Lastly, we asked Bondia if he could share an anecdote about a particularly memorable interaction he’s had with a reader who related deeply to one of his comics. The artist told us: “I recently went to CXC. It was my first convention experience and I got to do a panel and then sign books afterward. After that I was walking the floor when I was approached by a kid and his parents. They had encouraged the very nervous young man to say hello and ask me to sign his book. Then we took a picture.
It really seemed to make his day and it absolutely made mine. I actually identified more with the kid than myself in that moment, which was weird. Just before that, I was geeking out over meeting Steve Hamaker and Wes Molebash!”
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The Disneyland Duck 2 years ago
If he hadn't done that, he would have to deal with his mom using the big spoon on him
David Zingg 2 years ago (edited)
Years ago, I did something naughty.. I forget what it was. But I broke all my grandma's wooden spoons so she couldn't spank me with them. I felt so smart! Until she got out the Hot Wheels track...
Load More Replies... Lisseett Hernandez 2 years ago
Oh goodness- I laughed entirely too hard and maniacally at this- you might say it was a bit “foreboding?” 🤭😉… no worries 😉- I’ll see myself out. Exit stage right.
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Anxious Aardvark 2 years ago
My partner corrects me when I text that "I missed the next bus" with "No you didn't. You missed that bus. There's always a next bus."
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SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
It's way easier to get a broadsword today than in the past. HEMA is alive and active.
Epona 2 years ago
I just made a weird observation while reading this comic. The socks have a small pointed bit at the toe that is confusing to me. What is it supposed to be? Most people (as in real people, not cartoons) have their second biggest toe smaller than their big toe. I wonder why the artist didn't just draw the sock feet rounded at the toe (even though that's not what feet really look like).
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Lisseett Hernandez 2 years ago
Ha! I thought the redhead was a little girl. Yikes. Micro - or Macro- aggression?
Sans Serif 2 years ago
They are twins, Kevin and Krystal -- Krystal usually has a pink collar so this is Kevin...
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CryingChildKinnie 2 years ago
YES THIS REMINDS ME OF HOW PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK MLP IS GOING TO SUCK AND THEN IT TURNS OUT IT'S EPIC
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Alif Zakaria 1 year ago
In case anyone’s wondering, it’s two hundred thousand per minute. You’re very merry welcome
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
When I was young, I could never figure out why PlayBOY magazine was all naked WOMEN. A friend told me that's because it was FOR playboys, and I knew playboys were rich people, so I didn't buy it. The best they could do was look at dirty magazine? And what did that say about me and MY collection of MAD, Cracked, Joke, etc.?
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Hah, I remember the day when my friend Ryan got a hold of one and showed it to me. That was before there were websites for such things. I wasn't old enough to understand why I wanted to see it, but I was told I couldn't, so I really wanted to see it! Thinking back, I didn't even open it, I just stared at the cover and then we played video games.
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Tacos in Tijuana 1 year ago
Ahh yes... the nudie magazine in the brown paper that was "hidden" under the night stand. They had awesome comics in the back. 🤣🤣
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Printerman 2 years ago
I don't want to say Kevin is dim, but he reminds me of a nightlight in a sunlit greenhouse.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I'm on Kevin's side on this one. They're mixed up, not on backwards. :-)
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CryingChildKinnie 2 years ago
Hey so if you guys remember a user from around last year named TailsFangirl03, that's me! I'm back now! I missed this place! I'm still an emotional mess if anyone wondered.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Dr. K. If you grew up in the 1980s (in America), you know who Dr. K was. (Only half-credit for knowing who Dr. J was.)
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Sillyanimegirl 1 year ago
Your name...Necromancer. I mean, it could just be polymath (Something else). Not gonna tell you how to live your life but what is a polymath necromancer. That sounds really unholy. It doesn't agree with the Word of God or Jesus Christ. I know your name is probably some joke but it's a pretty weird especially with what a necromancer actually is. People don't really communicate with spirits. The dead know nothing and can't communicate with the living, so, instead, demons impersonate the dead, and trick necromancers that they are really communicating with "the dead". Even so, everyone who calls themselves a necromancer or mediun will, if they do not repent before they die, will go to hell because the Lord God does not like it. Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Leviticus 20:6. I understand that you perceive this as being a nuisance but I means this out or brotherly love. The Lord does not wish for any of his children to go to hell. I pray the Glory of the Lordshall come upon and bless you. Amen.
Load More Replies... Epona 2 years ago
Why would a kid be eating that many prunes though? I thought they were often eaten by older adults to help with constipation. I didn't know people ate them like "regular food" (no pun intended) like oranges or something.
Darian Starfrog 2 years ago
Don't know yourself until you test it..that's why I'm half blind thanks datura
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
aaah, this great feeling, when you suddenly think about the automatic task you're doing, and fail it :D
Trainingfortheballetpotteh🇺🇦 2 years ago
That is what happends when i play piano lol. When i've been learning and practicing a complicated piece for a long time, my fingers just know where to go. But if i think to much about how my brain sorta forgot what i'm doing, i can mess up.
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Elliot Thay 2 years ago
He did something and was gonna lie about it, but he wanted to make his mom sign a contract that said that it was ok
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Robert Trebor 2 years ago
It never occurred to me that teachers were counting the days to the end of school even more assiduously than we did.
notreallyraine (they/them) 2 years ago
one whole chapter!? woww (an 8th grader in honors ela) (I hate that teacher so much) (I'm failing cuz I hate writing essays) (help)
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Epona 2 years ago
What would be a better way to say that to someone who takes it literally? "Your shoes aren't on the correct feet"? I'm curious now.
bonjour marlene 2 years ago
"You've got your right shoe on your left foot and left shoe on your right foot"
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Brenda Greene 2 years ago
My youngest daughter actually responded to my mom that her shoes couldn't be on the wrong feet as those are the only feet she has.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
That's why adults have children. To avoid the social stigma of playing with blocks.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 2 years ago
My eldest used to love knocking down towers, and I'd try to build them faster than she could knock them down. She didn't know how to talk back yet. Those were the days!
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Ginger Ghost 1 year ago
I have a girlfriend, shes amazing and beautiful, sometimes I just enjoy watching her sleep, our long romantic walks are the best, it's a pity she's not met me yet
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Robert Trebor 2 years ago
He's Irish. You can only kill him by denying him beer.
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Hoopylorax 2 years ago
Ads during the 80s for Trix sugary breakfast cereal featured a rabbit who was always trying to get a hold of the cereal and being thwarted by kids.
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Gorilla guy 2 years ago
I love running into my teachers outside of school. Not sure how they feel about it though...
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Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Thinking back, I don't remember needing to pee as a kid. And my girls are all that way too. But my son needs the bathroom more than I do now, and that's saying something!
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Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Actually, a light second is about 186,000 miles... Now try to picture a light year. You're welcome in advance for the next 15 minutes!
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Tim Douglass 1 year ago
Brought to you by some interstellar smuggler and nerf-herder who make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs.
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Carmen Delzen 2 years ago
Well I thought that these were all really entertaining and super relatable. Great job!
Magenta McDonald 2 years ago
This was quite entertaining and amusing. What I liked most about these comic strips was the coloring and the art style it felt simplistic and pleasing and yet still caught the reader's eye.
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
No idea what these have to do with the eighties other than a lack of mobile phones and streaming services... Love the Calvin and hobbies vibes though!
Carmen Delzen 2 years ago
Well I thought that these were all really entertaining and super relatable. Great job!
Magenta McDonald 2 years ago
This was quite entertaining and amusing. What I liked most about these comic strips was the coloring and the art style it felt simplistic and pleasing and yet still caught the reader's eye.
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
No idea what these have to do with the eighties other than a lack of mobile phones and streaming services... Love the Calvin and hobbies vibes though!
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