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Mark Parisi is a 59-year-old cartoonist born in New England, and is the creator of his own comic series called "Off the Mark." His comics revolve around good-hearted humor, visual gags, and jokes that stem from witty observations. In these dark times, where everything may offend everyone, the comics provide people with lightness and smiles.
What makes them so attractive is their simplicity and efficiency. With just one or two panels, Mark manages to powerfully convey his keen sense of humor. And he manages to do so with various different themes, items, situations and perspectives, which goes to prove how versatile his style is.
And his viewerbase is as diverse as his comics; his 55k followers on Instagram are a testament to it. Mark has been doing it for a long while, and he has even published a few books. If you like his stuff, you can check him out on his website, or support him on Patreon. For now, enjoy his comics that we present to you today.
More info: offthemark.com | Instagram | patreon.com
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Lis Daglish 4 years ago
There’s an actual news story somewhere of a burglar, who was surprised by the police, fled on foot, but got caught when he stopped to pet a cat.
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Here's what Mark has told about his dream of being a cartoonist to Bored Panda: "I've wanted to cartoon since I could hold a crayon. I was inspired by Charles Schulz and MAD Magazine, but it wasn't until Gary Larson came along that I realized the type of comics I should be doing. Now I'm inspired by everything that happens in life, from pets to pop culture to pandemics."
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Julianne Masse 4 years ago
AWWWWWWW! lol i noticed the dog house a few seconds after i looked at this.
The beginning of his comics goes way back. "'Off the Mark' has been published since 1987, and started small in weekly papers. It's now nationwide in daily papers, as well as things like national greeting card lines. There are lots of Off the Mark cartoon compilation books at offthemark.com, and I also have a HarperCollins series of middle-grade chapter books called Marty Pants."
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
When the barking starts up just because the motion-detection light comes on, I always try to remember that Sophie is just doing her job. And then I remember that second job as emotion detector and thank God for her in my life.
Dill 4 years ago
Exactly, she is guarding her territory and looking after her hoomans. She is a very good girl.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
I can't be the only one wanting business cards with this on it... Just hand them to the Karens and Kyles and walk away.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
I see too many people wearing masks with their noses outside. I want to pull their masks up!
He's proud to share what he has achieved over the years, and what's next is on his mind. "I've been lucky enough to have people like Paul Newman, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, and the Dixie Chicks use my cartoons in their projects. Right now I'm working on various projects from official Garbage Pail Kids sketch cards, to a middle-grade novel called The Truth About 5th Grade with Kim Tomsic. Keeps me busy and I think being busy is important right about now."
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David Zhou 4 years ago
because uh they were uh lets not mention it. The wolf blew it down and ate them so they never bought anything again
Being as experienced as he is, Mark gave some nuggets of wisdom to those who are only starting out. "For a beginner, I would say cartoon because you love it, not because you expect to get rich. Do what resonates with you and you never know what can happen."
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
And this is the reason my children will never be allowed in a sandpit.
glowworm2 4 years ago
True story, I was once playing in a sandbox at a day camp by their outdoor pool with another camper and found a "stick" that wasn't actually a stick if you catch my drift as it fell apart. It was gross.
Load More Replies... Paul Budhram 4 years ago
trio of wrongdoing- but What's wrong with the cat that the dog doesn't like?
just a hamilfan (hufflepuff) 4 years ago
I think about this comic almost Every day and I’m not sure why.
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UncleRussian 4 years ago
Fun fact: in Russia we have a thing where if you find a ladybug you put on your finger and then say a saying that roughly translates to "Oh ladybug, fly high into the sky, bring me bread, black and white but none charred" and then you blow the ladybug away and it flies away... To bring you bread of course
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Ouch, that bee, she looks PISSED. Mind you, i would be too, if my only method of attack was kamikaze.
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TheCoolestFool7 4 years ago
it took me five seconds to look up and I said "Whoa! Spider Baby!"
Bisexuali-tea 4 years ago
oh for a sec i thought it was the one with his hands out, like he's doing the THWIP thing
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haha laser go brrr 4 years ago
Is the point that it's reverse psychology? Or am I missing something?
MandaPanda 4 years ago
No joke, I slept with a book under my pillow. I'd read by the hallway light and when I was eventually tired I'd stick my book under my pillow.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
The first one is my favourite one, because it is not taken into account, so I get one more.
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François Carré 4 years ago
But turning into a cat is way more badass because you can bite people and they're not even mad at you, since you're so cute.
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Levi Mittman 4 years ago
Me: takes one step outside My dog: NOOOO PLS DONT LEAVE MEEEEE!!!11!1
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Paul Budhram 4 years ago
I think quite the opposite of the mouse. Genius layout, More than one way to find meal, 5 star.
glowworm2 4 years ago
The rat is giving a Yelp review of the maze as if it were a restaurant.
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Demon Child 4 years ago
I can confirm this statement. Consider this comic a PSA
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LesAnimaux 4 years ago
This is very true, lol. I once had my cat on my lap as a book dropped on the floor. He freaked out and LAUNCHED himself off of me, leaving gashes all over my legs and towards my shoulder.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
A long-time friend of mine had a dream in which he was accosted by some street kids. He grabbed one kid's foot and flipped the hoodlum. IRL he made the same motion and sent three cats flying across his bedroom.
Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago
yup- every time my husband sneezes or coughs I end up scratched...not good.
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Vince Calabrese 4 years ago
Is anyone gonna talk about that the space station looks like the Death Star?
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
This comic is funny... But actually, goldfish's short memory is just a myth. Their life in a tiny bowl is torture, especially if they are left alone.
cookie 4 years ago
actually, fish r quite smart. some fish were taught how to feed themselvs using a special food despenser.
Night Owl 4 years ago
And some like playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAqBNIa2mA There are many other videos with fish playing soccer, basketball etc.
Load More Replies... Paul Aasajärv 4 years ago
A beautiful beautiful myth ... And according to biologists, a goldfish recognizes its owner's face even after three months!
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Cecilia Herrera 4 years ago
(The Funeral March, plays in the background.) As the the turkey drops dead in fright.
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Shiroinyan 4 years ago
This can have two interpretations if you think further (although only the literal one is valid) because animals, especially cats, absorb your bad energies.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
My doggo climbs on top of my 10 year-old grandson when I go in to wake him and REFUSES to move. Heaven forbid I try to tickle him awake. That just brings on goofy bites. The love is palpable.
Palo Sulek 4 years ago
I will recall this "EARLIER" image everytime I will have problems going to sleep...thank you very much
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
The egyptians were true : cats are actual gods, they can create matter from nothing.
Charlie Anderson 4 years ago
Well then I have 3 gods in my house right now....
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Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago
that's my hubby right there - netflix, prime, hulu...and he picks a movie he's seen 16+ times already
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Julius Martin 4 years ago
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TheDemonUnderYourBed 4 years ago
I'm literally cringing so hard and dying inside all at the same time at just the thought of the sound. It's so painful, it kinda makes me want to throw up. Anyone else?
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Rejected events form the Titanic #44: The iceberg made nails on a chalkboard noises.
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Katie Gardner 4 years ago
Just bc you don’t leave the house doesn’t mean the rest of us don’t!
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Berry Budgie 4 years ago
I can never tell the days of the week apart unless it is Friday Saturday or Sunday
Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago
we all gauge what day it is by if the trash goes out or we get paid....otherwise it's just a blur of which color sweats and why..
Caroline Driver 4 years ago
I really, truly, have trouble remembering what day it is these days, being on furlough. My only markers are a game on Friday nights and food shopping on Sundays
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LILLIAN BARTELL 4 years ago
he is not tense all he did was straiten out his hair well tentacles in this one WHY YOU GETTING ON HIS CASE FOR
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Christopher Chang Peng Yen 4 years ago
For a minute, the hammer looks like 08d4905e57...144_00.gif 
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
It is so nice when I realize I didn't suffer alone... One time we were gone less than 5 minutes before realizing that we forgot to section the cat and tree apart. It was already too late...
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
This works better with toddlers. My cats would just climb the inside of the tree.
Martha Higgins 4 years ago
One Christmas I had all my Christmas ornaments and glass balls out on the floor ready to decorate the tree when i got a call that my dad was very ill 1500 miles away. The last flight that day was leaving soon so I left everything on the floor, not caring if the cats destroyed everything, just wanted to get home to him. When I came back, not one thing was damaged! I was stunned.
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William Faulk 4 years ago
Yes omg, my life would be a Cakewalk if it existed, like no more bad grades!
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
LOL...instead of having those conversations by yourself in the shower the next day....
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Because there are so many times I would have told my mother to f### off.
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Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
Why does the second one have only 2 exclamation marks at the end, while the others have 3?
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Kay blue 4 years ago
I can't get my cat to eat anything other than dried food, tried so many different brands of wet food and she just turns her nose up at them.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
Mine will eat dry, prefers wet...but when I give him wet, his farts and crap smell like someone crawled into his bowel and died. It is horrible, so ONLY dry for my Mr. Stink Butt.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
That would be when you visit the singles bar down the street.
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mph seti 4 years ago (edited)
I just got my first ever pair of wireless earbuds...I don't think I'll want to go back to wired, TBH(not Apple's, LMAO...I'm not made of money or addicted to that brand).
Kendra Keller 4 years ago
Oh oh oh I am addicted to a brand. And I lost one it cost me almost $75 to replace it.... not my proudest moment
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Leekun 4 years ago
I'll never understand airpods. Seems so easy to lose one. I prefer over ear headphones
Dill 4 years ago
I find they fit nicely under my hat out on a walk. That's why I like them, but there is a lot to be said for headphones 🎧 particularly if you don't like things wedged in your ears!
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Karen Klinck 4 years ago
Mine didn't. The cats made sure of it. One was always chewed off and missing.
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Henry C Myers 4 years ago
they were 13, which is an unlucky number, but they literally turned it around and got 31
Jasmine De Fina 4 years ago
Thirteen is usually an unlucky number to some people. I'm guessing that the numbers turned themselves around into 31 instead of 13 and now they aren't unlucky.
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AJ the 🦔 4 years ago
In some snoopy comics it is thanksgiving and snoopy helps or disguise woodstock.
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Gold roses 4 years ago
Literally me I’ll be sitting on the couch beating people on fornite and I feel like they be like who is this psycho mando who keeps beating me and I be sitting on the couch munching on potato chips
everyone is special 4 years ago
robert ur the only boomer here so stop talking about yourself or shut the fu*k up
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Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
This reminds me of the TV ad where some boys are in a multi-player game, and they all get their butts kicked. They wonder who beat them. The last shot is an elderly woman sitting on a porch, cackling.
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William Faulk 4 years ago
yeees, during quarantine, the only thing that kept me on track was school, but when we had brakes, i lost track of day.
Julianne Masse 4 years ago
Yeah when i have mondays off, i think the next day is tuesday and log into the wrong zoom meeting.
Load More Replies... Gyro Pilot 4 years ago
First month the days were all the same, but in time Fridays began to announce themselves just as they did before
Himiko Toga 4 years ago (edited)
I will help you out. February 17th= Thursday / February 18th= Friday / February 19th= Saturday / February 20th= Sunday
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TheCoolestFool7 4 years ago
I get it. He says he didn't do nothing. He should have said I did nothing.
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Juliette Deroulede 2 years ago
That settles it, I am using aaaaall my decorations this year!!!
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mph seti 4 years ago
Getting an art degree isn't stupid. Just expect to do 5 times more work for 5 times less money than people with engineering, law, business, etc. degrees.
JLH 4 years ago
As an art school drop out and a professional illustrator, a degree is faaaaar less important than a portfolio. Save your money and hone your skills. It doesn't matter if you know the difference between Titian and El Greco. It matters if you can produce.
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brukernavn340 4 years ago
I think it's about there always being room for dessert.
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
If you are not hungry for something you do not like, you are not hungry, just bored.
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Juliette Deroulede 2 years ago
I work at a daycare, our stress relief is going to the baby room for cuddles 🥰🥰🥰
Gin 4 years ago
They are more likely to need to use a garden or outside space... bathroom pfft
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Serenity Kinney 4 years ago
i think shes building it, i dont think there is a chimy that big.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
It is probably a screen shot, so the cross to leave is included. Maybe.
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ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago
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Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Yeah, just chop of those bangs and BOOM! They automatically look fire.
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Kanishka Patel 4 years ago
Sitting in the front is the best because not only do you get a good view, but you also can see when you are falling so that you can mentally prepare yourself.
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
And after the last panel, also first in line for the hearse ride
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Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
And of course the Nuthouse, for your average mentally unstable nut
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
The umbilical cord would be the rest of the peanut plant still attached! XD
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glowworm2 4 years ago
I used to read this guy's stuff all the time on the internet. He's hilarious, very Gary Larson-esque. One of my favorites from him involved a "Toddler owl." The owl didn't say "Who." It went "Why? Why? Why?"
J Rob 4 years ago
My first thought as well, very similar twists like the far side. So funny!
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glowworm2 4 years ago
I used to read this guy's stuff all the time on the internet. He's hilarious, very Gary Larson-esque. One of my favorites from him involved a "Toddler owl." The owl didn't say "Who." It went "Why? Why? Why?"
J Rob 4 years ago
My first thought as well, very similar twists like the far side. So funny!
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