40 Comics With Absurd Situations And Unexpected Endings By This Artist

"Colmscomics" has nearly 7k followers on Instagram and continues to grow significantly fast, given how funny and creative their comics are! The artist also has a Patreon account where his fans can support him with three different stages called "The Supporter," "The Fan," and "The Enjoyer." All three tiers come with different benefits and give access to different type of content the artist puts out.

Art, in any kind of form, takes a lot of time not only to practice but also to produce, therefore we asked the artist how long it takes him to fully finish his comics.

"Start to finish, one of my comics takes roughly 6 hours. Usually, I will spend a lot of time on the sketch, as that’s when I am trying to nail my thoughts down on paper (or screen). Once that’s done it’s simply a matter of doing the final line art and adding colour. The colouring can take some time if I’m trying something new for the first time, or trying to nail the lighting. I try to tow the line between selling a convincing scene while also not putting in too much work and often fail at both haha."

Being a cartoonist is not easy, one can easily encounter a lack of inspiration, burnout, etc, so we wanted to ask Colm about his ideas for the comics.

" My whole life I’ve had a love for comedy. I tend to watch a lot of funny movies, TV shows and read lots of funny manga and books. Along the way, you pick up the little structures that form the jokes, and the little nuances that make a situation funny. When comedy is such a big part of your life you can’t help but look at something, anything at all, and see what could make it funny. I will sometimes come up with my jokes during my day-to-day or sometimes sit down with the intention to think up something funny and just let my mind wander. Sometimes when I am really struggling I will change gears and read or watch something funny, to help get myself into the right mindset."

As we mentioned before, sometimes creative work can cause quite a burnout, therefore we asked the artist how he dealt with that as well.

"Short answer, yes. Long answer, yeeeessss. As you might expect your creativity is not a simple switch you can flip when you need it. Sometimes the creative thoughts or funny ideas simply stop because you’re tired or stressed. At times you put a lot of work into a comic and get very little response and that can be a bit disheartening too. However, in those moments you just need to wash your hands of the last thing and move onto the next. Whenever I get burnt out for whatever reason, I sometimes take a break from the comic stuff and just draw things for fun - even if it’s just a bunch of random doodles."