Mike Greaney, a comics artist from Australia, is someone who apparently can come up with the most unexpected ending to any story. And he uses this skill well in his work, spanning entertaining panels of comics regularly on his social media.
“I get inspiration from all sorts of things,” Mike says. “For shorter comics, I mostly try to think of something that would be fun to draw: a werewolf transforming, a bog witch, ghosts, etc., and try to think of a joke to justify the drawings. My longer form comics generally start with a question 'what if you could spawn unlimited ducks?' 'what if a Twitter spam robot became sentient?' and the characters and stories evolve out from there.”
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When asked how the idea of making comics came about, the artist explained: “I’m an animator by trade, and while I love animation, it takes absolutely ages and/or lots of money to make. I stumbled across the notion of taking ideas I had for animated stories and jokes and making them as comics as a way of satisfying my urge to create and share work without having to spend ages and ages putting that work together.”
Like many of us, it took Mike some time to get into his dream career: “I worked in a fast-food restaurant and a liquor store when I was a teenager. After that, I’ve kicked around in animation, design, and art jobs for the last 10 years. I like the experimentation that comes with creative work. Because two animation gigs are never quite the same, there is always room to learn and creative problems that need to be solved.”
*Text message from manager* Yeah, so...Mike got eaten on his way to work, so can you come fill in?
Honestly, that would be kinda cool (scary and shocking, but cool) to wake up to
Naturally this is the first thought 🤣 does anyone else get a Rick & Morty vibe from these?? Luv it.
Everyone's first thought.. naturally. Does anyone else get a Rick & Morty vibe from these? Love it.
'I *probably* won't have to go to work today' The man already knows that even if the world is ending, some bosses won't take that as an excuse for being late or absent.
When I worked at the car wash and it was going to storm that day I'd always hope there'd be a tornado and destroy the car wash so I wouldn't have to work there anymore
My old job still would've required me to show up. We had freezing rain, (which is serious. We had literally a half inch thick of ice across ALL surfaces, emergency travel only, etc), and my boss showed up at my door after I called out to demand that I follow him back. Mind you, it was retail, so about as far from emergency as you could get.
I guess that's the only thing that can calm you down in an apocalypse
Has it not been a loooong weekend since 2019? I mean everyone was so excited to not go to work for a M nth the r so....
Mike says that it’s amazing to be reaching so many people with his art: “I’m so grateful that anyone wants to read these stupid comics, and I have so much fun making them and putting them out there and then seeing what people respond to. My followers often make funnier jokes in the comments than happen in the comic so posting stuff is always a good time for me.”
We asked Mike what advice he would give to aspiring comic artists, to which he replied: “If you can make yourself laugh while making something, half the battle is already won. Then you just need to get it out in front of people. I find the community over at Reddit is amazingly supportive and is a great place to get eyeballs on your work that wouldn’t normally come across it. Otherwise making work that is interesting and funny to you more than what you think will get clicks is super important.”
Noooooo! (For those of you who don't know, I'm pretty sure biting the head off is what female praying manti do with their partners after getting it on.)
Imagine being a dog, like, "when this fur-less f**k gonna feed my my dry-ass dinner?"
Most of these where weird and dry humor. 1 or 2 where good. Mehhh………
Most of these where weird and dry humor. 1 or 2 where good. Mehhh………
