If You Haven’t Laughed Today It’s Because You Haven’t Seen These 129 ‘Extra Fabulous Comics’
On the surface, Extra Fabulous Comics (previously here) might seem like a bunch of random strips. Their creator Zach, however, is a well-rounded person who has endured a lot of ups and downs. And getting to know him, understanding where he's coming from transforms his comics into incredibly layered, yet easily understandable ponderings about life's biggest questions.
"Extra Fabulous Comics began in 2011 as a sort of last-ditch effort to find fulfillment in something," Zach told Bored Panda. "I had gone to college for something completely unrelated and abandoned that field immediately after graduating. I was in an unhealthy long-term relationship working under an abusive manager at an awful grocery store. One day I tried to think back to when I last felt "fulfilled", and it dawned on me that I was happiest when I was making my friends laugh with my drawings. Somehow, through years of schooling, that revelation escaped me. Had I thought of it earlier I'd have started the comics years before I did."
In his comics, Zach loves pointing our the stupidity of things. "I enjoy boiling things down and dissecting topics to the point where they're unrecognizable," he said. "I don't really have much to say definitively, I just prefer to get people to smile and think and come to their own conclusions. Depression is perhaps the most enduring topic in my comics since it's something that's always on my mind."
"I try to stay away from telling people what to think," the artist added. "My goal is to make something everyone can enjoy. It is important to take breaks from the never-ending news stream, and I think there is honor in providing a place where people can lower their defenses. That isn't to say I haven't made statements before, but I do often regret them afterward. Divisiveness has become the norm. I don't want to fuel the extremism and hatred perpetuated by so many voices on both sides. I do have very strong beliefs, I just don't believe I have the intelligence required to spew them into the masses."
When asked about the popularity of Extra Fabulous Comics, Zach turned towards the relationship between humor and pain. "A lot of people use humor to deal with pain in their lives, and most if not all of my comics come from that place. I think that's a big part of why some people like them. I've been very fortunate to have been able to connect with people in this way over the years."
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Birdgirl - Are you serious? Did you miss the multiple conservatives who get offended by pointing out that Trump does bad things? That's some cinema-level projection there.
Load More Replies...Bored panda has kind of been a refuge of sorts from the politics and hate. This makes me bummed.
Im so sick of the Trump jokes, Trump in the news...every-f*****g-where! Can we stop obsessing with this moron and joke about something else? Getting old now!
Welcome to this countries longest temper tantrum. I was not a fan of Obama's politics but I didn't spend 8 years losing it.
Load More Replies...I love my country. It is not now, nor has it ever been a sh$thole regardless of what side of the aisle we are on.
Patriotism should be wanting the best for your country, not witlessly pretending there's no problem.
Load More Replies...This man is a genius. My family immigrated here about 28 years ago (legally) and I am looking to leave. Sorry mom and dad for all the paperwork hassle but.... I gotta go
This country has been doing a hell of a lot better so far as economy goes. It’s the people who are hating to the point of starting violence that are making this place suck
the stock market is a good indication that the rich are getting richer doesn't mean the poor and middle class are not barely scraping by.
Load More Replies...I've been thinking of moving to Canada, but they probably don't want us.
but for how long? does the the water has to boil before putting noodles in? do you have to put salt in the water and when and how much in how much water? do you have to stir it and how often? how much water for how much noodles do you need anyway? wait, how long did it say do you have to cook it; I forgot? .......
Load More Replies...If I remember back in the day ('93) I sold my text books back and out of about $200 worth of books I got $15 back. Sooo, given inflation on a $100,000 degree... You get $8-12$.
I wish I could do this with my college degree. Take it to the loan office and return it. All it does is take up space on my wall, but I'm still paying for it and will until I'm 55 probably :(
People with college degrees make twice as much over their lifetimes as those without. Be grateful :)
Load More Replies...And that is how you ruin your favourite song!
Load More Replies...btw: the spoons are found in drawers! not cupboards. silly ghost. ___no wait don't tell it that.
Load More Replies...This is actually pretty close to what really happens. The fastest sperm reaches the egg first and burrows into the shell, the slower sperm arrives late and breezes through the breach. Most of us are concieved through lazy sperm.
smart* or a****le*... It depends on the point of view! :p
Load More Replies...Ratties are the best little buddies ever. Though none of mine were ever... gym rats, bless.
Yeah, never did get the "I slept like a baby". They wake up every frickin' hour.
Except the band aid is a pill from the company that bought them lunch that day.
Load More Replies...Not really satire, but gallows humor, sure.
Load More Replies...Joe Gray - The Oxford dictionary of English defines wheel thusly: A circular object that revolves on an axel and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground.
Load More Replies...I found out Santa wasn't real cause my mom wanted us to donate toys for Christmas and i asked why Santa couldn't just give poor children toys
Your corpse will be frozen anyway if you forget a spacesuit
I like it. Whatever it takes to keep us thinking about those at risk.
Don't like jokes? Don't like people creating things? Don't read it! There, now no need to make useless comments.
Load More Replies...Paid for the reattachment with the other two limbs
Load More Replies...jeez is it me or what? focus your eyes to the first or last speech bubbles but pay attention to the 2 speech bubbles with AAAAA it seems to go big or my eyes are just making it.
You clean bodies off with a BROOM!? That's just going to spread blood everywhere.
This is incorrect The bottom is where your at McDonald's and the everything machine broke
Just to confirm the truth to this story. The last time I went to McDonald's their ice cream machine was not only broken, but their ovens, fryer, and microwaves were too. The only thing I could order was a drink.
Hah, exactly...it's what drove the pigs to capitalism.
Load More Replies...same her & i am at work !! its a Saturday, so please don't go off saying i shouldn't be on BP while at work
Load More Replies..."Doing nothing often leads to the very best something." -Winnie the Pooh
I love how I just now noticed that one of their eyes isn’t on their head, it’s like floating next to it.
wait no, it's the kidneys. The bladder is temporary storage
Load More Replies...and yet people think pugs are good. yeah lets watch a dog suffer and think its adorable
Yeah but in how many of those other five times did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin go?
Load More Replies...Is that a reference to...what we do in the shadows???
Load More Replies...The 3-stage conversation between So much pandamonium and Bunzilla is a piece of art and a treasure to behold
It would take 6 episodes to charge anyway. He could run away by then...
This is really clever. I have to admit it took a second read for me to get it.
My guess either Spiders Sex Ed class or he watched too many adult spider movies.
Load More Replies...If someone said I was interesting, I would laugh and say, "thays the BIGGEST understatement of the year.
It's not. It's hilarious. Especially if you like kids. Cooked, baked or roasted.
Load More Replies...All the characters in these comics are ugly. It's the weird floating eyes.
Yeah, I don't know why that got started either. My parents didn't spank me, but I pretty much only associate it with sex play so the idea of people spanking their kids seems very uncomfortable to me.
When my parents "spanked" me, they barely patted my clothed butt, I can't understand these people who use tools to maximize the pain, like belts and hair brushes. I just felt so bad for letting them down I always learned my lesson.
My parents full on smacked me until my butt was bright red XD
Load More Replies...If I'm seeing this right, when he pulls on the trigger of that male humangun I would imagine vomit flying through the air at 1200 km/h
Load More Replies...I'm almost spill the coffee I'm drinking. . . I wonder if that really happens to pregnant woman
WAIT....... the baby's was still connected to the cord... HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE
It doesn't. That's the beauty of it XD nothing involving Thanos makes sense
Load More Replies...It's a reference to the newest Avengers movie where the guy who snaps his fingers here (Thanos) evaporates people with magic or whatever. Even knowing the context I don't think this is one of the better ones.
Load More Replies...Republican Thanos: screw the mom, just make sure the baby is brought into the world.
"If I told you, this was only gonna hurt..." Sorry couldn't help...
Reasons for saying bless you were variously: 1) Sneezing was a first symptom of the plague, so it probably meant you were about to kick it 2) It was believed that sneezing literally shot the soul out of the body, making you vulnerable to demonic possession 3) It was believed that sneezing rid you of satan's influence, and saying 'bless you' prevented the bad juju from returning.
Load More Replies...I actually just watched that movie again, and you know what I noticed? Aladdin NEVER made a second wish!
Load More Replies...Honey that’s so he can hang him self
Load More Replies...The little three-dot thing in the bottom right corner.
Load More Replies...(New panel of paperboy screaming) "extra extra! This lady on the picture is 90 years old but looks like she's 20! Buy this paper to read all about how dermatologists hate her
"Extra extra! Read how the new generation is upsetting neurologists and psychiatrists by bringing in nothing nothing to study!"
I remember one time while on plane a woman ask for a white coffee, in my expectation I thought it would be a classy brewed one but I almost laughed when the attendant pull out a 3 in 1 coffee mix.
Why would you think there'd be classy brewed coffee on a vehicle that frequently hits turbulence?
Load More Replies...am I the only one who thought of the time traveller's wife? just me? aw.
Let me help, maybe this will... Am I the only one who thought of Star Wars?))
Load More Replies...I mean, it could work, it's what they did in the last Jedi but it was a spaceship
The Empire has field generators that can pull ships out of hyperspace, and presumably enough firepower and shields to stop the rest.
Murphy, you had a downvote on every comment. Some d**k around here. I upvoted it though...*fist bump*
Load More Replies...I don't really get the appeal of "despair" comics. These just seem sad at best and mean-spirited at worst. As the Dowager Countess said, "Vulgarity is no substitute for wit."
Eh, I didn't think a lot of them were negative. Lots of dark humour but that's not necessarily "bad" or "vulgar".
Load More Replies...*GASP* YOU'RE ALIVE! DOCTOR STRANGE SURVIVED THE SNAP Y'ALL!!!!!!
Load More Replies...Am I the only one bothered that there's always one eye outside the head? Especially when it's just a dot.
I don't really get the appeal of "despair" comics. These just seem sad at best and mean-spirited at worst. As the Dowager Countess said, "Vulgarity is no substitute for wit."
Eh, I didn't think a lot of them were negative. Lots of dark humour but that's not necessarily "bad" or "vulgar".
Load More Replies...*GASP* YOU'RE ALIVE! DOCTOR STRANGE SURVIVED THE SNAP Y'ALL!!!!!!
Load More Replies...Am I the only one bothered that there's always one eye outside the head? Especially when it's just a dot.
