I'm Rusty and I draw a little webcomic called No Happy People. I’m a Boston-based writer and artist who used to write Depressing Fridge Poems and now draws comics! After about eight years of creating sad refrigerator magnet poetry, I felt like I had exhausted everything I could do creatively with that medium and started branching out. I had always dreamed of being a cartoonist when I was little, so in 2022 I decided to give it a shot — and now I’m doing it!
Here are some of my favorite comics I drew in the year 2022. Hope you enjoy!
For more of my comics on Bored Panda, see part 1.
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Wow. Why are people so deep in politics so rude? I am a republican myself and i hate the stigma that lumps us all together. Just as the delusion that democrats are the better side. I have felt more hate from a democrat then anyone. This proving my point. Both sides have wrongs and rights. Democrats are no better and can be just as close minded. Far right or far left are egotistical a******s
Why would anyone date a democrat too, anyone who encapsulates their whole identity with their political beliefs is not dating material
translation: "would you ever date someone who denies women bodily autonomy, is ok with denying tuition relief to students, and is not in favour of controlling firearms?" .... no.
Welp, I might nope myself out of this thread before it gets to political. I don't need to see the war zones beneath this in the comments
This is based solely on party line politics. "This is what my party thinks therefore this is what I think." It is the biggest problem in American Politics, too many people who live 100% on their party line without having their own thoughts and opinions.
Okay. I’m probably gonna get downvoted for this, but here goes: a person’s political views don’t define who they are as people. It’s alright for two people to have different perspectives on things. A Republican and a Democrat can disagree and still be friends. I’ve met Republicans who were very nice, friendly people. I’ve met Democrats who were the opposite. Your political opinion does NOT define you.
When I decided to start illustrating comics, I hadn’t been drawing at all for many years, so it was a huge adjustment to get back into the swing of it. The first several comics I drew were pretty awful in quality, but I just kept practicing and trying new things, and eventually, I started finding my own style that worked for me.
Moongirl's emotional intelligence greatly surpasses that of others.
I'm in this picture and I don't like it. (both Moongirl and sad person)
Ugh. Can "empaths" sense that when they proudly claim to be an empath I want to strangle them? It's extremely normal for social animals to be able to read the emotions of other social animals. You are not special. Sociopaths are abnormal. Not "empaths." Congratulations. You are not a sociopath.
She's like Karen from Mean Girls. Her breasts can tell it's raining... while she's standing in the rain🌧.
nope! I was singing it in my head as I was reading, and I didn't even notice anything wrong until I reread it lol
Load More Replies...It can't be much of an affair if hubby only leaves the house one night a year...
I keep a note on my phone for ideas so I can jot them down whenever something comes to me. Sometimes the notes are just passing thoughts — like “Katydidn’t” or “Giralf” (it’s a giraffe with ALF’s face) — and other times I’ll get an idea and write an outline for an entire comic. I have a terrible memory, so if I don’t get it down in writing immediately, I’ll lose it forever. And then the world would never get to experience Giralf, and we obviously can’t have that.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,/ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—/ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,/ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door./ “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—/ Only this and nothing more.”// Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;/ And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor./ Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow/ From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—/ For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—/ Nameless here for evermore.//
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain/ Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;/ So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating/ “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—/ Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—/ This it is and nothing more.”// Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,/ “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;/ But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,/ And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,/ That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—/ Darkness there and nothing more.//
Load More Replies...Who cares. I don't not like popular things to be special. I don't like them because I simply don't like them.
GG Raven. truer words have nae been spoke dear world, so sit and reflect on the truth
Gasp** they told the gurl to read a book... SHe SHalL nOT ReAD a BooK
If you fart in a vacuum it's no longer a vacuum. Plus space is not a perfect vacuum so I ask again "who farted?"
There are about 30-40 comics I’ve finished but haven’t shared yet. Sometimes I don’t share a comic because I’m not satisfied with the quality of the joke or the artwork, but more often it’s just because I’ve been creating faster than I can share things with the internet. I only post four comics online a week, but I usually finish drawing five or six weekly, so it starts to add up.
Alabama just passed a Permitless Carry law. No background checks, no permits. Yikes!
That's because the ATF background check occurs when you purchase the weapon.
Load More Replies...I find it unfathomable how we still don’t have license checks for firearms.
𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 '𝚘𝚕 '𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝, 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎
Just yesterday I was having a little conversation with a person in who's country owning a gun is absolutely normal. Under a post with 3 giant Cane Corso dogs out comically said "Who's faster, you or our dogs?" referring to if one should be such an idiot to brake in and then bring confronted with these 3 giants.... His answer was "my gun is faster".... We had a little back and forth about having a fun and actually using it against another living being, be it animal or human... Convo ended with him stating he would never just shoot an animal and when in a fight with humans, he was trained to defend himself. However it was staggering how many people answered in the same manner as this man, reacting that guns be the answer... I'm glad we live in a country where having a gun is not considered somewhat of a basic right.
As for the future, I’d like to continue finding ways I can share my work without having to rely on finicky social media algorithms. As I’m sure people have heard over and over, the pivot to video over the last couple of years has made it virtually impossible for visual artists to reach new people on platforms like Instagram. I’ve been turning to more subscription and community-based platforms lately, like Substack, Webtoon, and Reddit, with the goal of getting my art to people who want to see it without having to navigate 14 sponsored posts and a bunch of reels.
And, of course, I always love sharing my work with the BoredPanda community who have always been super supportive.
Haha yeah. It's still thoroughly entertaining tho! Not sure what I'd do without bored panda especially since I'm not on Twitter or anything 😅
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y’all check out this awesome comic i just drew!
PLEASE. We need everyone we can get! If you are old enough, for the love of freedom, VOTE.
Freedom ain’t a thing anymore. For the live of not starting the purge, VOTE.
Load More Replies...As I just posted above, #18, "Democrat Kris Mayes wins Arizona race for attorney general after recount." "The state held a mandatory recount that saw Mayes beat her Republican opponent Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes." 280 votes out of 2.5+ million total votes cast, a difference of 0.0001%. EVERY. VOTE. COUNTS. 💯 Sincerely, An AZ Voter
Vote between the hyenas or the crocodiles, so you can say you had a choice....
You know, nearly 40 and Ive given up. If the only reason to vote for something anymore is to make sure dumba** doesn't get elected again... Not good enough. Let this f**ker burn and start over.
*chucks roach into web** eat my spider friend... qnd here have a donut🍩
Load More Replies...This is like, when you've just cleaned the kitchen, and now your whole family decides to eat and create a new mess... The vicious cycle...
I wrote/drew this as a tribute for Charles Schulz's 100th birthday!
Load More Replies...*doo-doot-doot-doo doo-DEE-dooo*
Load More Replies...I guess these "comics" are for a small audience?? The only one that was amusing was the one about love and flowers 🤷♀️ Q
Some deodorants can actually make you smell worse, depends on how each fragrance mixes with your body chemistry.
you probablly think you have "Big D**k Energy", but everyone else belongs to the "No F***s Given" society.
Hey, he got a right to share ‘em. Someone out there may agree with him.
Meanwhile, my skin: “oH MY GoD! i gOT caLleD SOfT! I’m gONNa dIE!”
hahahaha no my skin says: ahhh s**t hes actually right goddammit
Load More Replies...Witchcraft is no different from other forms of worship in this sense and others and we heavily believe in karma to a point where some of us do not even speak bad and or believe in revenge!
You forgot chocolate and/or cheese. And pastries. Food in general.
"Honey! The program broke, I haven't saved my progress. Please before the characters delete reset it."
What if there were actually 2 pps there and we lost our innocence? Thank you censor for protecting us.
Load More Replies...No shame. I’m a librarian’s apprentice. Both hers and mine are better than pulling garbage trains.
Hold my beer 🍺 "Democrat Kris Mayes wins Arizona race for attorney general after recount." "The state held a mandatory recount that saw Mayes beat her Republican opponent Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes." 280 votes out of 2.5+ million total votes cast, a difference of 0.0001%. EVERY. VOTE. COUNTS. Sincerely, An AZ Voter
Ehhh, sounds like they could have done without 279, to be exact. (Point taken, I’m just being asinine!)
Load More Replies...Or, spend a lot of money trying to keep you from voting, by "name slinging ads", closing polling places, purging voting lists, not allowing mail-in ballots without a "good" excuse....Oh, wait,....
I want to see a musical named Shark the Herald Angels Sing
"Shark!" The herald angel screamed Before the lifeguard's bell could ring
Load More Replies...I sometimes have dreams where bad things happen, but it never seems to bother me. I had a dream the other night that I was in a car being driven by Donald Trump and he misjudged a turn and the car went flying off the top of a ten story building and as we are falling I said "Oh well, if I die I think I'll just wake up," not actually realizing I was dreaming. We landed in front of a hospital and my mother wanted me to go get help and I said "Yeah yeah if I can still move," but I did manage to pretty myself or of the car. I was a little upset at myself for not extracting payment from Trump for not ratting him out but decided I would rather him see the consequences of his actions than get some extra money.
it's been confirmed to actually be black and blue irl
Load More Replies...What the heck, when I first saw it was gold and white, then I scrolled down and read the comments and went back up, it was blue and black!?
Yeah, that happens to me too. I remember from the first time this dress came up. I have to scroll quickly in order to see the black and blue, otherwise it looks gold and white.
Load More Replies...Earlier I saw it gold and white but now, at night without glasses on, I see black and blue. ??????
You do realize that they're moving AWAY from Florida, right? It's becoming more and more difficult to hold left leaning views (such as supporting the LGBTQ+ community, or even being a part of the community yourself) there.
Load More Replies...I think you mean any previous work. Any time I look back at my work I feel like it's terrible.
Load More Replies...All i saw was the littte "do you love me?" then a straight up "no" XDXDXD
lemme join you! *loads minigun mounted to five other miniguns*
Load More Replies...I do the first and third thing. Would anyone care to tell me why it causes such a reaction? I genuinely don't understand.
Because most of today's young adults don't like being made to think about why they feel the way they do. In my generation friendly debate was an entertaining form of mental exercise. Personally I blame social media They have gotten so used to constant likes that they can't handle having anyone disagreeing with the popular opinions, let alone in a face to face conversation. Being an avid reader I'm prone to picking apart and examining motives. Most of today's generation don't want to examine thier thoughts, emotions, and motives, they only want them validated.
Load More Replies...Artist here. No :) AI users steal the art from actual artists and piece it together. It's capable of replicating styles and everything. Art is already accessible to everyone-if you have a pencil and a flat surface (not even paper) then you can make art. AI copies reference photos (artists' work) and uses it as its own. Artists, on the other hand, follow the actual art process to make their art. If someone supports AI art, they detriment hardworking artists. Period. The whole point of art is that it can't be automated, tech-ified or bot-posted. There's a huge problem with the public and AI art companies thinking they're entitled to use artists' handmade, copyrighted work to train AI to copy it. There's a video on it by SamDoesArts, it's very good and I think you should watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Viy3Cu3DLk
Load More Replies...Bleep blorp! I’m an alien. I look out of this world and I know it! BLEEP BLORP BLEEP BLORP!
Hey, we can plagiarize now and just call it anti-capitalism?! Why did nobody tell me this sooner?
*me in the back* Yes, I would love some more tofurkey...furkey..furk
The word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb *dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending. (Yes copied from Wikipedia, I'm too lazy to type all that out)
If you're going to make less than mediocre comic strips, make sure to insult every other person that reads them. Task completed on both jobs.
The word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb *dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending. (Yes copied from Wikipedia, I'm too lazy to type all that out)
If you're going to make less than mediocre comic strips, make sure to insult every other person that reads them. Task completed on both jobs.
