Dark And Unexpected Twists: 50 Comics By ToonHole John

Bored Panda reached out to John with some questions! First, we asked the artist if he had any life-changing influences that might have helped him with his art and art style in general when it comes to his comics.

"My comic influences are Calvin and Hobbes comics, the Far Side, and Will Eisner. Looney Tunes and Tex Avery cartoons are also pretty influential to me."

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

"My comics usually take a matter of hours to complete from start to finish. But, every once in a while, a comic idea has to simmer for days and take different shapes before it's finally finished."

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

"Most comic ideas come from real world observations. However, we toonhole guys bounce topics and prompts between each other to keep the creativity fresh."

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

"Usually burnout is a result of outside factors and not the creative work itself. Sleep, exercise, and good eating stave off burnout. When I do feel it, it's because one of these is out of balance."

We also asked the artist about how people reacted to his work.

"I'm not sure of people's initial reaction, but I'm just thankful enough people like the comics and that they get any reaction at all. Though, the least favorable reaction is confusion, because it means I didn't get my joke across."