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Dad Who Lives With 5 Girls In The House Continues To Illustrate Their Never-Ending Adventures (30 New Pics)
The last time Bored Panda talked with James Breakwell about his comics, the man said he couldn't draw at all. 9 months later, his strips still look terrible. But the visuals were inspired by stick figures on public restroom doors and the 'professional comedy writer and amateur father' manages to keep them consistently bad so that his lack of an artistic background looks more like a deliberate stylistic choice.
Where the Unbelievably Bad Webcomic series excels is character development and storytelling. It unravels Breakwell's everyday life with his wife and their four daughters, providing insightful and humorous insights into the chaotic reality of the modern family.
Breakwell's kids are the starting point for almost all of his jokes but his comics are an homage to parenting in general. "Everybody's kids are weird and my comics celebrate that," Breakwell said, "anyone who says they have normal children is lying."
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Since James has a name for himself, his family is well-aware of his Internet fame. But that doesn't mean they think much of it. "My wife and kids are thoroughly unimpressed by it," Breakwell told Bored Panda. "For my kids, if it's not on YouTube, it doesn't exist. I became Internet-famous in the wrong place."
When it comes to the comics in particular, the gang know which stick figure represents each of them, and that's basically it. "My wife checks my various social media feeds periodically to see what new shame I've brought on our family. She's a lucky lady."
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Parenting is one of those things people can easily disagree on, and they're prepared to p*** off anyone who disagrees with the way they raise their kid. Breakwell's comics, however, seem to unite moms and dads. "The ups and downs of family life are universal. Everybody's kids are weird. Everyone's house is a mess. Everyone feels like giving up. I focus on that. The struggle is real," he explained.
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If you follow James' feed, you know his uploads are really consistent. "My low-quality art makes it easy," the modest comedian said. "I don't have to waste much time drawing. I can focus on coming up with jokes. Usually, that just means paying attention to whatever is happening in my house at that moment. If I wait long enough, something will go wrong and then I’ll have the inspiration for a new comic."
In fact, Breakwell has kept himself so busy, he released a new children’s book called Prance Like No One’s Watching: A Guided Journal for Exploding Unicorns. "It teaches kids how to find humor in their everyday lives and channel it into comics, jokes, and other forms of expression that hopefully won’t lead to a parent scrubbing permanent marker off the wall. Maybe hide the markers just in case."
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Cat Nip 5 years ago
i hate it when bullies are mean AND DUMB so when you do stand up to them they say this: "i know you are but what am i " ugh i hate it
Allan Clipperton-Boyer 5 years ago
Canadian Geese only go full a*****e when they are protecting their nest.
Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
I was four or five.....Earl.....white male goose at Black Meadows Landing, lake Havausu AZ. This dude had his own postcard. He bit me in the butt.....and on the finger. I was just walking around minding my own business.....
Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
Since then I have discovered if you make yourself look bigger like spreading your wings and rush them they back off. I had to defend my friends llaso apso that way once.
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ElusiveIntrovert 5 years ago
Me too! But now i do not need excuses to stay at home
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ElusiveIntrovert 5 years ago
Same here! But the issue now is other people are so desperate to talk that they chat me up even when my running chores.
ruthenium the ruther 5 years ago
I've always hated seeing people that I know, out of where I know them from, so this a great excuse to use so that I don't have to approach them!
Allan Clipperton-Boyer 5 years ago
"Try to take over the world." (music...) "they're Pinky and the Brain, Pinky and the Brain. One is a genius, the other ones insane...." NARF!
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Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
Bahahaha!!! I can’t tell you how many times I have thought of using my limited childcare help for sleeping!
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Liala Yasmeen 5 years ago
😂😂😂😂 omg i love these comics! These should become an official comic!
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Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
Didn't take long for us to catch onto this. Just one or 2 times & we ignored them.
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago (edited)
If you don't give kids specific instructions then you get what you get.
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Ruby McPherosn 5 years ago
Just don't tell them about Voodoo dolls. Especially if they have custom dolls made to look like them
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
This warning is probably coming too late for someone out there
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Michael Fariello 5 years ago
Yes, yes, yes....three kids.....all big on "progress reports" LOL
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LottieH 5 years ago (edited)
I feel this in my soul. Just been informed my kids won't be back to school until September (at the earliest, could be later) I need a holiday, in a padded room, in a jacket I can hug myself in...
Curry on... 5 years ago
And teachers often have over 20 kids in their classes.
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Gabriel Williamson 5 years ago
Our kids are angels with other people of authority... total 180 at home. Teachers get paid fine. Remember, their salary includes 3 months off.
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Ruby McPherosn 5 years ago
Oh how I wish I could do that... Or drop them with someone else. Please help, I need someone to get my kids
Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
We have agreement with our neighbors. Day or two all kids are with us, then they are with them.
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Ann Abdelzaher 5 years ago
I can relate to this my son is in 7th grade and he wants to do assignments ahead of time but the teachers don't even make them available until the day before they are due!
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John P. 5 years ago
I agree. These are funny, but I'm getting tired of all the "I'm sick of my kids" jokes.
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Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
First rule with kids at house is protect your head at all times. You hug one, the other one is able to hit you from behind with a stick.
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Hilliary Smith 5 years ago
A gator. Four little kids. I don't think "emotional support" is what the gator is for....
Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
It is emotional and moral support. Just as artilery is moral support for infantry.
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Cat Nip 5 years ago
ugh my sister uses 5 squares at a time per swipe! and she only covers uses 1 square on the 5 !
Lexie Hayes 5 years ago
No if you go in before her and then after then you can estimate the difference I guess .. I mean I do see your point
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FurryManiac 5 years ago
are you telling me you've never made a fridge explode?
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Henry Cheves 5 years ago
The most common exploding appliance in our home. Closely followed by the toaster, the lamps, the devices, the radio/cd player, and the fan.
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Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
My daughter is five and today she insisted on going out with my long dagger. But she is still bit young for pilot licence.
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Barbara Baldwin 5 years ago
I usually don't read comics (old fuddyduddy) but these were wonderful! I chuckled at all of them..
Hunter Bradley 5 years ago
i cried from laughing these are the best i grew up with 5 siblings so #relatable
Bored Birgit 5 years ago
I love James Breakwell. His posts on Twitter are as funny as his cartoons and his books.
Inquiring Mind Wants To Know 5 years ago
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!! He should be syndicated....his his cartoons are so much funnier than most the ones in the paper
Inquiring Mind Wants To Know 5 years ago
I hate it that BP doesn’t have an edit AND/OR a delete choice so that you can edit a mistake or delete the post and start over. When you leave out a word or make an error of some sort there’s no way to correct it except to use the reply setting...that’s stupid of such a great site. The last part of my sentence should’ve read....his cartoons are so much funnier than most OF the ones in the paper......BP PLEASE GIVE US FANS AN EDIT AND/OR A DELETE CHOICE!!! PULEEEZE!!
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Barbara Baldwin 5 years ago
I usually don't read comics (old fuddyduddy) but these were wonderful! I chuckled at all of them..
Hunter Bradley 5 years ago
i cried from laughing these are the best i grew up with 5 siblings so #relatable
Bored Birgit 5 years ago
I love James Breakwell. His posts on Twitter are as funny as his cartoons and his books.
Inquiring Mind Wants To Know 5 years ago
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!! He should be syndicated....his his cartoons are so much funnier than most the ones in the paper
Inquiring Mind Wants To Know 5 years ago
I hate it that BP doesn’t have an edit AND/OR a delete choice so that you can edit a mistake or delete the post and start over. When you leave out a word or make an error of some sort there’s no way to correct it except to use the reply setting...that’s stupid of such a great site. The last part of my sentence should’ve read....his cartoons are so much funnier than most OF the ones in the paper......BP PLEASE GIVE US FANS AN EDIT AND/OR A DELETE CHOICE!!! PULEEEZE!!
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