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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.
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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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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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
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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
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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....
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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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