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A few weeks ago, I posted a collection of my single-panel comic "Eyewash" and many of you seemed to enjoy them. Well, there's plenty more where those came from!

You can read them all on the Eyewash website or my Instagram page. Also, make sure to check out my previous post on Bored Panda by clicking here.

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Years ago, I teamed up with a buddy to create some comics loosely based on our lives and our friends. It was more of a traditional three-panel comic than “Eyewash” and had a group of recurring characters. When I decided to start my own comic, however, I changed the format to match my preference for single-panel comics (like my all-time favorite, “The Far Side”).

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've tried reading between the lines in all of my books, but it's just white space there. Now I see how you're really supposed to do it.

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I soon realized it was a much bigger challenge to come up with a brand-new premise each day. There were no catchphrases or continuing narratives I could tap into … each panel had to stand on its own. On one hand, that makes it more difficult to come up with new gags. On the other hand, it gives me a lot more freedom to draw whatever I want. “Eyewash” is a boundless universe that includes the bizarre, the mundane, and everything in between.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They've the skinniest twigs for arms. How are they holding up those books? Which were probably made up of distant relatives. Don't they know their roots?

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least take one bite come on..... I haven't had cake in a year plz ur making me jealous.

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I realize that the absurd nature of some of these comics isn’t for everyone, but I’m always humbled by those who let me know something I’ve created has brightened their day a little. Sure, I could probably make more traditional stuff with wider appeal, and maybe that would attract more followers on social media. But this started out as a fun hobby — and if it ever becomes a chore or something that I’m only doing to gain likes and comments online, then I think I’d be better off just calling it quits.

Of course, I’d love to reach a bigger audience and turn this side project into my main job (what artist wouldn’t?), but until then I just have to fit cartooning into my spare time. That’s where it can get tricky since my comics cover such a broad range of topics. I’ve had to learn how to draw a wide variety of people, places, and things over the course of more than 200 comics so far, and some of them are much more challenging than others. I can come up with a silly version of a mouse or a chicken without much trouble, but when I need to draw something that looks realistic I often have to spend a lot more time on the artwork. This has been the case with a few comics, including one in which I drew a map of the United States and another that included the entire solar system. These had to be instantly recognizable in order for the punchlines to land, so there wasn’t any room for error … and believe me, my drawings are known to have plenty of errors!

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But in the end, I don’t fret too much over a stray line or a punchline that I should have phrased differently. I have redrawn some of my earliest comics just to make them a bit more legible, but they’re all a reflection of my own warped sense of humor — for better or worse. Some come from weird jokes I tell my son, others are sparked by a random pun that pops into my head while I’m driving around town. Wherever they come from, if there seems to be the seed of a joke in there somewhere you can bet that it’ll become an “Eyewash” panel sooner or later.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Death: Heyyyyy, thanks. Wanna go see this realllllllllllly cool haunted house? It's to die for!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always heard memory was the 2nd thing to go, I can't remember the 1st...

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was better than when he had his foot in his mouth and his head up his butt.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The prosecutor, near tears: "But that's what covers are for! That's how we're supposed to find out if we want to read it or not!"

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do they have it in type B? I’ve been looking for some but nobody seems to carry it anymore…

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My parents always thought I'd be an astronaut cause my teachers all said I was just taking up space

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