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Humorous And Positive Single-Panel Comics By Jim Shoenbill That Will Hopefully Brighten Up Your Day (50 Pics)
Interview With Artist
Let us introduce you to Jim Shoenbill, an illustrator who is on a mission to brighten people's days with positive humor. He creates witty single-panel comics depicting weird and absurd situations in a slightly different everyday life. In this universe made by Jim, a deer can be a stand-up comedian, Jesus is no longer a miracle worker, but an optician, beverages can talk and more. As the artist described himself, he just channels his distractions and odd thoughts into funny cartoons "to make the world a better place".
Jim's illustrations and writing have appeared in magazines such as The Oldie, Alta, Women’s World, American Legion Magazine and more. So, without further ado, scroll down to immerse yourself in the sea of humor and puns. Let us know which illustrations you like the best by upvoting them!
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Bored Panda got in touch with Jim to get to know him and his creative process a bit better. The artist revealed that he has always liked to draw and read newspaper cartoons. In high school and college, he studied art but then switched to computer science as his creative outlet due to dissatisfaction with fine art education and "a need to make a living". Many years later, needing some stress relief, Jim started to draw again and focused on the goal of making people laugh through cartoons.
We got curious about where the artist gets inspiration from. Jim shared that ideas of all kinds come to him very easily- in fact, he has more ideas for cartoons, writing, jokes, products, and narratives than he has time to deal with! "Someone once told me I seemed to have a parallel world running in my head at all times, and I think that's basically true. I think of myself as a creative person and writer first, and an artist and cartoonist second. My website contains some of the shirts and other products I've designed, and I'm always adding more."
We asked Jim what is the thing about comics that fascinates him the most. The artist replied that it is the potential cartoons have to bring people to a better space in their lives, if only for a moment. "That's why I do what I do."
The greatest challenge of the creative process for the artist is "taking an oddball idea and boiling it down to the most effective joke for a cartoon. It's a lot like stand-up comedy or children's book writing in which you have very few words to get your point across."
When it comes to the future, Jim wants to, in the words of Frank Zappa, "make as much of it [comics] as possible for the people who like it". Meanwhile, the artist wants to build his humor portfolio, which he does by publishing articles and sharing his email newsletter, to which Jim encourages everyone to sign up!
Ultimately Jim plans to combine his writing with his cartoons to create super-fun and rightly funny mini-novels. "Think Hardy Boys meet Monty Python meet a Zucker brothers movie."
Love the fuzzy dice around the cows neck. Baby we were born to run🎶
Some people are now using they/them instead of he/him or she/her. So God is sharing His pronouns of choice. Sadly, since thee and thou are familiar forms of "you" it doesn't quite translate, but it's still cute.
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(I typed this as a reply to a different comment don't mean to sound like a jerk lol)ok, not super sure what you mean by this. Would god not want us to feel comfortable in our own bodies? Where in any scripture does it say he does not believe in people who are transgender? I(my opinion) believe that he wants me to feel comfortable as who I identify as. I feel comfortable using the pronouns I was assigned with at birth, but that isn't the same for everyone, and I feel bad that you don't see it that way. And for the record, god isn't against homos(lesbian squad where you at lmao), it just got mistranslated through different languages in the Bible. I see this all as a Christian, and if you don't identify as one, that's cool too. Just please don't resort to bigotry, GSMountainWolf:)
To Leslie Thanks for replying! I did read Levictus 18:22 in the King James version. "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." I'm religious but not extremely, so I'm not really sure what this means. If I didn't 'lie' with a man, I would be gay by default. But not lying with a woman means to...not 'lie' at all? Of course this could just be wording I don't understand, so if I'm mistaken please tell me. I also looked up the modern version to see the comparison and it's basically the same thing(replaces shant and thou). I disagree with you in the statement that homosexuality is sin. I personally believe that it's one of the best gifts god has given me, and to try to change myself would be sin. I would be habitually lying saying that I fancy males. But thank you so much for replying back. Even though we might not agree, it's made me better prepared for assessing situations. If you're interested in why I, like so many others, don't believe that homosexuality is
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Pronouns = he, she, they, it, etc. You're against.. a part of language? What next, verbs are against god? LMAO. Maybe if you formed a more intelligent argument and knew what you were actually complaining about, we could have a reasonable discussion. Also, god gave people free will. Wouldn't being born differently be part of god's plan for somebody's journey as a person? You don't get to dictate god's word.
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This reminds me of when a teacher told me "No eating in my classroom," over zoom last year.
This reminds me of that cartoon from a long time ago where you had the mom airplane and the dad airplane and the mom knitted all those little baby airplane sweaters. And their son ended up being a jet!
Those poor sharks, you crash into there home and then you bash them? How cruel must you be to bash inoccent sharks? How would you feel if they crashed into your home and bashed you?
When I was in highschool something happened and we didn't get the frogs. So our teacher thought it would be a great idea to go across the street and catch sun perch out of a pond. Let me tell you it was a good time and those fish would bite with no bait on the hook. Walked into the science hall the next day and omg the smell hit you right in the face. No one had preserved or refrigerated the fish!
Note: this post originally had 59 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Every one of these made me laugh. I love it when cartoonists are actually funny.
Thanks everyone for the positive comments! If I can pass along even a few seconds of positive vibes that'll keep me going.
I love it.. So many of these encapsulate how we all feel trying to find our way in a society that seems to prefer being lost.
I love the way you see things and then express them, so well. I'm adding myself to the many, above, to say every one of these made me smile, at a minimum, and laugh out loud in surprise and joy at best. Thank you, Jim. Keeps 'em coming. 🙋
Thanks so much- I appreciate it! For years and years I created these with very little feedback so it's nice to know people like them. Those who like my comics will also like my newsletters, I think- signup is at jimshoenbill.com/comics and all past ones are accessible from one site, where you can also sign up: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=818acf8d2417eaa4ee65e33c5&id=357dd2e2bf&fbclid=IwAR1p3qRyHzIYM4HZ__gc_nG4H0mLyQ-AFwK2wq8Rl7AVIiVLH5BAb7gzYlI
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Very funny! I enjoy reading these especially since I usually don't feel well so I love these comic posts. Great job
Thanks! There are hundreds more out there - look me up on social or via my newsletter! Plus I have about 50 new ones no one has ever seen yet.
Load More Replies... Every one of these made me laugh. I love it when cartoonists are actually funny.
Thanks everyone for the positive comments! If I can pass along even a few seconds of positive vibes that'll keep me going.
I love it.. So many of these encapsulate how we all feel trying to find our way in a society that seems to prefer being lost.
I love the way you see things and then express them, so well. I'm adding myself to the many, above, to say every one of these made me smile, at a minimum, and laugh out loud in surprise and joy at best. Thank you, Jim. Keeps 'em coming. 🙋
Thanks so much- I appreciate it! For years and years I created these with very little feedback so it's nice to know people like them. Those who like my comics will also like my newsletters, I think- signup is at jimshoenbill.com/comics and all past ones are accessible from one site, where you can also sign up: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=818acf8d2417eaa4ee65e33c5&id=357dd2e2bf&fbclid=IwAR1p3qRyHzIYM4HZ__gc_nG4H0mLyQ-AFwK2wq8Rl7AVIiVLH5BAb7gzYlI
Load More Replies... Very funny! I enjoy reading these especially since I usually don't feel well so I love these comic posts. Great job
Thanks! There are hundreds more out there - look me up on social or via my newsletter! Plus I have about 50 new ones no one has ever seen yet.
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