24-year-old Alvin Juano from Jakarta, Indonesia is the brilliant mind behind The Square Comics; short, darkly funny comics that take you through a range of emotions in just 3 or 4 frames.
With over 430k followers, his easy-to-digest webcomics have become a hit on Instagram, the perfect medium for regular doses of bite-sized comedy. The comics often begin full of cheer and optimism but struck you with a dark plot twist that has become Alvin's trademark. Scroll down below to check the deliciously dark comics out for yourself, as well as a little background from Alvin himself.
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"I started The Square Comics in 2014," Alvin told Bored Panda. "I was doing so badly at school that I was almost kicked out of the course. It was one of the lowest periods of my life and I needed something to get out of the funk. Creating funny drawings was it."
Some of my inspirations are: Ricky Gervais, I enjoy how honest and unfiltered his sense of humor is and how sarcastic the opinions. When growing up, my favorite cartoon was Doraemon & Crayon Shin-Chan, and Cyanide & Happiness, Safely Endangered and War and Peas are the best funny comic strips!
Gotta say, as a human mum, I'm kind of glad our babies don't peck their way out.
Coming up with new material is a unique process for any comedian or artist, and Alvin has preferred method. "Usually before I sleep, I’d try to think of things that could be funny and write it on a notebook/phone," he explained.
"The next day, I’ll pick out the ones that I find interesting and work on it. I’ll then show a sketch of the strip to my friends & see what they think. If they don’t find it funny, I’ll work on it further or scrap it. But, if I think it’s funny and they don’t, I’ll ignore them and post it. I try to have this process, but sometimes good ideas come at random times."
Does that mean dogs are just trying to lick the ugly off our faces? I feel so betrayed.
"For the process, I usually sketch out a couple of things on paper, take a photo of it and then draw the digital version of it on photoshop. I use pens and papers to sketch. To digitize it, I use Wacom Intuos Comic. It’s really small so it’s easy to carry around and it’s also cheaper than the other models. And a MacBook."
"As for my humor, I think it’s definitely on the darker side. I hear it can be sometimes depressing. Definitely not something my mom would approve!
" There's someone for everyone, your someone may be 5 cats in a trench coat" . I have 4 cats and 1 dog. I'm looking to trade the dog....
Roasted like a burnt, bad tasting marshmallow that a kid dropped in a fire!
Who keeps deleting posts off of the articles?? It's annoying.
Yep - I lost 2 from earlier
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No they banned that account immediately as well. He's been acting a lot gayer recently I heard
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They started deleting posts ever since TJler was banned. That fag was so straight yuck!
Thought he was back with a new account
Some of these were depressing and twisted. Those were my favorites.
Yep :)
Very funny. You made my day better. Don't stop drawing because you are very good combining humor with drowning. Thanks for the sharing.
Who keeps deleting posts off of the articles?? It's annoying.
Yep - I lost 2 from earlier
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No they banned that account immediately as well. He's been acting a lot gayer recently I heard
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They started deleting posts ever since TJler was banned. That fag was so straight yuck!
Thought he was back with a new account
Some of these were depressing and twisted. Those were my favorites.
Yep :)
Very funny. You made my day better. Don't stop drawing because you are very good combining humor with drowning. Thanks for the sharing.