It's an experience to read Ben Zaehringer's comics, as they don't end as you expect them to. The comic artist's narratives start in a cliche-like manner, and end in something unfathomably dark, twisted, and, honestly, hilarious. It's safe to say that Ben is a master of this type of comic genre.
Here's an unexpected twist about the author's inspirations that you never suspected. Ben Zaehringer, who goes by the pseudonym of Berkeley Mews, expressed in his previous interview for Bored Panda (which you can see here) that his comics take from things like Disney movies and fond memories from his childhood. But he doesn't let them stay as such for long, as he then uses his mastery of twisted humor and steers it in a way you'd never expect.
The brilliance of that is that you never see the punchline coming until it hits you. Which is why it's such great material to brighten your own day with, and his 182k fans on Instagram agree. And that's where another profound twist arises out of his comics: dark and twisted humor lightens the mood like nothing else. Enjoy!
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Fun fact: Cut either! It's extremely rare that a bomb is set to blow up if the wrong wire is cut. Cutting through either usually interrupts the circuitry and disfuses the bomb. (That being said, don't be an idiot! If you're not a professional, leave and call the authorities.)
Why is there a crowd of people standing around the watching to see if he can diffuse it?
Here's a little something about the author, by the author from an interview in the previous post. "I've been doing these cartoon drawings for as long as I can remember," Ben said. "My mom's cousin, Steve Moore, is a cartoonist, so right away I thought of cartooning as a vocation. My first comics were all in the style of newspaper comic strips, like FoxTrot and Peanuts, only bad instead of good."
Your comment Euna is the darkest twist in this story
Load More Replies...ooh who are you? who are you? whooo ah yeww? ooh who is this kid whats he gonna do!?!?
Load More Replies...Dude, i label my school papers Abby S. Thats my freaking name!
Load More Replies...There is a saying from Victor Hugo : who opens a school, closes a prison. The reverse is true.
Hits too close to home to be funny. This is why we have people shouting "Defund the Police." We need to spend more on public programs that reduce the burden on cops.
For those of you who were wondering about the main theme that pertains to all his comics, he admitted that it's disappointment. "When I'm writing, I ask myself, 'How can something fun be made disappointing?' Recurring motifs include: God, Santa, love, death, childhood, and '90s pop culture references. Life moves fast, so I try to only riff on things that are timeless, like Disney movies that get remade every ten years."
It's a horror movie called "The Shining". Based on a Stephen KIng novel. https://akns-images....g.cm.102412.jpg
Load More Replies...That's Wallace. Wallace is always happy. Wallace is a little out of it.
Load More Replies...Her story has always made me sad. I mean, she was just an innocent goddess who was raped, then turned into a lonely monster as a punishment for the crime of which she was the victim.
she wasn't a goddess she was a mortal woman (the rest is right) posidion should have been punished.
Load More Replies...Hahaha! Ok, kinda innapropriate though. Btw I'm 8 yrs old and I still know what they are talking about...
Thank you for saying this, but just to be careful, you shouldn't really share your age.
Load More Replies...So sad though... Don't mind me I'm way too sensitive.
Load More Replies...Makes me wonder where they got their chandelier decorations...
But He hears your prayers, all right. He just needs time to do this stuff so it can benefit you even more
Load More Replies...I like God in BruceAlmighty and Heaven Almighty. I believe God always hears and cares but I guess hearing him takes time. It's probably more our issue than his ie we go to him when we're really desperate and then see him come through (personal experience!)
Or not (personal experience) but the ones who have left - you never hear their stories because they aren't there anymore to tell how God didn't help.
Load More Replies...Y'all this is my biggest pet peeve. when people take 3 hours to write hi, and sometimes don't write anything, even after typing for 10 days!!!!!!!!!!
sorry to kill the joke but even a monochromatic will see the difference in the colours simply by their darkness
I could barely see it after I read the comments and figured out what I was looking for (I still need to squint at it to see anything).
Load More Replies...i think it's showing that he's colorblind so in the second frame he thought he solved it
Load More Replies...I see a six. Pretty sure that means not colourblind
Load More Replies...Can anyone please tell me if those in the last panel are just random dots or if it's a real test card with a number hidden in the middle? (I have a color blindness)
Ummm do you need to get checked for color blindness?
Load More Replies...They need two things to be Mickey Gloves. Puffy and four-fingered
Load More Replies...But you can't have shower thoughts without a shower and you can't have a shower until you create the universe.
Load More Replies...a riddle that u will never find out which came first the chicken or the egg think about it
If Neil Armstrong was recorded taking the 1st step on the moon, how do you think they placed down the camera? Yes, he is actually the 2nd person on the moon, Buzz was the 1st person on the moon.
Camera mounted on the outside remotely controlled from earth
Load More Replies...Jesus christ, talk about chronic chest pains, this is movie accurate!
XD its only fun to build a LEGO set, thats why, i smash mine with a hammer if i get on from ebay that was prebuilt.
It would take a while to build that. On my tenth birthday I got a huge plane lego set and it took me like 4 hours to build
I have always wondered why haunted mansions were in graveyards. Did these rich purposely built their new dream houses in graveyards in the beginning, or did they gradually bury their own family in their garden? Both are equally weird.
It's the latter! Gotta keep family close even when they're dead
Load More Replies...Random question. If vampires only drink blood, how would they poop?
I'm surprised he's got any bandages left. I guess he doesn't run out of paper too often.
Ooops it happened and trump is presedent :[
Load More Replies...He did you can see the hole in the second panel.
Load More Replies...for some reason this makes me think that someone is making the cool-aid man do that....
It is actually sad... the poor guy has not had enough time to tell him how much he hated him...
My only regret is that I have but one upvote to give for my country.
Load More Replies...If he has x-ray vision then why dident his house just get hole in it?
Eventually there are going to be so many holes in the walls and floor that Superman's apartment falls apart
its a dynamite business, but what he would have said is "business is booming"
Load More Replies...Well you see, you don't want dynamite and explosives to go up so he is sad
In the original Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Jiminy Cricket is originally unnamed and killed by Pinocchio shortly after meeting him. Pinocchio is then haunted by Jiminy.
Yes, he throws a hammer at him when the Talking Cricket holds him a lesson while Pinocchio is hangry. I am not sure i wouldn't have done the same. Cricket should have thought better about timing :D
Load More Replies...Originally the cricket was a ghost because Pinnocio smashed him with a hammer.
'I'm a little black woman, in a big silver box, and the top of it says PHONE...'. 10 points to guess this movie quote
Honestly my life goal is to go running after people while wearing a phone booth 😆
my life goal is to sulk in the corner while watching the mandalorian for the 10193,456,345th time
Load More Replies...Should anyone under the age of 15 get this joke in less that 10 seconds?
Load More Replies...if only i had that then i could save myself from the pain im in...
The only three things they should have on that wheek should be peace, land, and bread.
HEB spin the wheel in a nutshell. U got 5 tickets! Come back later to try & get a better score! Keyword: Try...
why is this down voted? I see nothing offensive about this comment.
Load More Replies...Especially when invading the homes of @$$holes who spray poison on their neighbors' tomatoes and peppers (see the BP article)
Load More Replies...The cows tell me their secrets before being turned in to Delicious Steak
Load More Replies...XD And I think to myself what a- Matrix moment? Twilight Zone? Wonderful World? Oh well...
An autodidact is a self taught person, so since the person in white refuses to teach the other how, he’ll be self-taught
Load More Replies...my uncle and i are like brothers even tho he is 13 years older than me and he did that to me..... im surprised he had kids after that
lol, @Requiem- listen to @Aragorn II Elessar. Never disrespect anyone who has perfect grammar. Nor anyone who was in Lord of The Rings.
Load More Replies...Hold on. Last panel, top right. Those are two men kissing. Which means gays are allowed in heaven!
Of course they are. Jesus said to love one another, no matter what, and he is not a hypocrite.
Load More Replies...This is actually pretty deep, reminds me a little of the book C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce
that is just wrong if you want your kid to have a brother just make one yourself
Similar plot to the film "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" only this is better, and allot shorter. I would ask Spielberg for those 2.5 hrs of my life back, but I'd just use them scrolling through Bored Panda. {sigh} *continues to scroll*
aww... i'll adopt u lil' guy. i'm broke af so I'd take this opportunity XD.
And I still wonder what made us think about creating square buildings in the first place instead of round ones. I mean, 90° angles are pretty uncommon in nature.
Load More Replies...I'm not trying to be insulting here... but I've never seen right leaning comedy that is actually funny. Everything I've seen is just... cruel attacks on people they don't like. Not attacks on things people do, but personal attacks out of spite.
Load More Replies...I'm not trying to be insulting here... but I've never seen right leaning comedy that is actually funny. Everything I've seen is just... cruel attacks on people they don't like. Not attacks on things people do, but personal attacks out of spite.
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