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Easter usually sticks to a familiar script—chocolate, pastel colors, polite little traditions that don’t ask too many questions. But in the hands of cartoonist Mark Parisi, that neat version of the holiday starts to unravel pretty quickly.

Through his long-running Off The Mark comics, Parisi takes those same familiar symbols and pushes them just far enough to reveal something stranger underneath. Eggs aren’t just decorations here; they think, react, and occasionally spiral. Bunnies aren’t entirely trustworthy. And the whole holiday starts to feel less like a tradition and more like a situation slightly out of control.

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Across these comics, everyday Easter imagery gets quietly twisted into something sharper and funnier. Eggs deal with identity issues, bunnies create unexpected chaos, and nothing quite behaves the way it’s supposed to. The humor doesn’t rely on exaggeration alone; it comes from taking a simple idea and nudging it just off balance.

What makes Parisi’s work stand out is how much is happening beneath the surface. The jokes often sit in the details, in the timing, or in a visual cue you might miss at first glance. It’s the kind of humor that lands quickly, but lingers just long enough to make you go back and catch what you didn’t see the first time.

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    CloPotato
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me that I still have an egg I painted once, that just has horrified eyes, a screaming mouth and a bit of yellow dripping from its top. I should make the whole collection.

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    So if Easter has always felt a little too predictable, these comics offer a different version of it, one where things don’t quite add up, and that’s exactly the point.

    Scroll down to see 50 of Mark Parisi’s Easter-themed comics, and don’t be surprised if they change the way you look at the holiday, even just a little.

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    Lotekguy
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    14 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Children everywhere hope Santa doesn't catch whatever the Easter Bunny has.

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    Lotekguy
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    13 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're lucky the BP censors didn't understand how risque the paintings were..

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    Lotekguy
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    11 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a jarring revelation to the flock.

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    sbj
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooooo, risqué!

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    sbj
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is always the result when I try to paint eggs

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    sbj
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm, yes, we believe you (not) that this happened accidentally during the Egg Hunt

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    Auntriarch
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Going to be some ptissed off pterodactyls there

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    Auntriarch
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP couldn't decide where to put the little black stripes