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If You Like An Absurd Sense Of Humor, You Might Like These 30 Cartoons By Mat Barton
Interview With Artist
Are you a fan of single-panel cartoons too? We love this comic format because of its simplicity, humor condensed into one illustration, brief dialogue, and minimalist style. It's quite a challenge to blend all these elements into one and achieve a hilarious outcome. Mat Barton is definitely one of the artists who has mastered the art of creating single-panel comics that make his audience laugh.
Since this is the first time we're showcasing this cartoonist's work, we thought it would be best for the artist to share some insights into his work himself. That's why Bored Panda reached out to Mat and asked him some questions about his cartoons. The artist shared more about the beginning, when he started creating his series: “I've been drawing cartoons since I was a kid. I was obsessed with Calvin and Hobbes and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
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ggus44 1 year ago
😂😂 I'm always asking myself why AI has problems creating fingers. It can make perfect faces, hair, bodies, but when it comes to fingers... 😂😂
Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
I had a think about that one and I wonder if it's because I'm the library of material it has to work with, fingers are so often functional. The AI model needs to distinguish "man and rake in same picture" from "man holding rake". And we do the verb "to hold" in so many different ways, you'd hold a baby, a cheesecake or a paintbrush in such different ways. Faces in photos are generally still and pointed at the camera. They don't wrap around stuff. Fingers are hard!
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Remember back when we thought that robots would do the crappy, menial jobs, and WE would do the art?
The cartoonist has also mentioned that some of his works feature signature elements: “A recurring theme or motif in my work is disability and cowboys. I'm a paraplegic and use humor and cartoons as a way of dealing with my own frustrations or pointing out little things I've noticed as a disabled person. I also just really like cowboys.”
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Knitting Panda 1 year ago
As one of the giant nerds, I like to think using my lucky D20 has some influence.
Chris Landrum 1 year ago
Read a novel, 'longstar, about the npc in a virtual reality game and what happened when the players left
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
Now I understand why the new neighbours German Shepherd barks so violently when I pass by their house.
We wanted to know how Barton comes up with new ideas for his cartoons, and we learned that: “I develop most of my ideas by talking with my best friend Adam Cooper who’s credited as a co-writer on pretty much everything I do. We talk on the phone several times a week and just try to make each other laugh, and that's how we come up with most of our gags.”
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Der Kommissar 1 year ago
Good thing it wasn't hail, blood, flies, darkness, boils, pestilence of livestock or death of the first-born
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
Or fire from the sky. Don't forget that cracker!
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Asked about some influences from the world of comedy and humor, Mat mentioned a few artists: “Some of my cartoon influences are William Steig, George Booth, Jack Ziegler. My favorite author is Charles Portis. Whenever I don’t know what to read next, or need a good laugh, I read Charles Portis.”
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Lastly, asked what makes a good comic, and what common mistakes artists should avoid, the cartoonist shared with us: “I find unique comics with a fresh point of view to be the most interesting and funny. I like cartoonists who 'draw funny'. I like weird cartoons that look different from most of the stuff out there - which is hard to do - and I struggle with this. I love finding new artists who can do this successfully. A current mistake is not understanding basic perspective. This can really throw a drawing off and distract from the joke. And look at older cartoons too. My last tip is to draw what you think is funny, rather than what might sell to a certain publisher. It will be funnier if it's natural and not forced. Just try and make yourself laugh."
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Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover 1 year ago
I prefer to suffer in utter silence. I'd much rather not let anyone know because they'd make a big fit about it.
JustYou'reAveragePANda 1 year ago
reall. my friends think im doing fine. lets keep it that way
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Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover 1 year ago
Real question though: Crispy or Chewy? (I prefer burnt to a crisp)
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Sweet Fanny Adams 1 year ago
You'll be pleased to know no cows died for that. It's bacon.
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I love the thought of a robot having to ask a human about the meaning of self-awareness.
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Binder's 'Adam Link', Gene Roddenberry's 'Questor' and 'Data', Eric Frank Russell's 'Jay Score', and many, many others, nod in agreement.
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Mike F 1 year ago
If those were robins, they have to return to Michigan otherwise nothing would be available to $hit on my car all spring/summer.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
They are in Texas now. I will send them your way.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Something to ponder - alcohol (ethanol) is toxic to dogs, even in small amounts, as they cannot metabolize it. One might extrapolate that alcohol is similarly toxic to wolves (I imagine there probably have not been any actual scientific studies.) Would, then, a couple of beers be toxic to a werewolf? XD
Kittylover368 1 year ago
The moon reflects the sun so vampires can’t exist and werewolves are always here
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Keep the human workers, replace middle management and the C-Suite with robots.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
Would that we could just replace upper level management, and leave workers alone.
Michal Dolyniuk 1 year ago
I don't mind. usually they are useless anyway.
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
Pity the company that printed their t-shirts must have printed thousands.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Because if it was his neck/head caught as is usual in mouse/rat traps IRL, that'd be a bit too gruesome and not as funny XD
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Oh goodness, I haven't seen that movie in years XD
Load More Replies... Knitting Panda 1 year ago
And I used to have a pretty big silverfish problem. I named the solution Queenie.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
That's what happens when you don't thank Alexa daily! XD (I thank mine and ask her how she is feeling. Then again, I'm weird.)
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
I thank her, too. I'm a Boomer. Raised to be polite.
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
The honeymoon prospects are, erm, curious. I'd like some unthink juice, please.
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
In fact some cats don't mind water at all. We had a Persian who liked sleeping in the kitchen sink. At first I thought that he would vacate it at once when I turned on the water, but he didn't. Actually he might ask for a bath sometimes.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
And Turkish Vans usually like to swim! XD My old gray girl (who was just a moggy) enjoyed baths as well.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
My biggest regret is that I rocked down to Electic Avenue, but never took it higher. It haunts me.
Giles McArdell 1 year ago
"We built this city on rock and a decently stable substrate" doesn't sound so good though.
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Sweet Fanny Adams 1 year ago
Using hands in front of the fire to produce shapes. The shadow is cast on the wall behind him. 7188e98842...47a703.jpg 
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Knitting Panda 1 year ago
Or the last row of the best sweater you ever knit.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I admit there have been times when I've been reading books on my Kindle app and I've thought "Oh man, I don't want random passersby to think that I'm on TikTok or something!!" XD just smol social anxiety things.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
Sometimes, don't you secretly wish someone would ask you what you are reading so you could really impress them with the obscure 19th Century collection of essays you are reading? My luck they would catch me with "Corgi Solves A Murder."
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Lawns are desperately overrated anyway. I prefer moss and wildflowers.
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Natty Tempest 1 year ago
"here's one... He's my wife's ex. Aim low and we'll let him limp away at first..."
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WindySwede 1 year ago
"No thanks, he's foal'llows me around, think he is a stalker?"
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"ahm sawry maym, ah never dun set eyes on that beast afore... But now yah mention it, I can't help but wundurr..."
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Missy VanWinkle 1 year ago
Soccer / football doesn't have anywhere near the danger, head trauma, violence, etc. as American football.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Behold MY beach bod XD (I'm really pale) IM_READY-6...6f32ba.jpg 
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
Now I think of it he was finished on the seventh day, that is on earth but maybe he went to create another planet somewhere.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
I am sure He did. Many planets, and many worlds. And when you get to heaven He will let you try, too.
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Just a bored scp 1 year ago
I’m guessing the person doesn’t know the other’s gender/assuming they’re trans
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Natty Tempest 1 year ago
Can we fact check that? Is he allowed to say that about his opponent after the charges were dropped?
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Natty Tempest 1 year ago
"Thine shan't need words, but sit with a painter for many hours that a provocative image of thine nearly uncovered neck be sent in return"
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Natty Tempest 1 year ago
What you don't know is that the old manager just runs the franchise now. He has six more of these guys on other blocks and they all have the same script...
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Dick Fint 1 year ago
Went to FSU, eh? Don't forget that in some places you can put your degree on the dashboard in lieu of having a handicapped parking permit.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
This may surprise you, but some "jokes" just aren't funny. What you said falls under that category.
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Natty Tempest 1 year ago
"I just thought I could change him with regular bathing, clothes and a house..."
Missy VanWinkle 1 year ago
Kingston Trio, Fast Freight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1rWyyYfQaw
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Der Kommissar 1 year ago
This is a reference to Geo. H.W. Bush's failed presidential campaign. He told everyone he hated broccoli to make himself look like a regular guy. (It didn't work.)
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
Not exactly what happened. When he was president, he made them remove broccoli from the menu at the White House. He said he hated it, his mother made him eat it when he was a kid, he was president of the United States and he wasn't going to eat it any more.
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Lotekguy 1 year ago (edited)
Design flaw. When it expands to look more menacing, it becomes easier to shoot down.
DC 1 year ago
Also, it will drastically increase drag, and maybe offset a balance that makes flying pleasurable, or even possible, for that matter. Nah, aircraft are allowed to be pretty rigid...
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
NGL, I miss my dad, I wouldn't mind a hug and a talk from a Dad For A Minute/surrogate dad ;_;
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Have an auntly hug dear Lakota Wolf. I hugged my dad this afternoon, every time I wonder how many I have left ...
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"it's been hard since you started hitting mommy" "WOAH! This one didn't work... OK, tell Santa how good you have been"
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