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40 Sarcastic And Relatable Comics About Reluctant Adults By This Artist
Interview With Artist
Adult life is not easy: bills to pay, food to cook, outside opinions to deal with… sounds like not at all what we imagined it to be when we were children. Those who identify as reluctant adults will probably find it easy to relate to the comics of Mo Welch.
The talented artist has a series called Blair about a young woman who lives life filled with sarcasm, revealing her daily struggles and frustrations while finding comfort in food and cats. Mo has already posted her earlier Blair comics on Bored Panda. In the images below, check out the illustrations she’s created during 2021.
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KatHat 3 years ago
Wow, Jason Green just revealed he listens to propaganda and ignores facts. Way to go, Jason!!!
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KiwiBubbles 3 years ago
Being a teenager, I honestly didn't think I cared who was president. That was until my family watched Biden's inauguration (on YouTube I think lol) and I literally teared up realizing how happy I was, that the person now in charge of our country was going to fight COVID and do his best to save lives. Rather than........ whatever Trump was doing 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Poultry Geist 3 years ago
Must we keep bringing him up ! Worst 4 years of my life I hate being reminded of him !!
“As a stand-up comedian, I write jokes constantly. Sometimes a joke is better for a comic than for the stage, so I use that for the Blair comic. Other times I just write Blair jokes while I'm out in the world and collect them on my phone. I like to have 10-12 jokes before I sit down, so I can draw a few at a time,” Mo told us about her creative process.
“I used to do a comic a day, but that's been difficult as of late. Writing a joke can be a puzzle, but it's easy to find a premise. Just go out into the world and watch how annoying everyone is. These days, I draw by hand and then pop them in photoshop for some finishing touches. I like to draw on 6x6 watercolor so I can have an original of the drawing. I used to sell them, but I'd be interested in showing my work sometime in the future.”
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Oh Yeah! - past , present and hopefully most people in the future - Aloneness is my hobby!
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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Too bloody right! Except extroverts: weirdly (I think coz I worked lots in customer service?) I can handle small talk. Once. If I meet you a second time I will avoid meeting your eyes and scurry around like a possum
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
AMEN ! I hope small talk is gone forever. Walking and reading a book is super difficult!
When asked about difficulties coming up with new ideas, the artist shared: “I do have creative blocks and it's horrible. I feel so useless in those moments. Something I try to do is just go through my phone and look at jokes I didn't use or try to find a new way into a joke. These blocks will happen, but usually, if I have a drawing block, I'm shooting off stand-up jokes like nothing. So it's not a complete creative block. Just a creative block in one area.”
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Queen Jackson. 3 years ago
That’s happened to me me once, but in my neck.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)
That’s being out of shape, not being an adult. Many adults are into fitness as a lifestyle, and pretty much no children are.
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PenitentEyeball 3 years ago (edited)
As I’ve heard said before “You’re not looking for something new, you’re seeing if your standards have changed.”
François Carré 3 years ago
Well, that formulation actually makes more sense.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Going in the Kitchen and finding only ingredients is my definition of insanity!
Samantha Power 3 years ago
I am so relieved that I am the only one who does that, I have a phantom memory of some delicious raspberries I bought or some fine dark chocolate, then remember I didn't buy it because the queue in the Supermarket was too long :)
“I've always been inspired by Charles Schulz and Jim Davis. Cathy Guisewite and Mike Judge too! Too many to name, really. Music really inspires me too. Sometimes a lyric works as a word association that gets me to a comedic premise,” says Mo.
We also wondered if it’s difficult to maintain a unique style these days when there are so many great creators, to which she replied: “I do think it's difficult to create a unique style, but I just tried to create something that would be easy for a five-year-old to draw. If I could do that, I was certain I would be able to draw the character every morning.”
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
If hiding fails, there is always "oh! I didn't see you there" to fall back on.
François Carré 3 years ago
While many people my age were struggling to improve their looks and emphasize their personality with clothes, tattoos, piercings and stuff, younger me genuinely enjoyed playing and trying all kinds of tricks to be the most unnoticeable I could in public places.
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The Cute Cat 3 years ago
Actually kids can bring joy too.. But in different way then what you now..
ZAPanda 3 years ago
ridiculous that anyone even thinks it's reasonable to have kids when you're that age.
Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
No regrets that from 28 to 31 I was married and had 2 kids. :) But ok. Like anyone must answer to you, pissant asshat.
Load More Replies...When asked about her future aspirations, the artist shared: “I'd love to publish more books and calendars and an animated show. I'd also like to create a children's animated show that competes with Peppa Pig because she needs the competition! If I can continue to get paid to draw a comic and tell jokes, I mean...anything better than that? I feel pretty lucky."
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Oh please tell me when - come to think of it quarantine ain't so bad - no normalization for me!
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Samantha Power 3 years ago
Laura yes I am with you on that one, diet starts on New Years day :)
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago (edited)
There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about, so good times may be coming again for me! If I follow current trends, I'll be back to knowing nothing in 7-10 years, if not sooner.
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ShriSha Kamboj 3 years ago
i actually wonder why people want to have kids....doesn't make sense
Blackheart 3 years ago
I love kids. I have kids. I teach kids. But they are not for everyone.
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Cori 3 years ago
I've been feeling more and more guilty lately about deciding to have kids. I love them dearly and am selfishly over the moon that they exist, but I feel awful about the state of the world they are going to inherit. And the guilt just goes deeper knowing I'll probably end up imploring them not to have kids of their own. It just breaks my heart knowing they have to live with a mess they didn't create.
Stephanie IV 3 years ago
You could imagine a way of life that gives them rituals and structure without harming the planet. It is possible. Decide for your own and your children's sakes, where you want them to put their focus: interpersonal relationships? Ecology? Safety? And then go for it. Don't worry about not finding the absolut right answer to this. It's your attitude that will latch on to your kids. And they, then, will be just as aware and -hopefully- adaptable as you are now. If you want.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
My friend with the baby you do realize after university they're gonna move back in!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Fear is a state of mind - I'd like to be in a STATE of minds just once please!
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Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Meanwhile as someone who’s just come off medication that causes fatigue, I’m grateful for the extra energy I have and can’t wait to spend the whole New Year being active.
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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
It's kinda sad if you don't have at least one person in your life like the top picture :/
François Carré 3 years ago
I don't really ever forget about people, but I've had a hard time admitting that some former good friends from high school might simply have forgotten about me and that must be fine.
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago (edited)
Sarah was confused about why her weight watchers program wasnt getting her the results she wanted
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Dietitians say that eating cake from time to time is totally fine. It’s just diet culture that says you have to go to extremes.
Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
Might actually help you be aware of what you're eating and eat it slower ;)
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Watching what you eat while watching a cooking show marathon - I'm sure that will work for me!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Now your speaking my language if you have critters you will not be sad for very long!
LittleWombat 3 years ago
Brian, ShriSha, and Bored Hooman, you are my kind of people!!!!!!
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
The doctor asked me if i had any pets. I told her i had a cat. Obviously, since i had cat hair all over me. I sneezed. That should have been the proof she needed, but she diagnosed me with a cat allergy.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Phobic of people, housework, and any kind of labor at all - it's called lazy ass syndrome!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Mysterious ways is not quite the right word - damn stupid to my way of thinking!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I think I must have some- but NOTHING that is any where near domestic endeavors!
Samantha Power 3 years ago
Hi Brian, Meetup groups are a lot of fun with lots of different activities.
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bookshellf 3 years ago
this happened to me once, friend asked what are some more of your hobbies? My mind went blank, i told her let me think about it.. but they didnt come to me at that moment!!! ^^'
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SeaMonster 3 years ago
*picks up shampoo bottle* OOH sodium lauryl sulfate ethylblethejhskjehrlwjhrlsfncjehgtklheslkjhcoeinshtlhsfnce!!
buttonpusher 3 years ago
Yep! The days before smartphones you'd just read the back of bottles.
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Blackheart 3 years ago (edited)
I used to hate when people would tell me high school was supposed to be the best time of my life. Who wants to peak in their teens?
Stephanie IV 3 years ago
Anybody who truly considers HS the best time of their lives is doing something wrong.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
High School - Told I was stupid, was bullied so I quit Them's was the good ole days!!!!!!!
Samantha Power 3 years ago
I loathed high School and couldn't wait to be an adult, it certainly was not the best time in my life, very far from it.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Lying in bed in ur 30s, random ninja shame memory of when I fell over in the school hallway. Insides crumple, argh! Dammit ninja shame!
Unnamed Hooman 3 years ago
Luckily, my memory is horrible so I don’t get memories that pop up like that
malenchki 3 years ago
Sadly I only remember the bad memories And the embarrassing ones mustn’t forget them they get angry and show up more if I try to forget them 😄 *internal screaming*
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*random memories from middle school last year* me: go home zoom memories ur drunk We were just sitting in our room the whole time cuz of covid!
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Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
FYI, did you know I got a pair of black pajama pants from Walmart I actually wore to work a number of times and literally no one noticed? They were awfully similar to a nice pair of Calvin Klein linen dress pants I own, except less tailored of course, and I totally got away with wearing pajama bottoms to work as a result. As long as you look presentable, you know?
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Lindsey Judd-Bruder 3 years ago
🎶Pea-nut but-ter, and sugar, and cho-co-late chip!"🎶
Load More Replies... SeaMonster 3 years ago
i had that song in my head before. you shoulda seen my face when i saw this!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Let the good times roll and the cookies crumble where they may I MIGHT clean on Tuesday!
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Don't forget: if they broke in the pack or you eat them over the sink, all the calories fall out before they reach your mouth 😁 Joyeux Noel
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Laura Silverstein 3 years ago
Beds are restaurants, study areas, meditation spots, and movie theaters
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
Beds are for sleep, sick, and sex. Otherwise you're setting yourself up for insomnia.
Load More Replies... bookshellf 3 years ago
Lol I snorted xD only because it's true and sadly true, but also funny too
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Insomnia is my friend - my bed is my friend - Eat here, Drink here - told you insomnia is my bestest friend!
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Tell them you do. But the chair stays empty. Evil I know, but so satisfying.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Ashes to ashes dust to dust - May be dust may be a friend who has past -Leave the dead alone!
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Shelley DuVal 3 years ago
If you get the dark chocolate, and the milk chocolate, and the white chocolate and the one covered in sprinkles, yup, that's a salad.
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Helen Haley 3 years ago
Salad is just so much effort and dishes. I like it, but not enough for that work.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Salads require too much chewing, food should require little chewing but be flavorful!
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François Carré 3 years ago
Cats are more active by night and they look so glad when we're around to spend this time with them instead of stupidly being sleeping. (The reverse is also true, they're glad that we share the day sleeping time with them).
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CindiLou Whoo 3 years ago
Where I come from, it's usually phrased "fixin on getting ready to"
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
It's on the back burner. But I don't tell anyone I uninstalled the front burners 😉
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 3 years ago
But not today... in fact, probably not until after the holidays... or by spring, surely.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Maybe I'll start thinking about seriously contemplating getting my life together. I still haven't decided.
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Blackheart 3 years ago (edited)
They do that when people do not floss. Floss that s%^& outta there. Don't be gross.
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
If you eat them all in one sitting, you were only eating unhealthy one time!
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Theo Blackwood 3 years ago
Literally not the point of St. Patrick’s Day. It’s the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland. Not a holiday to make ‘poor choices’ by getting pissed.
malenchki 3 years ago
Might have said happy st parents day far all you know DONT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS/s
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Lyuben Petkov 3 years ago
Each day - cold water over the face, sleeping on the back, Bulgarian rosehip oil - fresh, younger skin
Deson 3 years ago
If it helps just think of it as Time traveling on a one to one scale into the future.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
One must read when eating takeout - you know the special one for eating food of any kind - it has ketchup on it!
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
I never understood this... people honestly believed they were going to become beanie baby millionaires.
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Norma 3 years ago
um...Brian, I don't think she meant THAT kind of eggs in the last panel...
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Little Wonder 3 years ago
Education should be free, or at least very cheap. An educated population is a healthier, wealthier population.
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ShriSha Kamboj 3 years ago
sometimes i nap while breakfast...no wait it's dinner...nvm, I nap while food
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bookshellf 3 years ago
it changes your world of food though, and eating habits I guess ^^
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SeaMonster 3 years ago
and most of my childhood worried about my adulthood. will we complain about our alivehood when we reach deadhood????
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Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago
I read guilting and waa thinking "y is ur mum talking about making people feel guilty?"
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 3 years ago
Mine won't drive at night, especially over bridges. So if I get hurt 7pm (5 in the winter, gd dst), and I'm over the river from home, I guess I'm just screwed...
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Only emergency contact is 911, Family cone to parts unknown - I have no guilt!
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
You have candy around long enough to get stale? Wow... mine is gone by the next morning!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I can do 5 every 2 weeks if I concentrate - Did I tell you I have insomnia!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Yeah but with a mask no one could see your nose run - IF IT WAS WORN PROPERLY the mask not your nose!
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David Arnold 3 years ago
Why must every post have something political about it?? I come here to escape that crap.
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Self depreciating humor is not only played out but it seems kind of toxic at this point. I’m not sure if it’s us Millenials or Gen Z but it’s just getting tired.
David Arnold 3 years ago
Why must every post have something political about it?? I come here to escape that crap.
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Self depreciating humor is not only played out but it seems kind of toxic at this point. I’m not sure if it’s us Millenials or Gen Z but it’s just getting tired.
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