35 Ironic Comics Highlighting Modern-Day Issues By This Belgian Artist
Interview With ArtistThis Belgian artist illustrates controversial modern-day issues that not everyone might find funny. But we, along with his 154K followers, enjoy Domien's artwork, and since this is not our first post on Bored Panda, we are sure you will find a chuckle in yourself when going over these as well.
While scrolling through these illustrations, you will notice their distinctive style. In a previous interview, Domien shared what has influenced his artwork: "I have always been an enormous pop-art lover since I was a child, so a lot of my style has been influenced by pop artists from the '60s and '70s. John Wesley, an American painter, is probably one of my biggest examples. He has a way of making rather explicit drawings in a way that makes them look innocent and kind. Alex Katz is also a major influence, in my opinion, he is the king of composition, making strange and awesome colorful settings that I can stare at for hours. When it comes to the cartoon part of what I do, Belgian cartoonist Jeroom is probably my biggest influence. He gets away with a lot of rude and controversial stuff just because he is so damn funny."
If you are curious to see his previous posts on Bored Panda, visit them here and here.
More info: Instagram | studiostoutpoep.com | Facebook
This post may include affiliate links.
Ok? I don't get this one. Why would anyone flirt with someone that isn't into them? Is that even flirting? Isn't that harassment? This is weird one.
A lot of men do it all the time to a lot of women. Ask any of your women friends, I guarantee that it will have happened to some of them.
Load More Replies...I'd like to be flirted with by anyone. Random oe otherwise...
You're what's wrong with men. How I dress is for me not for you and it's not an invitation.
Load More Replies...What? WTF does any of that mean? Who TF cares what a cartoon looks like, let alone questioning their gender identity?!
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to Domien to ask a few questions about him and his comics, to which he kindly responded.
Domien is a funny guy, so we wanted to know how he strikes a balance between humor and delivering more serious messages. He shared: “I try to do both, but I consider myself a cartoonist first and an activist second. Meaning, I want to spread a message but also want the cartoons to be good and funny. It's not an angry, protest page but a positive one.”
But you do know the cure for cancer? Happy to share?
Load More Replies...That's exactly how I feel every time I have to create a new password. Usually takes me 4 times to get it right.
Don't forget the fifteen musical theater songs, 95 Ethiopian animal names, and the average person's life expectancy to the second
My work has it so every 90 days you have to change it and you can't use the last 13 passwords
If we are what we eat, why does everyone look like a human?
I adore the hamburger eaters response. Just get out of here with your food nonsense and just leave people to eat. You don't know them so keep your mouth shut.
"You are what you eat"... Oh, I didn't realize you were bisexual! With your logic, that's the only way you could be both a c*nt AND a d1ck!
I guess, then, I'm my own depression? Whoa, that got existential real fast. 😳
Though Domien wrote that he is a cartoonist first, we do love that he is not afraid to spread and highlight important issues such as gender stereotypes, toxic masculinity, feminine issues, modern dating, social media, and many more.
We asked Domien to elaborate on the role of humor in conveying important messages to a wide audience and fighting against censorship. He shared: “I think using humor and bright colors (mostly pink and blue) are interesting weapons to cover a message. I always try to make my comics short and easy to understand so people get the message immediately when they see it. Because it's fast and easy, people hit the 'like' button more easily, so the message gets spread to a wider audience.”
Ok I will confess: I like to read gay romance novels (m+m), I'm a hetero woman. Hetero men like to watch two women together, so why shouldn't I imagine two hot guys getting intimate 😆
OKAY BUT... the issue becomes when the center is reversed. When a larger woman is with a fit man the hatred and vitriol that is CONSTANTLY spewed is unbearable. It just... never stops. Men are "allowed" to be "funny" and attractive. But a a "fit" man can't be attracted to an unfit woman... 😔
I only have an issue with the middle picture. That guy's sweater is hideous :p
Yes. Would be nice to see a reverse of the middle one too. Why is it always a fat man and a skinny woman, never shown the other way around?
Can we get one where the guy is stereotypical handsome and the woman is not Hollywood pretty? Like even when we're making inclusive things like this the chick is always hot and it's never a plus sized chick with some like Hemsworth or Elba or something.
Why do the third normal beautiful couple not have shoes? Either all get to be barefoot or none at all. Shoe Equality for all!
Parents to kid "It's time we told you you're adopted.... your new parents will be here shortly"
Coming back to more current events, we asked if there are any that inspired Domien’s recent satirical illustrations. He answered: “I think as an illustrator, you can't ignore AI and what it's doing to our society. I'm both super thrilled about the possibilities but also scared of the impact on our society. It's an interesting subject to make jokes about because everyone is talking about it and has a strong opinion about it.”
And yet, women can be putting herself in danger by saying no to the wrong man. And it isn't always possible to know which man will become dangerous when rejected. Men don't understand the real, understandable fear that women have to deal with.
I will drop someone if they don't back off when I tell them no. If I've worked up to courage to put up that wall already and you try breaking into it, my turrets will come out. You will be gunned down.
I do this on occasion and the sheer panic attack when she says yes is so addictive, I can't stop thinking who to ask next/again. Drawback is who and when to ask is another nerve breaking thing in itself....
Friendly reminder than condoms are only about 98% effective *before* user error, so while condoms are definitely a great, convenient, simple method of contraception and this guy should have no problem wearing one, if you plan on having sex with someone who seems like as much of an idiot as the guy shown in the comic, it might be good to have that extra precaution because I'm guessing his offspring would also be aśsholes.. :)
Birth control pills don't prevent STDs. Unless you know the person you're going to have sex with really, really, really well, use a condom. Hint: if you don't feel comfortable enough with that person to discuss their sexual history and STDs, you shouldn't be having unprotected sex with them.
This. Condoms are not just for birth control but also for STI.
Load More Replies...I remember when condoms were a normal thing, since unlike birth control pill, they can prevent the transmissions of std's.
Dude, just wear a condom. You have no idea what the other person could have or be hiding from you. I would say just DONT have sex unless you know the person inside and out, but that's not going to happen for everyone, so just protect yourself and others. Also, from a medical standpoint, HPV can lie dormant for YEARS and it causes cancer. I know first hand. I had stage one cervical cancer from the guy I lost my virginity to. It was devastating to hear I may never have kids or that I may need chemo on top of them taking a large portion of my cervix out. All this at 19 yrs old. Please, just use condoms and be safe out there!
I'm sorry that happened to you, I've had part of my cervix removed too. And to think if the HPV vaccine had been around when I was a kid then I would've been protected from that. Anyone reading this please vaccinate your kids for HPV, when they're very young. You can save them from cervical cancer
Load More Replies...FYI Professor Sujoy Kumar Guha developed RISUG over 20 YEARS ago. It is a SINGLE injection for a men(s*****m havers). It is a 99% effective non surgical injection and reversible birth control with NO SIDE EFFECTS. Attempts to get it on the market have have failed repeatedly due to 1. It being for MALE use instead of targeted towards females. 2. It being an effective one time inexpensive procedure(meaning the drug companies would lose massive profits). Think... just THINK of all of the unwanted children that have been born, abandoned, abused, and no longer alive. All of the partners that have been trapped in abusive relationships. All of the people who have died of cancer due to birth control and other contraceptives. Every pharmaceutical company should be held responsible. But it can not happen while they continue to bury the truth. It was easy for them to do 20 years ago, 10 years ago... but now... Pandas... we have social media. Spread. The. Word. 😤
If you're not gonna sack it, go home and whack it. No glove, no love.
Guys never got that when I was young, either. A condom??!! Oh no, it doesn't "feel right." It was like they all thought birth control was someone else's job. Condoms weren't foolproof in the 60s, either. So that was when I made a conscious decision to make birth control my responsibility. Mine alone. I never regretted it. I always knew I was in control of my own future. That empowered me.
I take birth control because my menstruations are killer otherwise. I get bad bloating, debilitating cramps, so much blood loss, and it lasts 3 weeks. It's on 3 weeks, off 3 weeks. And since it greatly reduces some women's immune system, I always get sick from it. So I'm on birth control, not caring that my libido is dead and that I've gained weight simply to not deal with that s**t anymore. Other women, however, don't want to or can't. It's just be understanding of others. Some women can't afford it, and condoms are f*****g free if you go to colleges and such to get them. Discuss it, then figure out a plan, even if that means not having any naughty times.
Go to a gynecologist, it's not normal to have pain . Some little cramping yes , pain no . Birth control just hide the symptoms don't play with your health
Load More Replies...We were also wondering how Domien navigates the potential challenges or controversies that may arise from addressing sensitive or taboo subjects through his art. He replied: “I try not to think too much about consequences. Mostly I just spread my own view and opinion about certain subjects, and I don't really care if other people agree. However, reading reactions from others on topics like feminism, gay and trans rights encourages me to keep fighting harder, as they show there is still a long way to go.”
And lastly, he added: “Be kind to everyone, floss, never wear socks in your sandals, and use sunscreen when going out during summer.”
I love Halle Bailey as Ariel, i just wish her hair would have been redder. I have red hair, and when i was little, i loved Ariel because she had the same hair as me! Even when kids called me carrot head (they really did!) I remembered that a princess had my hair!
Those kids dont know what their talking about... red heads are amazing :3
Load More Replies...I'd have disliked the red hair to blonde, because it's an actual trait to the character. Skin color doesn't matter in case of a mermaid, it's not even a real human that would have to fit a certain time, culture or place on earth. Nonetheless, this movie was very bland and Halle Baileys acting was wasted. She could have done so much better in a less droopy movie.
Agreed. They did her badly. Since they refused to remedy anything about the really problematic story and get it closer to the message of the original fairytale, which was absolutely amazing btw. (And no, she didn't just die, but that's also not the point, but what's really important: she gave up on the prince because she realised that her silly infatuation was not true love and that the prince and the princess deserved being happy together)
Load More Replies...im not racist its just ariel has red hair and and shes white. its just who she is in the animated version so i think it was kinda dumb to completely change her??
Ariel being white isnt important to her character. Halle Bailey was chosen for her acting skills.
Load More Replies...I actually would care about both, as none of them are changes warranted by the story. Why change anything at all? And why can't we have an original story about a black mermaid instead of a blackwashing pretending to be inclusive? edit: ya'll right, i mixed up the terms "blackface" and "blackwashing," and fixed it. Thanks for correcting me.
Funny enough, the middle and right ones are the designs I'd actually b***h about. Her hair color, tail color, and seashell top are the iconic parts of her design. Changing them won't affect the story, but it's not really Ariel without them
From my own point of view as an African, it is not about the color of the skin. It's just about the laziness of Hollywood colourcoating instead of coming up with new ideas. If something isn't broken, don't fix. There are a lot of new culture to explore and new stories to tell but no wash and repeat. The stories that needs really attention like princess and the frog or hunchback of Notre Dame or even Brother Bear. They won't touch because they don't want to put the effort to improve on the mistakes they made then. So I don't agree with this. Not everything is racism and everyone would hate a blonde Arie.
TBH, I think all of those live-action remakes are pointless, regardless of if they change characters' ethnicities.
Not to argue.. just think they're giving society too much credit. If they made Ariel BLONDE, people would lose their s**t
Guys it's a play on the actual painting The Scream by Edvard Munch 😅
Yeha - 72 years experience in a technology that has only existed for 5 years.
Spiders don't have that many options, do they? Maybe webmaster would be another one
The only way to make the right panel not creepy anymore is to start breastfeeding kids everywhere. Every mother should (attempt) to breastfeed their children and shouldn't be ashamed to do it in public
Women from some cultures do it all the time,but they use a scarf or shawl because they don't want people staring at their breast.not about shame about respect for self.
Load More Replies...Yes, how dare women remind men that their bodies aren't there just for male enjoyment.
Someone once said that men are uncomfortable with breastfeeding because it's a pair of breasts that are not for them to ogle at and they don't like it.
If a girl is showing their boobs you can look, but if she is breastfeeding it would be creepy if you stare. Here in latin America is very common to brestfeed on the street.
For g** sake.... Let the baby eat and loom elsewhere for 10 minutes. We can do it with your face ? Do the same !
You might want to correct your spelling mistake. I think you wanted to say that people should look elsewhere and leave the mommies to nurse their babies in peace, but due to the spelling error of loom instead of look it reads as if you're against breastfeeding.
Load More Replies...I breastfeed my baby and not only is a blanket hot in the summer, my son will actively push/pull it off of us.
The first one is disturbing, the second one is natural. And sweet, to see a mother caring for her baby. 💕
I'm a leg man. Beside we born naked. Once you see a few dozen does not matter. Homeless so sucks
I will never get why people attribute character traits to some random assortment of stars that are millions of lightyears away -also from each other- some of them long dead. But that might be the Scorpio speaking
I am also a Scorpio. I don’t care about astrology, but I do find stuff like that interesting because I like accumulating useless knowledge. Total nonsense, but somewhat interesting nonsense. I also have some tarot cards that I can barely use and don’t believe in but find fun nonetheless.
Load More Replies...I agree with Sheldon Cooper - a "mass cultural delusion that the sun's apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth somehow has an effect on your personality."
I hate astrology bc it puts people in a box based on their birth month and assumes we all have static, unchanging personalities and interests
I wish a had gay parents, it would have made my journey to accepting myself so much easier, and maybe then they'd actually kind of understand me. But I can't change who I have so I will make the most of it and hopefully be the gay parent for someone else. :)
Not necessarily a blessing to have gay parents. My step kids have a gay mother and she is the most stoic person I've ever met - does not show affection at all!! Better to wish on having parents who love deeply, affectionately and unconditionally. Don't just be a gay parent - be a loving, kind parent who doesn't care if their child is gay, straight, nonbinary or trans.
Load More Replies...Not saying the message is wrong, but two of those kids look depressed as heck and the third looks like he's high as a kite.
I think they were including interracial relationships, as well as homosexual ones
Load More Replies...I have a mom and dad and I realize we just need two loving people. I'm queer myself and I don't need an opposite gender/sex partner.
Load More Replies...Note to self: All humans are equally filled with tasty, valuable organs!
once again, my cat intestines have foiled this!
No matter who we like, or the colour of our skin, we all share one thing in common... Our hairstyle.
So none of them have a brain? (I’m commenting on the fact that depicting hair is more important than the organ which controls all other organs) also why are they all white? Although they could have not put brains there because that gives them free thought and the ability to be bad or good. But anyways I do like the message.
Why do their ankles seem dangerously thin?... Wait, they don't have that bump thing from the joint bones!
I been looking for that off switch that marine training turned on.
Your outside is desirable, your insides better be durable and your mind be as happy, healthy and entertained by my humor.
They're doctors for the female anatomy. Basically like dentists but for the female reproductive system
Load More Replies...This just shows he's never been to Australia, our spiders aren't THAT small
Anyone else thinking the spider is looking up at the guy like it is asking of he's it's mama?
A perfect beach body is any body that has been thoroughly covered in sunscreen.
*darts off as i dont like sunscreen*
Load More Replies...Is anyone else a little jealous of people with vitiligo? I just think they look so gorgeous and I look so plain
i wish i was like the last one that kindof skin is so pretty!
Ew why? You want to be a lazy entitled brat making millions off the backs of overworked underpaid laborers?
I think I'd rather be the director of a project that's not time sensitive. I don't think I could handle the stress of being CEO.
Wrong lady, you need to be one COO, so you actually know what is goin on..
Weirdly, not all Americans. The whole military for example, uses the formula in the comic. It sucks for people with birthdays on days 12 or less. Do you mean June 3rd or March 6th?
Load More Replies...I put the month first, because in conversation, we say the month first. "June 25th" sounds better in dialogue than "25th June" or "25th of June."
My dad's friend was in an accident, so his shoulder bone is literally bolted in place, which sets off the metal detectors at airports.
*looks at my collection of spiky earrings and jewlery* well f**k me ig
This is rather sad. We don't find those labels when shopping, so how are we to know?
Glad my mom was neither of the two. She even got me condoms as a teen and told me if I get pregnant we'll find a way. She always said she'd like grandchildren, but never pressured me.
My mom doesn't even ask if I'm dating anyone. She knows I hang out with my friends like once every two weeks and my brother and I play video games at home. While other 19 year olds are going to collage and stuff I work at my friends Cafe early in the morning and work at another freidns flower shop late at night preparing bouquets for the next day. She just says she's proud I'm doing what I want to do when her friends talk about thier kids and stuff
Just one of the many many reasons I never even dated until my 30's...
My mom just told me don't sleep with someone unless you love them.
*ahum* she is waiting for me. . . (I deserve down vote, but I can help my humor).
As someone who dispises house work with a burning passion...THE HOUSE IS SHARED THE WORK IS SHARED!!
As long as the work that pays for the house is shared, I completely agree!
Load More Replies...People say it's a man thing, no it's generations of women just doing and not doing anything about it. I quit doing my husband's laundry. He put a load in the washer two days ago, it's still in there.
Sir, put on some pants!! You're going to scald your legs with the steam that way!!
Ah come on, you're all doomsayers. We'll only be extinct in about 50 years
You're being too optimistic. I'd give humans 10 more years until extinction.
Load More Replies...Do not be afraid. Our disgusting species gonna manage to live :)
If we're still a functioning global civilization in 50 years I would be shocked. I'm glad I'm unlikely to live to see it's demise. I don't think we'll manage to drive ourselves to extinction, but we clearly are incapable of making the necessary changes to keep a technologically advanced civilization going.
And then he punches her in the face. "Sorry, you had a bug on your arm "
This one is genuinely kind of offensive. Using the Holocaust here as a way to illicit a positive reaction for your pro-choice stance is just disrespectful. I'm pro-choice myself but like the logic the argument is rooted in is also just awful. Following this logic it's fine to not only abort a questionably "living" fetus but also to just outright kill an already born baby because it may grow up to be the next Hitler. Not BPs best tbh.
This so tragic though, this says that possibly every innocent baby is as evil as h**ler I just do not think this is funny or ironic at all.
If nothing else, it may save that child from the hardships of a terrible life. Abortion the "PrOlIfE" side looks at as the death of potential, but it's the stop of potential horror. Adoption has shown to be so bad for so many kids, whether because they're stuck in an institution or abused or what have you, and if the mother is going for an abortion, she already doesn't want the fetus for one reason or another. If you were actually prolife, you'd be helping those in need, not trying to get those not born yet into a world that's disintegrating.
Created an account solely to dislike this. So tasteless, so thoroughly unfunny. It just seems so simply cheap and like a totally stupid fleeting thought that the "artist" had, but then he lazily convinced himself it was brilliant and decided to commit it to paper hoping that we'd all be that stupid too.
Technically incorrect since liquids are sticky not wet
Load More Replies...I like my men shaved... I know it's natural and all that but hairy apes freak me out
Good for you, but "hairy apes"? Kinda rude to call hairy people apes. You probably didn't mean to insult anyone, but it's not very sensitive.
Load More Replies...My husband told me he preferred my legs shaven. I said, ok, you buy the wax, since I get pimples from shaving, and you will also wax my legs and massage them with oil afterwards. He does so maybe once or twice a year. The rest he all of a sudden doesn't mind me being a furry 😆
I totally support you not shaving your legs and I don't either but in case you or anyone else was wanting a solution to the ingrown hairs you get from shaving, it helps some people to rince with cold water right after you shave.
Load More Replies...Funny, my cats have never once complained about my unshaved legs. They're the only ones who ever see me *shrug*. Then again, if one of them did suddenly pipe up with a personal hygiene issue, I would obviously be dealing with another, quite different, issue. 😄
I dont shave, my husband doesn't care. Your partner should be fine with whatever you decide whether it's not shaving at all or shaving everything and anything in between those. If they care more about your hair than you then they don't actually love you.
Until Trump came along. It takes a lot to make W look like a responsible elder statesman, but that bloviating bag of lies managed to do it.
Load More Replies...They get paid for revenue generated... Here in the US, the WNBA exists only due to kind of like a welfare system from the NBA. NBA generates billions of dollars in revenue every year, the WNBA costs money to operate. I have no idea why male artists make more than female but comparing that to professional sports is ridiculous.
Load More Replies...As a female and an artist I agree. I sign my artwork with only initials.
well, everyone puts his own price for his work. when you stop accepting lower price for your work, time and efforts... either you are good at it, and you will get the money you want; either you are bad at it, and you must look for other way to make money ! nothing to do with men and women here...
Well darn, there goes my chance of being an artist. F**k society!
As someone who goes to art shows a lot this is not true. There are some very well known female artists who have very pricey paintings.
True, true. Reason why I probably give more money to females for good service and produce..
R-i-g-h-t... Don't let the door hit you in the a*s on the way out, buddy.
If I change my expectations to be realistic, we might find common ground to make this relationship last.
If you have to change for others they should relationshop for another person.
Hold on I have to go buy more relations from the relation shop
My ex to a T, whereas he viewed himself as pretty much infallible. He was not one for compromises.
Yeah, guarantee this happens the other way around about 9000 times more often...
Well you see... what typically happens is this. A guy likes to "impress" a woman right? Most guys will agree with this statement. Therein lies the issue... and the problem with your statement. Guys will be all "I don't know how to cook but this girl is coming over will you make something for me?" ... and then pass it off as theirs... Guys will clean their apartment spotless because a girl is coming over... guys will wash their sheets because a girl is coming over... Then Once in a relationship They'll stop And all that girl wants... IS WHAT WAS ADVERTISED. The guy who cooked, and cleaned his apartment, and washed his sheets. But of course that guy didn't know how to cook, and he never cleaned, or changed his sheets... he only did it to "impress" her. So now he's bitching to his buddies that she's "trying to change" him. When he's the one that falsely advertised. And no... before you try and compare it to makeup(as that's where this ALWAYS inevitably leads to) it's not the same.
Load More Replies...That's why I don't greet my patients with a handshake anymore. Covid be thanked for that at least
Working in dental post COVID was a trip. Patients would refuse to touch anything (pens, counters, etc). Then as soon as they got in the chair they'd paw at their phone then stick that same finger straight in their mouth 😱 .
Load More Replies...Add, 'forgetting to wash your hands after going to the toilet', too
You should wash your hands BEFORE going to the toilet. As to not have dirty hands on your parts.
Load More Replies...I was wondering how to phrase that idea before I scrolled to your entry. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
Load More Replies...I can't remember the last time I shook someone's hand, its just something that is not necessary.
You can’t imagine the vindictive joy I feel at seeing a male nipple censored!
Lmao I saw a comic the other day that had that. So there’s a dude talking to a lady, and he says, I got a nipple transplant! And she’s like, huh, and in the next panel he’s lifting his shirt and one of his nipples is censored, and he’s saying, now one of my nipples is a woman’s! And the lady cracks up and he’s like wtf
Load More Replies...YAS: could beat the everloving s**t out of you /j
yeah. I'm super hairy and keep things trimmed, but I don't shave because I've got eczema and stupidly sensitive skin and shaving just Invites Issues. But I also never wear shorts or any tops more revealing than a t shirt, so meh. All these weird societal rules about gender and hair kinda baffle me.
Heehee. I've had my body hair layered, tho, no more cactus growth. Edit: layered, wtf Autocorrect?? I meant lasered!
that's a mood. I'm trying, but it's not easy! hoping we both start to accept how awesome we are ❤️
Load More Replies...i belieeeeeeve that the heart does go onnnnnnnnn🎶
Load More Replies..."Come on darling there is room for two" -K. Winslet on S. Colbert talk show.
i think the artist didn’t censor either, but bored panda censored the female nipple
Load More Replies...
