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New York comic book illustrator, writer and producer Tom Hunt, the person behind the popular web comic series Scarecrowbar, likes his comics like I like my coffee: dark, simple, and with a strong taste. So get your daily dose of strong punchy comics based on everyday life. Who knows, you might even find them oddly relatable.

Comics like these don't go unnoticed here at Bored Panda, and we highly suggest checking out the first part of the same series, which you may find here.

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Here are some of Tom Hunt's influences that he's been willing to share with us in an interview from a previous post. "The trio of cartoonists that opened up the world of webcomics to me were Ryan North, Anthony Clark, and KC Green of Dinosaur Comics, Nedroid, and Gunshow Comics, respectively. Anime Club by KC Green remains one of my favorite things ever made.

One of the greatest modern comic masterpieces is Pictures for Sad Children, of which I drew a lot of visual inspiration, especially early on. Recently, I’ve been enjoying Close Your Eyes Look At The Mountains. Juniper Abernathy may be making the best comics in the world right now, everything she releases is gold."

As for how much time it takes to make a single comic, Tom said that"it depends, as I imagine it does for most cartoonists. Sometimes I tinker endlessly trying to find the right punchline. The best comics are usually the ones that come naturally on the first pass—though those are rare. I’m lucky to have a few friends I demo every comic on before posting—without them I’d be lost."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So mwny people have asked me wtf is going on with the GOP in America and I can only say they are either crazy, stupid, or greedy AF. Sadly, I can say the same about MOST of our politicians, regardless of party

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are extremely ignorant. I don't know what the women are thinking! Voting to give up your personal freedoms?? I grew up in a republican household and used to be republican. Realized I wasn't one during the Obama years. If my Grandmother was still alive, I can guarantee she would swap sides or go independent.

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Charles Rogers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I left nearly 5 years ago (to Europe)... You couldn't DRAG my happy butt back to 'Murrica!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend of mine came up with a great idea! NASCAR drivers have to wear patches of the corporations that sponsor them. Senators and representatives should have to do the same!!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American here (take a breath). I consider myself close to the center but tend to lean a bit left, and I listen to both sides because I try to stay informed. That said, I truly blame the media for intentionally trying to keep us divided. Why? Because they tell people what they want to hear. CNN, FOX...two sides of the same coin. For the record FOX can $uck it but I still listen to hear what they spew, as painful as it may be. And again, as an American in MN, shout out to the BBC. That seems to be my neutral zone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an American, I've found the most reliable news on American politics comes out of other countries... Canada, Australia, European(probably English but I'm not positive)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many in Europe think in the US democrats are the left and republicans the right, in the sense that they are understood in Europe. That is not the case. The case is, democrats are the right, and republicans are whatever it is that is to the right from right. Like quite a way right from right.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true. And I find the US has a lot less nuances in political ideologies as well than we do in France for exemple. There isn't even a name in English for what would be closest to my ideas. In the US it seems everything is just in plain black and white, and it got me very confused at first when I moved there.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She must've seen the clause of valuing foetuses over live children, using girls like chattel and that Jesus was a gay hating gun man. I feel you

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Charles Rogers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Jesus was a gay hating gun man"... YOU are what's wrong with America. Or why don't you retype that sentence replacing his name with the Prophet Muhammad... That's right, your pseudo-liberalism won't let you make fun of any religion outside of Christianity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get out of America? Love to, but no one other country worth going to would want me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just say your fleeing a dangerous political minefield. I'm sure they'll understand

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The GOP have successfully turned the US into the largest banana republic in the world. Actively and openly stopping people from voting and disrupting the democratic progress and shamelessly push themselves and the top 2% while letting the rest of the country go to hell is the act of dictators, not democratic patriots.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But it's those snowflake libtards not the righteous republicans ruining everything!!!! *SARCASM* The deflection of what they do on to their opponents has been honed into an art form. Amazingly sooo many people are too unwilling to admit to any type of misjudgment that they are more willing to believe that they are just in acting the way they blame the enemy for... -desends soapbox-

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American. I remember one yr our teacher had us raise our hands and close our eyes and counted the number of democrat and republican students in highschool. It's was 50/50. Then he handed us a test asking us to pick a or b core values. Every last one of us was scored democratic core values. I was republican at the time I was told rep equals less government control. Now watching women rights go down the toilet and GOP trying ban slavery being taught schools. And the house of republicans voted 93% yes on if they should ban birth control.Our dem president clearly has Alzheimer's and the GOP has full control of the USA. Anarchy is my political party.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to change the presidential term In office for 2yrs instead of 4yrs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried to write a story about kids living in America today, but I can't find a way it will NOT end in tragedy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our parties have moved to the right, US Parties are two steps further to the right than that. The Republicans have lost their sanity..

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish I could upvote twice, once to reverse your one downvote, and once to upvote

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does Tom Hunt realise that Europeans are different people from different countries with different cultures and political systems?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Politicians and baby diapers have a lot in common, for the fact that they need to be changed regularly and for the same reason.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comic. I've heard so many times that Canada is socialist from Americans, but truth is, our conservative party is just right of centre, our Democrats are off centre, and the NDP party is dead centre or a hair left. In comparison, the US Democrats are mid right and Republicans are essentially fascist right, far far far falling off the edge right.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't even say what I want because no one on here would understand obviously. Screw it I'm gonna say it. The dem playbook is insanity and denial is how to get away with it. Lie and keep people stirred up hating each other so no one sees how crooked they are and how screwed we are with them at the helm. That geriatric husk of a chomo is a meat puppet without an actual thought in his mind. So they need distraction away from them as they cheat and steal from the people they are supposed to represent. They will allow riots and looting and burning cities to the ground so you aren't focused on them. And that was a pleasant way to say it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many of you don't realize how lucky you are to live in the US and it shows

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And so many of you don't realize American exceptionalism is a big fat lie. There isn't much America is the best at.

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When it comes to inspiration,"a lot of it is having imaginary conversations in my head. Following the threads of your wandering thoughts until it unveils something that makes you laugh. Some of my comics have been called 'political' to which, sure, sometimes I’ve been overt about that. But I guess that’s just because it’s at the forefront of my mind at the moment. I try to stay honest to wherever my headspace is at."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, my favorite thing is to get e-mails telling me I need to ACT NOW OR APOCALYPSE from the people who are actually IN a position to DO something, but aren't.

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Creative disciplines such as this one cause a lot of burnouts, so we asked how Tom deals with his.

"Having done a lot of different types of work, it’s hard to complain about burnout for creative work. That said, every now and then I find myself in a place where I’m thinking 'I don’t really have anything to say right now'—what are you supposed to do? If anyone reading this knows, please tell me."

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We also asked Tom about how people usually react to his work.

"Mostly pretty positive! Anytime someone reaches out to tell me they really like a comic or it made them laugh or it changed their mind about something—I don’t take that lightly. It really makes my day. I hope anyone who does that knows their acts of kindness make a huge difference in my world."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG "screaming themselves into bizarre rage campaigns against fringe opinions" is the most accurate thing I've read all year. I've been trying to think of a way to explain to people that social media amplifies the most extreme stuff, which makes it seem common place when it's NOT, and get us all worked up into a frenzy. This is perfect.

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"When George Floyd was murdered I wanted to scream into the universe. I ended up locking myself away for several hours to draw some comics to work out how I felt, something I’ve done since I was very young. I ended up showing a couple to friends who encouraged me to post them, so I did—and not too long after I found them at the top of Reddit. So I decided to keep going with it.

There’s a moment while illustrating when a comic crosses the threshold between an idea and a real thing. It always sneaks up on me during the process—but suddenly I’ll look up and see it’s coming to life and this is what it will look like. It’s exciting and satisfying."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not correct. The side effects you mention on the AR 15S, are not side effects, but primary purpose

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wikipedia: Venera 7 entered the atmosphere of Venus on 15 December 1970. [...] The probe transmitted information to Earth for 53 minutes, which included about 20 minutes from the surface. It was found that the temperature at the surface of Venus was 475 °C (887 °F) ± 20 °C. Using the temperature, and models of the atmosphere, a pressure of 9.0 MPa [about 88 times the pressure of earths surface atmosphere, info added by me] was calculated. From the spacecraft's rapid halt (from falling to stationary inside 0.2 seconds), it was possible to conclude that the craft had hit a solid surface with low levels of dust. The probe provided information about the surface of Venus, which could not be seen through a thick veil of atmosphere. The spacecraft definitively confirmed that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus, and excluded the possibility that there is any liquid water on the planet.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait! How do you know that he is flammable? Did you weight him against a duck beforehand?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes!! I do think the "play similar" when this playlist is over is very good and Spotify deserves $ to keep that strong.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Edit: It’s cool that you can use it as an excuse to get home early 😎

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love that this is for the folks who've read multiples, the character gets a mouth as the "better yourself" idea.

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