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35 New Sarcastic And Clever Comics That Address The Tragicomical Reality That We Live In
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."
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
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."
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.
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."
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."
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.
"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."
This didn't happen. Watch the tapes. A jury found him innocent after going through ALL the evidence. The news projected the narrative that their handlers directed them to, and millions ate it up. Kyle Rittenhouse fired his weapon in self defense. If he hadn't, he would've been dead. He wasn't the aggressor. Don't be a parrot. Educate yourself on actual facts before you post.
According to the Washington Post, "victim #1" Rosenbaum admitted he had spent most of his adult life in prison for molesting five preteen boys. "Victim #2" Huber spent time in prison for violating probation he was on for strangling his brother and again for assaulting his sister. So he committed domestic violence multiple times and was a parole violator, that makes him a repeat offender and a violent criminal. "Victim #3" Grosskreutz said he was not intentionally pointing his weapon at Kyle, but during cross-examination admitted that it was pointed at Rittenhouse when he was shot. We all saw the video, he ran up to Kyle and pointed the gun at him and got shot for it. Kyle defended himself and only shot these three people when they attacked him. Believe what made up story you want but the court made the right decision based on facts, evidence and the law, instead of liberal media lies.
Ignore the truth all you want. The one that was shot and lived admitted they started it, threatened him, and he defended himself. Stop ignoring facts because you don't like them.
Another one bites the dust...( I know that was inappropriate but it felt appropriate)
And another one's gone, another one's gone. Another one bites the dust!
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Powerful! If you are on a slippery slope, you dont know where it will stop.
The existence of the genetically impoverished melanin deficient cancer among True Humans is the problem. And we are no longer brave enough to call for a Final Solution.
And they only pull the “all live matter” when BLM is being discussed. And the same people don’t want gun control. Go figure
Stupid stand your ground laws. Basically anyone can say they feel threatened and shoot someone.
So if I start approaching cops who murder black people and say they make me feel threatened I can get away with executing them.../s
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The point is that by singling out black lives, black community, black culture as something exclusive we create an environment that makes inequality possible..
It is what our country has been doing since the begining. Higher melanin people have always been othered. Then blamed for the othering. It's not "our fault" they are different.....
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‘Merica (United states) Specifically people with that U.S. is the best attitude
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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.
Wait! How do you know that he is flammable? Did you weight him against a duck beforehand?
Yes!! I do think the "play similar" when this playlist is over is very good and Spotify deserves $ to keep that strong.
Edit: It’s cool that you can use it as an excuse to get home early 😎
I love that this is for the folks who've read multiples, the character gets a mouth as the "better yourself" idea.
Note: this post originally had 52 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
Some of these were great. I liked the "both sides of the gvrnmnt are trash" concept. Then, of course, it turned super left. Ugh. So tired of the divisive politics!!!!
What’s wrong Bree Z? Too much truth in the humor?
Load More Replies... Some of these were great. I liked the "both sides of the gvrnmnt are trash" concept. Then, of course, it turned super left. Ugh. So tired of the divisive politics!!!!
What’s wrong Bree Z? Too much truth in the humor?
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