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30 Clever Observational Comics By Vaughan Tomlinson That Might Make You Laugh (New Pics)
Interview With Artist
Meet the hilarious Vaughan Tomlinson and his one-panel cartoons. The artist's comics have been featured in WSJ, The Times, Readers Digest, Airmail, Private Eye, The Oldie, Funny Times, Weekly Humorist, and others.
In an interview with Bored Panda, we asked Vaughan to describe the essence or theme behind his cartoons, to which he replied: "I wouldn’t say there is an overall theme, but I do use observational humor which can sometimes lean into dark themes. I like to tiptoe around the boundaries of polite society without being shocking for the sake of being shocking. I also love drawing robots, animals, insects, and aliens."
So, without further ado, let's take a look at what the artist has created since the last post.
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We wanted to learn more about Tomlinson. He shared: “I live in New York City, but I was born in South Africa. I’ve moved around a lot and have lived on 5 continents. So, I feel like I can relate to a lot of different cultures and types of humor. Outside of cartooning, I’ve worked in tech - mostly AI and automation - so sometimes that comes through in the topics of my cartoons. I look forward to AI having existential crises, like we do and try to create some cartoons for them ahead of time.”
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Furthermore, we were wondering what has changed since the last post.
The artist wrote: “I’ve started collaborating more with other cartoonists. It’s an interesting process where I’ll come up with a joke, and they draw it or vice versa. And sometimes the final cartoon is so different from what I was expecting. It’s really given me a fresh perspective when I’m thinking about how I draw a cartoon.”
We all have those days when nothing seems to be good enough. Therefore, we asked if Tomlinson had ever scrapped a comic idea.
He shared: “I scrap ideas all the time. One of the most common reasons is that I find it’s already been done before - often better than I ever could. Another common reason I scrap ideas is because what I find funny today is not always the same as what I found funny yesterday. Sometimes I look at a half-drawn cartoon and think, ‘Why did I think this was funny?’”
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In regards to audiences’ takeaway, Tomlinson commented: “I’d like to hope that readers think a little more about the absurdity of everything around us. Most of the societal norms that we take for granted were just made up by the people that came before us.”
Lastly, the artist added: “I encourage you to support human artists over AI-generated images. Not because AI can’t create very impressive work, or that it can’t be used in an ethical way by real artists, but because human creativity brings diverse, unique emotions, experiences, and perspectives to art that AI simply can’t replicate.”
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DC 3 weeks ago
There's been a time in germany where the only way to be somewhat equally equipped with rights compared to men was to marry one of sufficient societal standing, and ... have him die, but not forcing him to (or, rather, not getting caught, if ... not that I'd approve, but still), and taking over his position as a widow. It got them to stop asking for "permission of your husband" if women would do such hideous things like working or having a bank account or such. Somehow, the male supremacy (we all know, but they seemed to know a different knowledge some decades ago) was then transferred to her. Simply being no different regarding qualification to do or handle any of these, of course, would have been too just and too easy.
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What do you think ?
Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 4 weeks ago
Am I the only one bothered by the font changes between some of the comics?
Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 4 weeks ago
Am I the only one bothered by the font changes between some of the comics?
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