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Did you know that smiling can significantly boost your overall well-being by releasing mood-enhancing hormones and reducing stress, even when forced? For a guaranteed smile, check out "Weekends Off Comics"!

This comic series follows the funny and relatable adventures of a brunette woman who deals with whatever life throws at her, from cats to dad puns, these comics have you covered, Pandas. Though the artist "Anime4000" behind these comics may not be widely known, the quality and entertainment value of her work are certainly undeniable.

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Given the chance, Bored Panda reached out to the artist behind the comics! When asked about the inspiration behind creating "Weekends Off Comics," Anime4000 said, "I can't remember specifically why I made the first strip, but I do remember being inspired by a canvas webtoon called 'English Project Daily Shorts' by Doubtcent. It was about this guy who would just write whatever into a comic and tried to post every day. I thought the frequent updates were pretty cool, and even if they weren't always joke-based, I enjoyed reading his thoughts on things. I have a list of a lot of the comic ideas I drew for 'Weekends Off.' If I couldn't think of a fresh idea for a comic, I would make a comic from that idea list."

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Regarding the main character in her comics, Anime4000 explained, "The main character in my comics is usually me. I already had the design figured out from an older comic and just tweaked the colors and art style to match 'Weekends Off.'"

Describing her creative process, she shared, "Usually I would get an idea from a random thought I had or from something that happened to me recently. Then I'd write it down in my idea list. If I picked said idea from the list the next time I was drawing a comic, I would open up ibisPaint X on my phone and start drawing. What I like to tell people is that you don't need fancy materials to be an artist. If I can make a relatively successful comic series with just a free drawing app and my phone, then they can do it too."

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some roadwork signs that phrase road and work as separate words can read as though the road will stop working beyond a certain point, if that were the case it wouldn't bode well for those driving on it.

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Anime4000 engages with her audience in various ways, stating, "I engage with my audience often by responding to comments on my works and have occasionally taken ideas from those comments. As for interactions that have influenced my work, I think one of my favorites was when I talked with fellow comic artist Chris Naish (creator of 'Admiral Wonderboat Comics') leading up to the making of episode 80: 'Advice.'"

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When discussing the end of "Weekends Off Comics" and her future projects, she noted, "'Weekends Off' has been wrapped up as a series. As explained in the last few episodes, I needed to free up time to do some of the other things that are important to me. Posting a comic every weekday is a very time-consuming project, and I was spending roughly 10 hours a week on it. So I decided to end the series with a big finale, for the 100th episode. Currently, I'm self-publishing a series on WEBTOON called 'Broken Compass.' It's about a random dude who gets teleported to a vast open field and tries to figure out why he was sent there, with the only thing given to guide him being the titular broken compass. Aside from that, I'm hoping to publish a printed book sometime this or next year (the pending title is 'short-lived'). I also infrequently post small one-shot comics and art pieces over on Reddit (u/Anime_4000) and Instagram (@the_anime_4000), respectively."

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Anime4000 also offered advice for aspiring webcomic artists: "During the time I posted semi-daily, I would get loads and loads of comments on my work. It got to the point where there were way too many of them to respond to, and I was getting bogged down by some of the negativity. What helped me and may help other comic artists is setting a time limit on how much time you can spend reading and responding to comments. Turning off notifications helps too. You can't make the negative people be nice, so it's best to just limit your online interactions rather than ignore how the comments make you feel and keep on spending all your time on them."

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The comic artist concluded the interview with us with a piece of wisdom from her dad, a former musician: "'I always figured, "I'm playing for the people who like me, not the people who don't."' Despite any negative feedback and nasty comments I might get posting my comics, as long as one person besides me enjoys them I think that's enough reason to keep posting."

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not just comedy, all culture. Now get off my lawn you whippersnappers!

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason why'll I'll probably never do psychedelics. I'm insane, dawg. The s**t in my head is SCARY.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every time she looks into the panel she's just 'watch'ing you.. all ticked off, very unsettling

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eventually, she'll get her thoughts organized into "let's walk to Burger King".

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Making these with paper is surprisingly easy. You just take a strip of paper and twist it a little, then tape/glue the ends together.

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Nope, they've all got the correct number of fingers.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a monastery there are four nuns at confession. They have lined up and are now going one by one to the head nun. the first nun steps forward. "Mother, forgive me, for I have sinned. We were down by the river washing clothes. And there was a man who was bathing himself. Naked. And I looked at his nakedness and could no longer take my eyes away. " The head nun crosses herself "wash your eyes with holy water and pray to the Lord twice and he will forgive you." with this the first nun is dismissed and the second nun steps forward. "Mother, forgive me, because I have sinned. I not only looked at the man's nakedness, but also touched it." The head nun takes a sharp breath. "wash your hands twice with holy water and pray to the Lord 3 times and he will forgive you." The 2nd nun is thus dismissed, and when the 3rd nun wants to step forward, the 4th nun pushes her way forward. "Please mother, can I rinse my mouth with holy water before she gives herself an enema?!"

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won’t stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring. He replies: “I have a question to ask, but I don’t want to offend you.” She answers, “My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.” “Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.” She responds, “Well, let’s see what we can do about that – – 1) You have to be single and 2) You must be Catholic.” The cab driver is very excited and says, “Yes, I’m single and Catholic!” “OK” the nun says. “Pull into the next alley.” The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get ba road, the cab driver starts crying. “My dear child,” said the nun, “why are you crying?” “Forgive me, but I’ve sinned.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have lied and I must confess, I’m married and I’m Jewish.” The nun says, “That’s OK. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party!”

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Two cows are walking though a field. The first cow says to the second cow "Are you afraid of mad cow disease?" The second cow says "Why should I be afraid of mad cow disease? I'm a RABBIT!" "Little bunny moo moo Clopping though the forest...."

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Friends meet 30 years after school. One goes to the toilet while the other three start to talk about how successful their sons became. Friend no. 1 said his son studied economics, became a banker , and is so rich he gave his best friend a Ferrari. Friend no. 2 said his son became a pilot, started his own airline, became so rich that he gave his best friend a jet. Friend no. 3 said his son became an engineer, started his own development company and became so rich he built his best friend a castle. Friend no. 4 came back from the toilet and asks what the buzz is about. They told him they were talking about how successful their sons became and asked him about his son. He said his son is gay and is a stripper at a gay bar. Other three said he must be very disappointed with his son for not becoming successful. "No, no" said friend no. 4. "He is doing good. Last week was his birthday and he got a Ferrari, a jet, and a castle from 3 of his boyfriends."

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A lady is watching a video and shouts " DONT GO INTO THE CHURCH YOU DUMB BIȚCH" then her husband walks in and asks "what r u watching?" She replies " our marrige video"

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's the difference between a nun and a woman in the bath tub? The nun has hope in her soul.

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