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Artist Illustrates Her Relationship With ‘IT Guy’ In 13 Adorable Comics
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Artist Illustrates Her Relationship With ‘IT Guy’ In 13 Adorable Comics

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Some comics perfectly sum up what every long-term relationship is like, but Bonnie Pang’s work is a long-term relationship. The cartoon artist said her series IT Guy & ART Girl is entirely based on the moments she shares with her partner, and they’re absolutely heartwarming.

“I have been creating funny comics since I was little, maybe 6-7 years old, so I have been making comics for about 20 years now,” Bonnie told Bored Panda. “I believe my first comic was a spin-off of Three Little Pigs. In it, they were running a restaurant, so the wolf would come to have some actual food instead of the pigs themselves. Throughout my school years, most of my comics had been fan comics of shows and movies that I loved, and around 2013 I began making original comics.”

“I had been creating a heartwarming-wholesome style cute drawings on Webtoons called Roar Street Journal for 3 years. I had a great time making it, but I wanted to try creating other comics as well. Coincidentally, my fiancé and I got engaged this year, so I thought it’s a good time to start a relationship comic.” And since Bonnie has been documenting their little moments in sketchbooks since they started dating, she had a lot of cute couple material to work with.

“In Roar Street Journal, even though all of the characters were animals, most had stories inspired by my personal experiences. But IT Guy & ART Girl rely on them 100%. Sometimes, however, I exaggerate things a bit to make the story funnier. So please, don’t believe that every story in the series had happened exactly the same way in real life, too!”

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According to the cartoonist, the best thing about creating comics is having all of the creative freedom and being able to interact with the readers. “While I enjoy illustrating books and it supports my life, I still make comics even though they’re free. It’s a medium where I can freely share my values and thoughts, and connect with readers from all over the world.”

“When I started IT Guy & ART Girl, I thought no one would read it because there already had been so many great relationship comics out there,” she added. “I didn’t expect so many people would relate to the series and the fact that there are quite a lot of other IT guy and ART girl couples. Thank you, everyone, for reading!”

More info: bonniepangart.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Webtoons

Image credits: Bonnie Pang

1. Recharge

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2. Shopping with an IT guy

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3. Fan

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4. Cream

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5. Muscular Calves

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6. Eating Out

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7. IT Guy

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8. Art Girl

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9. Wide Shoulders

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10. Autumn

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11. Stereotypical

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12. Halloween Costumes

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13. Slouching

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas Laurinavičius

Author, BoredPanda staff

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Danny Boi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Muscular Calves are sexy!! pssh, don't listen to society.

Miklós Nagy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"being /fit/girl considered to be a bad thing" What the hell is wrond with this world?

anarkzie
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like her art style but rubbing cream on someone's dry skin and looking at stuff in a store just does not make for interesting content.

Bored Fox
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder when IT sarted meaning something else than information technology. When couple of years ago many websites started writing about 'IT Girls' I was very confused because they did not look like people who work with computers...

Marc Free
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I.T. guy = someone who works in IT, "it" girl = someone who's super trendy (swap guy/girl as required). "It/IT just look similar because they haven't used the abbreviation full stops.

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Carol Emory
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As the wife of a Web Developer..I can totally relate to these.

Dyann Espinosa
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is "adorable" about these comic strips? It's a very insular, insider kind of creation without many universal themes. (and odd that she draws both characters as generic caucasians, but she is Asian?

Dyann Espinosa
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is "adorable" about these comic strips? For those who are not in a mixed racial, mixed skills, mixed backgrounds relationship in an urban metro, at a tech firm, it's at best boring. It's a very insular, insider kind of creation without many universal themes. imho

Well Hello There
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are adorable! But being muscular as a woman is absolutely fine. Idk what is happening with society.

divydumdrop hello
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like these! They are original, sweet and funny. I also love the style! Casual but still really skilled and cute!

J Perri
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is a copy of "my giant nerd boyfriend" but not funny nor coOl or weLl written or illustrated

holo it's me
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why so many downvotes on people who are just commenting normally?

Terms
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't fathom the voting. One comment gets more than 50 votes whilst a similar comment will get negative votes. I think sometimes its the initial votes which count, and from then on people just jump on the band wagon.

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Vonskippy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meh - another insecure asian girl with a comic showing her fawning over her boyfriend.

ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this comic! Its funny, sweet and cute! Im gonna make 9000 accounts and upvote this!

M.A.D.
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This guy is sooooooo much like me it's uncanny. (I'm also a programmer.) Sooo... If any of you girls is interested... ;)

Ashlee Rudolph
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't like them, why do you keep clicking on them? The only comments I ever see from you are trashing peoples art or complaining that there is nothing new on this site. Let people enjoy things and go be miserable somewhere else.

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Danny Boi
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Muscular Calves are sexy!! pssh, don't listen to society.

Miklós Nagy
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"being /fit/girl considered to be a bad thing" What the hell is wrond with this world?

anarkzie
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like her art style but rubbing cream on someone's dry skin and looking at stuff in a store just does not make for interesting content.

Bored Fox
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder when IT sarted meaning something else than information technology. When couple of years ago many websites started writing about 'IT Girls' I was very confused because they did not look like people who work with computers...

Marc Free
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I.T. guy = someone who works in IT, "it" girl = someone who's super trendy (swap guy/girl as required). "It/IT just look similar because they haven't used the abbreviation full stops.

Load More Replies...
Carol Emory
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As the wife of a Web Developer..I can totally relate to these.

Dyann Espinosa
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is "adorable" about these comic strips? It's a very insular, insider kind of creation without many universal themes. (and odd that she draws both characters as generic caucasians, but she is Asian?

Dyann Espinosa
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is "adorable" about these comic strips? For those who are not in a mixed racial, mixed skills, mixed backgrounds relationship in an urban metro, at a tech firm, it's at best boring. It's a very insular, insider kind of creation without many universal themes. imho

Well Hello There
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are adorable! But being muscular as a woman is absolutely fine. Idk what is happening with society.

divydumdrop hello
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like these! They are original, sweet and funny. I also love the style! Casual but still really skilled and cute!

J Perri
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is a copy of "my giant nerd boyfriend" but not funny nor coOl or weLl written or illustrated

holo it's me
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why so many downvotes on people who are just commenting normally?

Terms
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't fathom the voting. One comment gets more than 50 votes whilst a similar comment will get negative votes. I think sometimes its the initial votes which count, and from then on people just jump on the band wagon.

Load More Replies...
Vonskippy
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meh - another insecure asian girl with a comic showing her fawning over her boyfriend.

ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this comic! Its funny, sweet and cute! Im gonna make 9000 accounts and upvote this!

M.A.D.
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This guy is sooooooo much like me it's uncanny. (I'm also a programmer.) Sooo... If any of you girls is interested... ;)

Ashlee Rudolph
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't like them, why do you keep clicking on them? The only comments I ever see from you are trashing peoples art or complaining that there is nothing new on this site. Let people enjoy things and go be miserable somewhere else.

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