“My Sole Aim Is To Make People Laugh”: 35 Sarcasm-Filled Comics And Illustrations By Cartoonist Steve Nelson

Bored Panda also reached out to Steve with some questions! First, we asked the artist if there were any series of works we should be looking forward to, and here's what Nelson revealed to us, "Right now I am currently in the middle of doing cartoons for the Confused.com ads which are appearing weekly on the front of various newspapers across the UK (Metro, Evening Standard and Sunday Times). You can see them on my website here. I also have greeting cards coming out in shops across the UK, made by the lovely people at Woodmansterne. Other projects are TBA!"

We also asked Steve, if perhaps he had a favorite comic of his, and he was quick to share his thoughts! "My favorite comic would have to be the pyramids one, where the Egyptian has confused the building instructions. It’s probably also my most popular one!"

Artists are always looking for ways to improve or perhaps even try something new, we asked Nelson if he had a specific art genre he'd love to try.

"I always toy with doing animation, but it’s very time-consuming and admittedly quite boring! I’ve done a couple of very simple ones and it’s really cool to see it all moving at the end, but man... it takes so long! Otherwise, for now, I’m just very happy with doing illustrations and cartoons."

Speaking of art, we were wondering if Steve had any tips to share with those of you who might be just starting out in the field.

"Oh God… From my zero education in art/comics/cartoons I can only speak from my experience. And it might be super unhelpful! I came into it from a comedy writing background so I’ve been writing jokes for over 10 years. That helped massively, I think, because being a good writer outweighs drawing ability when it comes to funny comics. Actually, being bad at drawing can often make the comics funnier. I used to draw more crudely but the neat-freak part of my brain wouldn’t allow it to carry on so I had to balance that out. I still wrestle with it! So, anyway, learn to write jokes and that’s 90% of it. While doing that, just draw a lot - that’s how you'll develop your unique style. It can take years and years and, if you’re like me, you’ll never be quite happy with it! But it’s really important to have a unique style so you stand out. Ideally, you want people to know it’s your work at one glance."