Syracuse University student newspaper The Daily Orange, now known by the name of Perry Bible Fellowship, has been making comics for over 20 years now. The twists and turns in these short cartoon stories have been recognized by many comics award committees, such as Ignatz Awards, Web Cartoonist’s Choice Award (WCCA), Harvey Awards, and Eisner Awards.
Nicholas Gurewitch, the creator of PBF, draws in various styles, which is why it can be a bit difficult to connect all the comic strips to one artist, and I am pretty sure you have seen one or more of his comics somewhere before but could not pin them together. The use of different styles keeps things interesting and allows for Nicholas to branch out.
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So, if you haven’t discovered PBF comics yet, you are in for a treat. And for all of you who are proud members of the follower group, we invite you to explore his newest stories.
For more on Bored Panda, see part 1, part 2, and part 3.
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Being curious Pandas, we contacted comic creator Nicholas Gurewitch. His comics first saw daylight in 2001, rightfully living up to their description – “the clarity of obscurity”. Therefore we were interested in learning more about the creative process.
Nicholas shared: “Sometimes they are born out of a stray stroke in a sketchpad. Sometimes a friend of mine will give me an idea (usually Jordan or Evan). Sometimes a crappy old sketch will present itself with new opportunities much later on.”
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Artist continued telling more about how the comics are created: “In every case though, I think there has to be some insight into “how it plays”. And this requires the sober process of looking at it without author bias and instead focusing on what could be happening if it were real. Or not real. Can I zig when people might be expecting a zag? It’s a strange process probably, achievable when mental illness and diligence get together. In many ways, a lot of art functions no better than a circus sideshow – ‘look at how weird this thought process is!’”
He also added: “It might inform you less to answer this question, the process is so irregular.”
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Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes and on the 20th comic anniversary, comic fans were surprised by a collaboration with other comic creators to make 20 stories that have a touch of your other favorite artists’ styles. So don’t feel too confused when you see a recognizable comic art style.
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Artists such as Poorly Drawn Lines, Gudim, Martin Rosner, The Oatmeal, and others joined for this occasion and created the most epic comics collaboration in webcomic history. We definitely advise you to check all of them out on PBS’ website here.
I don’t know if you knew, but comic artists have comics awards, where cartoonists, comic book, comic strip, and graphic novel writers get noticed for their achievements. And as we mentioned before, PBS comics have been awarded in more than one.
Just a fact, but the first comic award was given out in 1962.
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If after this post you still aren’t satisfied and would like to read more comics with dark and twisted endings, feel free to dive deep into some of our other posts. For some of the more relatable everyday problems, see the creator “My gums are bleeding”. If you have a pretty dark sense of humor, check out remi_rascault. And for the quirkier ones, see SpaceboyCantLOL.
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