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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 55 points 1 week ago (5 children)

New golden era for Adam Ellis?

I remember that he was a pretty bad comic artist with lames jokes, then he re invented himself with funny self conscious humor and now has come back with a very polished, but still characteristic art style.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He basically was able to flash his talent after leaving buzzfeed. His stuff with them was pretty bad though. Recycled jokes, recycled poses and panels. Basically no creativity. Probably had to do with the workload

[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

yep, buzz feed 100% stifled his creativity. everything I've seen since then has been such an improvement

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

He also had a bit of a psychological horror phase with some genuinely chilling comics... and one oddly heartwarming one.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This joke is old as time, the only original part here is the boy being gay instead of straight

[–] khepri@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah this is a very old and well-worn joke that is usually about adultery or casual sex:

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayables/2011/12/good-leads.html

http://www.campbells.org/Humor/Jokes/joke_confession.html

But hey, putting a new twist on an old classic like this and being upfront about that being what you are doing, good on him

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Turns out having to churn out content for buzzfeed yields bad comics, and when he left he could actually take time to do them and care about them more and it turns out he's pretty funny

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I'd say all of his recent comics are pretty solid so ya definitely an improvement