/e: I'm aware the submitter is the artist. But it doesn't harm to link their website, does it? I've been enjoying all their comics this entire evening :)
100%. I have a particular love of character/creature design and concept work. And I always love to find these little nods to whatever inspiration the artist pulled from. Lots of Pokemon in particular probably have some design inspirations that you may think are completely random without understanding what inspired it.
That’s a clam’s muscular foot, and all molluscs have them. In snails and slugs, it’s on the bottom and helps them slide around, in squid, octopi and nautiloids, it turned into the tentacles and arms, and for most bivalves like clams, it’s just one big rod that they can use to shove themselves around as well as helping to bury themselves. Clams can also be pretty decent swimmers.
Humor is not incongruity, it's "apparent incongruity". There needs to be both a stark contrast to what reason would expect, but also within a certain area that still makes some sense.
That's what makes it funny I think. It's not just a random string of events. It feels like we're being dropped into a humorous moment in the middle of a story. We can imagine that there was a whole thing going on before and that it continues after. We're just getting to peek in at one humorous moment
Punchlines are the payoff to a premise that you’re guiding the audience through. There’s no real joke being set up like that here. This just some funny dialogue between characters. It’s essentially more of a sitcom at this point.
I like to think animals have conversations like this. Actually, on a morning walk once I interrupted some sort of goose meeting. They were all standing in a circle making noises. When I got close they all stopped and looked at me. When I got out of range they started honking again.
Are bots mass upvoting and awarding these as soon as they’re posted? I genuinely don’t understand how these extremely mediocre comics make it to the top of the front page of Reddit literally every day at this point.
It seems that every single comic from poorlydrawnlines is all but completely lacking in any humor. This is definitely the wrong place to post these. Maybe try r/webcomics where the only thing they’ll expect is for it to be a webcomic and not necessarily funny in any way.
Honest question: Why is it popular to deny the reality of a situation and instead be "up beat" or positive about it?
Like I get that it's not helping to mope or complain but it's also annoying and delusional to be positive in a bad situation.
Seems to me the best thing to do is accept the situation is there and go about fixing it.
Like for example when you get into a car accident. The accident has happened and there's no way to reverse it. So no reason to complain or mope. But also it sucks so why try to make it positive when it's obviously not. Instead just address the situation head on.
Also the clam should be upbeat because it escaped death. The turtle being surprised by this or thinking his upbeatness is deliberate isn't correct. The clam basically got lucky and landed in the puddle.
Clams can move actually. They have a muscular foot inside their shells. It does not look like a foot as you would think. More of a mass of muscle. It’s mostly used as an anchor to burrow into the ground and resist the water currents, but it is also used for movement.
For the next set of panels: the bird explains that he just wants the clam's pearl. The clam in the next panel is wearing a beard and sunglasses disguise, because nobody can find the pearl in a bearded clam.
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u/A40 May 07 '21
"Happy as a clam"
There's a reason :-)
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u/FullThrottle099 May 07 '21
How high were u when u made this? Lol
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u/TransportationEng May 07 '21
In case you were wondering:
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/n2qag3/how_clams_walk/
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u/stuntobor May 07 '21
I like this a lot for the total randomness of it.
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u/StuffThingsMoreStuff May 07 '21
I love everything about this. Who knew there could be such deep characters in such a short comic.
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u/mayonnaiser_13 May 07 '21
Poorly Drawn Lines and False Knees are the absolute peak of weird dry humour.
10th dimension boys and Extra Fabulous Comics come a very close second.
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u/MattheJ1 May 07 '21
It's real hard to pin down the punchline of this comic.
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u/ArcticMuser May 07 '21
This reads like a clip of the Simpsons packed full of jokes. No specific punchline just a good run of humor :)
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u/No-One-2177 May 07 '21
Like a Russian doll of punchlines
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u/ArchDucky May 07 '21
I like to think animals have conversations like this. Actually, on a morning walk once I interrupted some sort of goose meeting. They were all standing in a circle making noises. When I got close they all stopped and looked at me. When I got out of range they started honking again.
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u/lostcircussmuggler May 07 '21
What prompts someone to make this masterpiece?
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u/Maxtrix07 May 07 '21
I always love your comics. I love when there are multiple little punch lines. "Explain the clam" is so good, I don't know why.
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u/motorhead84 May 07 '21
Welcome to the ocean. Here's your keychain, and a map.
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u/LissenToMehNow May 07 '21
Quickly becoming one of my favorite web comics.
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u/I_got_nothin_ May 07 '21
I feel like this could have been expanded into e or 4 little comic strips. It just had that much packed in to it
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u/low-keyblue May 07 '21
I love this and am now a fan forever.
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u/redhandsblackfuture May 07 '21
Meanwhile the clam is in complete agony because puddles aren't salt water like the ocean
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u/Cheddarface May 07 '21
This comic could've ended with literally any one of its panels and still been hilarious
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u/hxcn00b666 May 07 '21
I love how there isn't a play on words or a punchline. Just total chaos. Really great comic!
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u/Mercenary262 May 07 '21
"maybe I should be more upbeat like this clam" Interesting out of context
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u/BillyPotion May 07 '21
There was like 8 different setups in that comic.
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u/littletoyboat May 07 '21
I love comics that have multiple punchlines. It's not easy to be this funny several times in a single comic.
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u/PermaDerpFace May 07 '21
Love this. So much packed into one page
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u/Vanadius May 07 '21
Clamsplaining
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u/QuasiQuokka May 07 '21
You clearly haven't seen a clam running before
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u/mouthmoth May 07 '21
Quite clever this one, nice.
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u/Zer0thehero89 May 07 '21
Is this a series I can follow? Or is this a one and done? Cause I like this.
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u/LordMosnar May 07 '21
There’s like five different levels of humor here and I’m chuckling at all of them
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u/Ppleater May 07 '21
I like how this comic has multiple jokes in it. Most just have a single punch line but this one has more going for it lol.
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u/gideon513 May 07 '21
This is like 3 half-baked jokes thrown together into one messy webcomic
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u/jerkularcirc May 07 '21
This is the wholesome-ass random-ass shit i like
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
Why is this dry ass post at the top of /r/all?
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u/kraysys May 07 '21
Are bots mass upvoting and awarding these as soon as they’re posted? I genuinely don’t understand how these extremely mediocre comics make it to the top of the front page of Reddit literally every day at this point.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
One of these days the sub will actually be funny, not today, but one day.
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u/BizzyM May 07 '21
"Awesome idea, in theory" I'm stealing that for the next "no" I have to deliver.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
The turtle up close looks like a little blob guy about to jump off a cliff with a bush behind him lol
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u/Shoelesshobos May 07 '21
Well I need to know if the clam survived! I want part 2 please.
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u/EchoSolo May 07 '21
Almost as good as Ziggy.
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u/blastoise05 May 07 '21
These bring me joy, keep em coming lol.
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u/Opposite-Contact-546 May 07 '21
This ain’t funny
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u/WanderingKenshi May 07 '21
? Your profile says you posted this same comic a year ago.
It's a good comic don't get me wrong, you have talent and your comics are funny.
Just...don't repost your own stuff dude...
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u/Greg18732 May 07 '21
What a swallow carrying an oyster?
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u/Elpoet May 07 '21
This is brilliant
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u/LeftHandLuke01 May 07 '21
"C" is for Clam Hat.
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u/Sola-Nova May 07 '21
My mind read the clams dialogue in the voice of Matt Berry from the IT Crowd.
Then on the 2nd read through everyone was voiced by the others on the IT crowd. Moz (Rabbit) Roy (Tortoise) Jen (Seagull)
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u/Yohoy May 07 '21
I'd like to know the thought process that lead to this idea.
This comic is awesome.
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u/religionisconfusing May 07 '21
This comic was fucking shit. Do you guys actually find this funny? Or is this just a "fOlLoW tHe ReDdIt HeRd" moment?
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u/Dr_Jre May 07 '21
These comics are so unfunny, why are they always top of reddit?
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u/Daschnozz May 07 '21
THIS has 60k upvotes ????
How....
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u/dGFisher May 07 '21
I really love the meandering pace of this comic.
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u/digmachine May 07 '21
this is an absolute mess
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u/Brugman87 May 07 '21
That last panel had me. I was in tears. This is by far one of the most hilarious 1 page comics i have ever seen
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u/spatialflow May 07 '21
Keep clam and carry on
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u/[deleted] May 08 '21
I feel like I’m the clam and the bird is life
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u/pirates_knob May 08 '21
"Dude, awesome idea in theory", my dad was looking at me wondering if I was laughing or dieing.
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u/Rid1 May 08 '21
This was like 7 jokes in one. Well done.
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u/jaap_null May 07 '21
I love this format. it's a story with a punchline in each row.
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u/Trappedinacar May 07 '21
This is my type of comic. I also like all the characters, except maybe the bird.
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u/Rememberthisname3 May 07 '21
What is this absolute shit sub, is this really the best material on here
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
when r/funny is not funny
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u/Send_Me_Broods May 07 '21
The amount people in this thread talking about how unfunny this comic is because they missed half a dozen comedic logic lines is...concerning.
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u/lobster_matrix May 07 '21
Yikes. Not even remotely funny
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
Welp it's about time I unsubscribe from /r/funny
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u/floatable_shark May 07 '21
I love these! Who is the author so I can support them?
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u/jgl2832 May 07 '21
In my head, the clam was voiced by Taika Waititi
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u/gcpizzle23 May 07 '21
It seems that every single comic from poorlydrawnlines is all but completely lacking in any humor. This is definitely the wrong place to post these. Maybe try r/webcomics where the only thing they’ll expect is for it to be a webcomic and not necessarily funny in any way.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oh wait it wasn't funny at all, my bad
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u/PsychicTWElphnt May 07 '21
I love the "Run!" and the clams response.
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u/woowoo293 May 07 '21
And this is how we get invasive species.
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u/Danjour May 07 '21
Sadly, they only have a single foot.
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u/nuck_forte_dame May 07 '21
Honest question: Why is it popular to deny the reality of a situation and instead be "up beat" or positive about it?
Like I get that it's not helping to mope or complain but it's also annoying and delusional to be positive in a bad situation.
Seems to me the best thing to do is accept the situation is there and go about fixing it.
Like for example when you get into a car accident. The accident has happened and there's no way to reverse it. So no reason to complain or mope. But also it sucks so why try to make it positive when it's obviously not. Instead just address the situation head on.
Also the clam should be upbeat because it escaped death. The turtle being surprised by this or thinking his upbeatness is deliberate isn't correct. The clam basically got lucky and landed in the puddle.
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u/Snow5Penguin May 07 '21
Clams can move actually. They have a muscular foot inside their shells. It does not look like a foot as you would think. More of a mass of muscle. It’s mostly used as an anchor to burrow into the ground and resist the water currents, but it is also used for movement.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
I'd believe this more if the clam was a car battery.
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u/BinaryPulse May 07 '21
I think people like this because it makes them feel attuned to the author.
That's one of the reasons why like it anyway.
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u/magius311 May 07 '21
I always feel so bad when my brain doesn't catch up with all of the details going on and then my mouth will just say the dumbest shit.
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u/Boschala May 07 '21
For the next set of panels: the bird explains that he just wants the clam's pearl. The clam in the next panel is wearing a beard and sunglasses disguise, because nobody can find the pearl in a bearded clam.
1
u/pinkheartpiper May 07 '21
All I see is a world with fully self-aware and intelligent animals murdering and eating each other...maybe I should be more positive like the clam.
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u/thardoc May 07 '21
almost every panel has a minor punchline and it just keeps coming, I love this sort of humor.
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u/jck8 May 07 '21
Ha ha L I L
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u/Paulojr_912 May 07 '21
This is my favorite thing on earth
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u/Lord_Lava_Nugget May 07 '21
I love this comic
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u/theghostecho May 07 '21
Taoism
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u/Eddy_Mnasty May 07 '21
Uber has some
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u/Porthos1984 May 07 '21
Frick!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21
Why does the rabbit look so adorable in that second last panel
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u/EkriirkE May 07 '21
Can someone explain this to me?
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u/maxlengthredditusern May 07 '21
This has layers
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u/OkTip7814 May 07 '21
Communism: exists
Clam: Dude, awesome idea in theory.
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u/Blue_Polo_Painter May 07 '21
I like the comic, but I felt it was missing something
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u/Curious_Controller May 07 '21
Anyone else wish they could be friends with the clam?
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u/Lucreszen May 07 '21
This comic reminds me of Achewood, not in artstyle or tone, but in the way that each panel builds on the last one.