24Comics Packed With Clever Humor And Ironic Twists By Jim Benton (New Pics)

As the artist revealed, he is of the opinion that dark themes are just humorous. "Perhaps it's because I spent my childhood watching television shows like The Addams Family and The Munsters. There's also the possibility that I find it amusing when something is so WRONG. It is because it is so incorrect that my brand, It's Happy Bunny, is successful. One of the things that makes me giggle is the fact that my characters, Catwad and Clyde, are almost always hostile and hostile. To be honest, I'm not sure I know how to strike a balance between the two; all I do is share the things that I find humorous and hope that other people find them funny as well.

In a previous interview, Benton shared that his inspiration for comics can come from anywhere. "I usually just sit down at the drawing table, and the ideas start to flow—some bad, some good. My style comes from a love of experimentation. I’m afraid I might have an art-supply abuse problem."

Again, Loknam was able to get in touch with Benton. When we did a retrospective of his early works, we were curious as to whether or not there was a comic that the artist was especially pleased with. The fact that certain cartoons are published multiple times makes me happy. For example, there is the comic in which Death is bribed with Snickers bars, then there is another comic in which the wizard summons a lemon rather than a demon. In some respects, I believe that my cartoons are not all that dissimilar to the drawings that early humans scraped on the walls of caves. I am thrilled that people continue to take pleasure in concepts that are conveyed through the use of simple lines.

Benton told us that he has no rituals when creating comics. "I think of it, I draw it, I post it. Maybe if I had rituals, I would stop posting cartoons that fall flat. I should get some rituals—burn some sage or use holy water in the watercolors."