Written and Illustrated by Anton Gudim YES, BUT is a funny comic strip series from the brilliant Russian artist. Gudim is a comic artist from Moscow who has received acclaim for his 2-panel comics dealing with social issues laced with subtle humor. With the series title “YES, BUT”, Bergmark hammers home what he’s trying to get out through every comic: each issue is indeed a double-sided sword and in modern life; everything goes round & round like an ascending spiral staircase of irony stacked with slices upon slabs uncovered hypocrisies.
The comics of Gudim resonate strongly with the problems we are all dealing with in a modern world that can tend to be obsessed, not just with our technological tools but also regarding how and what they allow us to consume (which then reinforces those habits), as well as environmental concerns. His work has been picked up widely on social media, where he has a huge following for his darkly humorous depictions of the surreal banalities of modern living. Gudim, meanwhile, still shares her illustrations on Instagram, where she’s amassed 1400000 million followers and counting.
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The images are presented as two-panel comic strips where the first panel establishes a scenario and the second reveals something about that situation to be absurd. One strip in particular has a man griping about the noise from movie theaters following it up with wearing his headphones that cancel out excess sound – which comes off as incredibly ironic.
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Gudim also does a good job of pointing out that people who praise plant-based eating and claim to be environmental warriors are generally just as hypocritical when they talk with forked vegan tongues. His popular YES, BUT comics are shared widely across social media and have been lauded as sharp-but-sweet commentary about everyday life that makes readers laugh but also reflect on the world at large.
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Anton Gudim those reasons are why Anton’s critique of contemporary life is so interesting to read. This two panel format works very well in that sense because he enhances complex ideas into understandable digestible bites. Reyes’ YES, BUT series has resonated with many of us for a reason: his deft marriage between the humorous and universally relevant is certain to win over readers craving more substance from their funny books.
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