We all know the classic stereotypes of nerds and jocks. Anybody who has seen the 80s comedy “Revenge of the Nerds” remembers these stereotypes all too clearly. But both culture and politics have moved on a long way since then, the old power structures are no more.
Marko Raassina (artist, Liz: The Tower and Other Tales) has a vision of this world without the constant regurgitation of these tired tropes; He thinks that we can put aside the differences and use those as a strength for achieving mutual benefits. He wrote, “I began working on making wholesome webcomics in early 2020.” I really have one other series named Grumpy, so I mean pretty much like Nerd and Jock. “
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Instead, her lighthearted comics like “Nerd and Jock” take the stereotypical nerd vs. jocks trope in a more uplifting direction. These comics with surprise conclusions go to show just how simple it is not to classify people in any lazy way. Raassina is far more famous in his native Finland for being the artist of comics based around the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala. Finnish people have a bit of darker, sort of twisted sense for cartoon drawings,” he said. This man’s previous work included a lot of dark humor comics and this one similarly revolves around Dark Humor comic strips.
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Nerd and Jock are part of where Raassina is now focusing his work – making those heartwarming, adorable comics. Do you have any plans for a series or book in general that is about Nerd and Jock? “Absolutely!” he confirmed. ‘Nerd and Jock will be a series as I create more comics, potentially even making it into its own book. Also, I am working on launching a site where my side-splitting comics will be posted. I am kind of doing that right now with my Tumblr posts and tweets.
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Thus, plenty of “Nerd and Jock” leftovers are in store for the future, all opposite sides be damned together as one. Scroll at the bottom, see a few examples yourself, and share your thoughts in comments. Raassina’s work doesn’t fail to deliver entertainment for the lovers of dark comics funny with a twist.
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