Funny Animal Comics

Have you ever wondered what would happen if animals could speak the human language? Or if perhaps we humans could understand their language? Well, artist Jimmy Craig answers this question in a comic format, and over 590K people on Instagram seem to agree with his ideas on how animals perceive us and our world.

Illustrator Jimmy Craig is back with even more of his funny comics from his They Can Talk series (previously here), showing what it would be like if animals could talk the way humans do.

Cale, the cartoonist behind the Things In Squares, says his animal drawings are disturbing, yet trying to be sweet at the same time. They show that just like humans, animals can be competitive, try to impress one another, run away from problems by getting high, and so on. "Animals have three key attributes that lend themselves well to comics," Cale told Bored Panda. "They are cute and people can relate. Second, they are innocent so i can give them character like painting a blank canvas…

I created a heartwarming comic about an alligator called ‘Buddy Gator’ to spread some positive vibes. As long as we have someone to stand by us, everything will be alright.

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It's easy to look at cute animals and think they're just as pure and lovely on the inside as well. But are they really? For all that we know, they might have the same pessimistic thoughts as us. What if all those fascinating noises they make aren't so poetic and translate into nothing more than the same mundane conversations we have? We may never know for sure, but thanks to Joshua Barkman and his webcomic False Knees, we can at least imagine the answers.

Do you sometimes get a craving for something really sweet and completely wholesome? I certainly do. Is there such a thing? There certainly is. And what's more wholesome than animals? Probably nothing. The animals are wholesome in and of themselves, but some artists can make them even more lovely.