Finally, I get mad at my friends for emailing me their reactions instead of commenting directly on the blog! Then I edit it after pasting it into the blog. Once I have written the story, I go back and create all the illustrations. By pretending that I’m emailing them, I can get into a really goofy frame of mind. I write as if I were sending it to some of my funniest friends. When I create any post, I always write it in an email first. I love that it highlights some of the funny things about my family, and there are some pretty ridiculous images in it. JP: I was really pleased with The Trouble with Pets is that They’re Always All Dead and Stuff. JB: What’s one of your favorite story and illustration combos, and what was your process for creating it?
#FUNNY MS PAINNT PATCH#
Also, here’s a gem I found when I googled The Pea Patch Jig. It’s a good thing too because the baby ends up firing a pea at a predatory fox using a straw as a blow-gun and saving the whole irresponsible family. What could be better than a kids book about a bunch of mice who throw a huge party in a garden despite a lurking murderous farmer? They jam to some bluegrass music and dance a jig while leaving their baby unattended. JB: You seem to really like the Pea Patch Jig. I’ll let you be the judge of how I draw my best friend, John:
As for the accuracy of the drawings, I’d say it really depends on the person. I do usually add a few small details to punch the stories up a bit, especially if I think of a good joke I can’t resist including. I like the idea that your average trip to the store can be filled with hilarious things if you’re just open to seeing stuff that way. A lot of my comedy stems from having a sense of humor about the stuff happening around me. JP: Believe it or not, the stories are actually frighteningly true. JB: On a scale of totally made up to totally true, where do your stories and drawings fall? And do you and your friends actually resemble what we see in the drawings? (You can see how bad the early stuff was on the blog.) I have always found MS Paint pictures pretty hilarious because they usually look kinda bad. The blog got a lot better when I started adding the writing. I really like comedic writing, so at some point, I decided to start using these pictures as a way to illustrate some funny stories from my life. (Jess had a blond ponytail in real life if you couldn’t tell from the drawing.) I started posting some of my funny pictures on a blog. For example, when our friend Jess got an internship at the National Institutes of Health, my friend sent around this picture of her accidentally pricking herself with a syringe of wolf DNA and turning into a werewolf:
#FUNNY MS PAINNT PROFESSIONAL#
After college, my friends and I used to draw ridiculous pictures and email them to one another as a way to stay in touch (instead of working hard to build up a professional reputation in the workplace). Jordie Poncy: Thank you! The blog kind of evolved to its current format. I love how simply enjoyable and fun and witty it is.
I’ve never seen anything like it he’s truly a master of his craft. He writes a blog called Life in MS Paint, through which he tells well-crafted stories using Microsoft Paint as his tool. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jordie Poncy, a friend of a friend who is very, very funny and earnest.
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