Poorly Drawn Lines
A webcomic of satirical strips and recurring characters.
Poorly Drawn Lines is a webcomic by Reza Farazmand, known for its satirical and absurdist humor. The strips vary in length from single panels to multi-frame stories, often touching on space travel, the supernatural, sci-fi, friendship, and existential dread. While most are self-contained, some ongoing arcs and recurring characters appear, like Ernesto, a green bear living in outer space.
Quick Facts
- Language
- English
- Author
- Reza Farazmand
- Launched
- 2008
- Current status
- Active
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Background
Farazmand started drawing comics in high school and launched Poorly Drawn Lines as a freshman at the University of California, San Diego. The strip debuted in the campus newspaper, The Guardian. Since 2013, he has worked on the comic full-time, releasing new strips three times a week. In 2014, some of the strips were turned into five episodes of the Comedy Central show TripTank. The comic has been distributed by GoComics since 2013. Farazmand’s first collection, Poorly Drawn Lines: Good Ideas and Amazing Stories, came out on October 6, 2015, through Penguin’s Plume imprint and hit number five on the New York Times bestseller list later that month. In 2021, an animated version of the comic was announced for the fifth season of FXX’s Cake, airing on September 30, 2021. The strip is mostly standalone, with a satirical or absurdist tone, covering topics like space travel, supernatural events, science fiction, friendship, and existentialism. It includes recurring characters such as Ernesto, a green bear who lives in space.
Did You Know?
- The strip first appeared in UCSD's college newspaper, The Guardian.
- Several Poorly Drawn Lines strips were adapted for five episodes of Comedy Central's TripTank in 2014.
- Farazmand's first book was ranked no. 5 on the New York Times Best Seller List for the week of October 25, 2015.
- An animated Poorly Drawn Lines cartoon aired as part of the fifth season of FXX's Cake on September 30, 2021.
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