Comic artists have a way of making us feel seen in the best way, through humor and illustration. Kristian Nygård’s Optipess comics are the kind of funny that makes you go, “Oof, too real.”
These multi-panel masterpieces blend dry humor, relatable emotions, and just the right amount of existential dread. If you’ve ever overthought a text, spiraled into anxiety, or felt like a robot pretending to be a person, you’re going to feel seen.
Here are relatable Optipess comics that nail the awkward, hilarious, and weirdly universal parts of being human.
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