A black and white comic shows a simple stick figure looking up at a starry night sky. A thought bubble above the figure reads: "There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe, and most contain hundreds of billions of solar systems, and of all places I have to live on this planet of total idiots."
A four-panel comic strip featuring two stick-figure characters: one wearing a black hat and a plain figure. Panel 1: The hatted figure hands a massive sack to the plain figure, who looks overwhelmed, and says, "Here are your obligations!" Panel 2: The hatted figure presents a large hourglass to the panicked plain figure and says, "This is your time limit!" Panel 3: The plain figure stands next to the giant sack and hourglass with a question mark over their head. The hatted figure approaches carrying a tiny, glowing blue pouch. Panel 4: The hatted figure holds up the tiny pouch to the distressed plain figure and says, "This is your motivation!"
A comic shows two stick figures. The energetic figure on the left says, "Good morning!! What are we doing today?" The tired-looking figure on the right, holding a steaming mug, thinks, "Best to just go back to bed."
A comic shows two stick figures standing together. The figure on the left says, "Let's start a band and write a bunch of songs about how much society pisses us off!" The figure on the right smiles while holding a pair of drumsticks in one hand and a guitar in the other.
A comic shows two stick figures having a conversation. The angry figure on the left says, "Things can't go on like this. Someone finally needs to do something!" The figure on the right asks, "Why don't YOU do something about it?" The first figure replies, "I am doing something by complaining my head off."
A comic shows three stick figures walking in a line from left to right. The person in the back asks, "Where are we headed?" The person in the middle answers, "No idea, I'm just following the guy in front of me!" The person in the front says, "I don't know who you are, I'm walking in circles to shake you off."
A comic by "heyokyay" features a small yellow cartoon chicken in the bottom right corner. A wavy line trails from the chicken's open beak up the left side of the image, connecting a series of statements that read from top to bottom: "If you take things just a liiiiittle bit slower..." "...you'll save yourself a whole lot of overwhelm and stress!" "And you'll still accomplish everything you would have otherwise." "It just takes a tiny bit longer." "But your life will be 80.4% more relaxed!" "So slow down a little. Hakuna Matata."
comic strip: Panel 1: Two stick-figure characters are facing each other. The figure on the left, who has straight hair, smiles and asks, "Would you like to talk to me about your feelings?" The figure on the right, who has curly hair, recoils with a horrified expression and yells, "NO!! Anything but that!" Panel 2: The straight-haired figure is now eagerly chasing the curly-haired figure, saying, "I want to understand how you feel inside." The curly-haired figure is running away, looking angry, and shouts back, "That's none of your damned business!!" Panel 3: The straight-haired figure dives and grabs the curly-haired figure's ankle, dragging them to the ground. The straight-haired figure says, "I want to examine your innermost soul!" The curly-haired figure is lying on the ground, looking terrified, and screams, "You won't get a word out of me!!"
comic strip: Panel 1: A tired-looking stick figure drags themself away from a bed. Text above them reads, "Coffee! Coffee!! COOOOFEEEEE!!!" Panel 2: The stick figure walks back toward the bed holding a massive, steaming mug. They are now smiling. A thought bubble above them reads, "For a good start to the day." Panel 3: The figure sits on the edge of the bed and tips the huge mug completely backward to drink from it. Panel 4: The figure is lying down in the bed, happily asleep with "Zzz" symbols floating above their head. The empty mug rests on the floor beside the bed. The text "heyokyay" is written along the bottom right edge.
Two simple, hand-drawn stick figures stand facing each other. The figure on the left, appearing earnest with wide eyes and outstretched arms, is speaking to the figure on the right, who stands still with a neutral expression. A squiggly speech line connects the left figure to a large block of text above them that reads: "Never give up hope! Firstly, it feels better to be hopeful. Secondly, it's OK to hope in vain, but to have NO hope when there are reasons to have it, is simply really silly. Thirdly, hope can lead to new ideas and possibilities you would never have thought of if you had no hope. Got it?" In the bottom right corner, there is a watermark that says "heyokyay."
This is a four-panel comic strip featuring a simple stick figure character. Panel 1: The character looks distressed and unhappy, saying, "I'm on my own more and more. That's hard..." Panel 2: The character pauses, looking thoughtful with one hand raised, and says, "But on the other hand..." Panel 3: The character suddenly looks cheerful and relieved, throwing their arms open wide. They say, "At least I'm not in the company of other people very much!" Panel 4: The character walks away to the right with a wide-eyed expression, concluding, "That would be even worse."
This single-panel, black-and-white comic depicts a small stick figure standing on the ground in the bottom right corner. With a distressed expression, the figure reaches their arms upward toward a black balloon floating high above them, completely out of reach. The text "Happi-ness" is written in white letters on the balloon.
This is a single-panel comic featuring a simple stick-figure character with messy dark hair and wide eyes. The character is sitting on the ground, smiling slightly, with a drink in a glass with a straw sitting next to them. Thought bubbles lead up to a large cloud above their head containing the text: "Weekends are indispensable in order to recover from being around loads of other people." The artist's name, "heyokyay," is written in the bottom right corner.
The image is a simple stick-figure comic. On the left, a character is screaming in agony or frustration, with mouth wide open and the text "AAAAAAHH!!!" written above them in large, jagged letters. On the right, two calm characters observe the screaming figure. One of them explains to the other, "She has to talk to clients a lot in her job."
A single-panel comic by the artist "heyokyay" features two simple stick figures sitting back-to-back on the floor. Left Figure: Looking distressed, they exclaim, "Another day's almost over, and I haven't achieved a single thing!" Right Figure: They respond reassuringly, "You survived and you didn't start a nuclear war. That's an achievement." Left Figure: Comforted, they reply, "You're right. I'm always far too hard on myself."
A three-panel comic by the artist "heyokyay" features a conversation between a penguin standing on a small gray box and a koala sitting on the ground. Panel 1: The penguin enthusiastically exclaims, "Follow your dreams!" The koala, looking a bit wide-eyed and unsure, replies, "I don’t have any dreams nowadays." Panel 2: The penguin responds matter-of-factly, "Then you can just sit there and stare into nothing." Panel 3: The koala smiles contentedly with a thought bubble that reads, "Perfect."
The image is a single-panel cartoon set against a black background. It depicts a person lying in bed with a grey frame and white bedding. The person is drawn simply with a round white head and wide, worried eyes. Standing directly on top of the blanket, next to the person, is an anthropomorphic pink brain with arms, legs, and wide eyes. Dialogue: A wavy line connects the person to their thought: "Hey brain, would you please switch off? I need to get some sleep." A wavy line connects the brain to its response: "Before we do that, we have to spend four hours thinking about how you've ruined your entire life." Artist Credit: The bottom left corner is signed "heyokyay".
A simple black-and-white stick figure comic shows a scientist standing at a podium, using a pointer to gesture at a blackboard. The blackboard displays a diagram of the Earth in the center with arrows pointing outward toward spiral galaxies. The scientist speaks to an audience of four stick figures: "The universe is expanding faster and faster. Galaxies are accelerating away from us. Physicists are trying to work out what could be causing this." However, a thought bubble connected to the scientist reveals his internal theory: "Personally, I have a hunch the universe simply wants nothing to do with us." In the audience, one listener has a thought bubble that responds: "That makes sense."
A simple line-drawing comic features three characters walking together in a row: a worried-looking stick figure, followed by a cheerful brain with arms and legs, and finally a heart with arms and legs. Stick Figure: Looking distressed, they ask, "Hey Brain, I feel totally lost. What’s next?" Brain: Smiling and pointing optimistically at the Heart, the Brain replies, "No idea. Follow your Heart. It looks like it has a plan!" Heart: The Heart is leading the way but looks terrified, wide-eyed, and sweaty. In a dark thought bubble, it thinks, "That impression is misleading." Artist credit: heyokyay
This is a four-panel comic by the artist heyokyay, featuring two simple stick figures with large, expressive eyes. The style is minimal, focusing on their body language. Panel 1: The two figures stand side-by-side in silence. They are looking slightly toward each other with wide eyes and a neutral, perhaps slightly awkward, expression. Panel 2: The awkwardness increases. They both look away from each other nervously. The figure on the left twiddles their fingers together, while the figure on the right scratches the back of their head. Panel 3: They continue to hesitate. The figure on the left looks up at the ceiling with a hand on their chin, as if deep in thought. The figure on the right looks down at the floor, clasping their hands. Panel 4: The tension finally breaks. The figure on the left looks at the other and asks, "Um... wanna cuddle?" The figure on the right immediately throws their arms wide open for a hug, smiling broadly, and replies, "Yeees!!" with a heart symbol floating next to their words.
Panel 1 Two stick figures, one with long hair and one with short hair, are sitting side-by-side watching an orange sunset. The figure with long hair says, "Sunsets are always so romantic." Panel 2 The figure with short hair smiles and corrects them: "The sun isn't really setting, it's just the earth turning." The figure with long hair looks at them with an annoyed expression. Panel 3 The sky has darkened to purple. The figure with long hair yells, "Yes I know! Thanks a lot." The figure with short hair looks surprised and says, "Pardon me." Panel 4 The sky is now a dark blue-grey. The figure with long hair throws their hands up in frustration and says, "Now the atmosphere is ruined and the sun's gone." The figure with short hair opens their mouth cheerfully to correct them again: "The sun hasn't really gone..."
Sunset
On the left side of the panel, a large, dense group of generic, faceless stick figures stands clustered together. On the right side, separated from the crowd by a large gap, are two distinct characters. A male stick figure is walking toward the crowd, but a female stick figure with long hair is frantically pulling him back by the arm to stop him. She shouts to him: "Don't go any further, there are people over there!!" A speech line trailing down from her leads to a second sentence at the bottom: "People always ruin everything."
Two stick figures are walking side-by-side on a black surface. They are having a conversation: First Figure: "I've been reading that we're all getting poorer." Second Figure: "I've been poor for ages!" First Figure: "You're ahead of your time."
The comic is divided into two panels featuring stick-figure characters. Panel 1 Against a white background, a character with short hair questions a character with long, wavy hair who looks cheerful. Short-haired character: "Why do you spend so much time hanging out with the moon every night? That can't be good for you." Long-haired character: "The moon just understands me! We've got a lot in common..." Panel 2 The background is solid black, indicating nighttime. The long-haired character sits on the ground, looking up at a full moon which has a distressed, wide-eyed face. Long-haired character: "Hey moon, how was your day?" The Moon: "An absolute disaster!!" Long-haired character: "Yeah, so was mine. ♥"
This is a two-panel comic strip featuring a stick-figure person and a cat. Panel 1 A person with spiky hair stands looking down at a grumpy-looking cat lying on the floor. The cat is scowling with angry eyes. Person: "What's up, Kitty? Have you had a bad day?" Cat (thinking): "Leave me alone!" Panel 2 The person turns and walks away, looking back over their shoulder. The cat remains in the same spot but its expression has changed to sadness, with large, wide eyes. Person: "I think I'll leave you alone..." Cat (thinking): "Cuddle me."
Panel 1 A small alien character stands in front of two humans (a man and a woman). The alien waves and announces, "Greetings! I explore the Universe to discover new civilisations and learn from them!" The humans smile warmly at the visitor. Panel 2 The alien continues, saying, "Today I found you lot." The humans grin broadly and enthusiastically in response. Panel 3 The alien bluntly states, "But there’s nothing I want to learn from your species." The humans' expressions instantly change from happy to shocked and unhappy. Panel 4 The alien flies away in a flying saucer, calling back, "Adios." The two humans are left standing alone, looking annoyed and disappointed. Note: The comic is signed "heyokyay" at the bottom.
A single-panel comic shows a weary-looking stick figure standing next to a bed with light blue bedding. The dialogue proceeds as follows: Stick figure: "Dearest bed. May I allow myself to fall into you?" Bed: "I have absolutely no objection." Stick figure: "Excellent."
This is a single-panel black-and-white comic featuring two stick-figure characters sitting on the floor facing one another. Between them sits a large black bowl piled high with round, speckled cookies. The text is presented as thought bubbles floating above their heads: Left Character: A bald figure with a slightly concerned expression thinks, "Cookies don't contain many vitamins, so we have to eat massive amounts of cookies to obtain enough vitamins." Right Character: A figure with curly hair and
This is a four-panel comic strip featuring a simple cartoon drawing of a green turtle and a grey cat. The text "heyokyay" is written vertically on the left side. Panel 1: The cat, standing on the right, looks at the turtle and states, "We should take over the world." Panel 2: The turtle asks the cat, "Why do you want to take over the world?" Panel 3: The cat replies, "To rule over all the humans who get in my way." Panel 4: The turtle responds, "Don't you do that every day already?" The cat pauses and admits, "You've got a point there."
Two stick figure characters, a male and a female, stand with their arms open wide next to a small cat sitting on the ground. Male character: "It’s you and me against the world!" Female character: "You, me and the cat!!" The cat (thinking): "Yeah, the cat’s the most important."
