This Artist Addresses Real-Life Issues in 12 Funny Animal Comics

It's time to introduce you to The Bear Trap comics, a delightful universe created by Hispanic artist Mike Lewis that centres on two bears named Paul and Rob.

In the real world shown in Mike's comics, people have been replaced by animals. The comics mostly focus on this lower-class family, which consists of a bear father and son as well as a hippo stepmother.

"The theme: satirical humour, philosophical humour, and a bit of slice of life-style humour revolving around two bears (father and son) and a tonne of other animals trying to adapt to a fast-changing human world," explained the artist in response to Bored Panda's inquiry about the topics he covers in these humorous scenarios. The suffering lower-class society in our globe can be symbolised by the majority of the animals. Sometimes I use brief jokes to convey this, and other times I delve deeper into each character's backstory. However, humour is always present. (After all, the best treatment is laughing, right?) The book 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell served as the primary source of inspiration for this.

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He "grew up in a small town in south Los Angeles," the artist revealed. We wanted to know why Mike became interested in cartooning and painting. He revealed: "I've always loved telling stories, even as a very young child. Like other children, I loved watching cartoons and did my best to depict them in bizarre settings until I began making up my own characters. After that, I would visualise my characters in animated episodes going through everyday experiences. The main issue was that the animation technique may be rather labour-intensive for a solo artist. I thus concluded that comics would be a great way for me to share my experiences and humour with the world.
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One of the most frequent ways I come up with ideas is by imagining a scenario and then coming up with the question, 'What character would be in this circumstance and how would they react?' I begin writing a dialogue as soon as I decide which character to "send into battle." I begin sketching the scene/composition as soon as I understand the dialogue's flow, making every effort to ensure that the reader can still see the scene while the letters are readable without the need for close-up shots. Hours may pass during this process, but in addition to honing the artwork, I also edit the dialogue and proofread it to ensure that the punchline or point is retained.