Everyone knows the previous stereotypes of jocks and nerds. Anybody lucky sufficient to have seen the 80’s basic film ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ will get it for certain. Nonetheless issues have modified so much since then, culturally and politically, and the previous energy steadiness has shifted considerably.
These days it’s the nerds who rule. With the notable exception of Donald Trump and his buddies, the previous jock stereotype of low in IQ however excessive in confidence and testosterone has slowly begun to vanish from celebrated positions of energy and affect (within the West not less than), changed by the extra clever and thought of ‘hipster’ kind who's in contact along with his feelings, is aware of deal with girls nicely and good points respect from achievements and wit, fairly than bullying and bluster.
Comedian e-book artist Marko Raassina prefers to think about a world the place these sort of drained stereotypes exist not, we will put apart antagonisms over our variations and embrace them for the higher good. “I began doing healthful comics initially of this 12 months,” he advised Bored Potato. “I even have one other sequence referred to as Grumpy, which is kinda just like Nerd and Jock.”
With Nerd and Jock he has put collectively comics that play on the nerd vs. jock storyline however have a constructive, heartwarming twist that present simply how straightforward it's to brush apart the lazy categorisation of individuals. In his personal nation, Finland, he's higher often known as the artist behind comics based mostly on the Finnish nationwide epic, Kalevala. “Finnish folks’s style in comics are usually a little bit darker or extra twisted humour,” he advised us.
So the transfer in the direction of healthful, constructive comics similar to Nerd and Jock is a distinct route for him. Are there any plans for a sequence or perhaps a e-book based mostly on Nerd and Jock? “Completely!” He advised us right here at Bored Potato. “Nerd and Jock will grew to become a sequence after I get extra comics carried out, and a E-book isn’t out of query both. Additionally I've been planning on launching my very own web site, the place I'll put up my comics. Proper now I’m posting them on Tumblr and Twitter.”
So there’s a lot extra Nerd and Jock to come back sooner or later, bringing nerds and jocks collectively into one joyful household. Scroll down under to take a look at just a few samples, and tell us what you suppose within the feedback!
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