30 Gloomily Amusing Single-Panel Comics By Dave Blazek For Those With A Taste For The Darker Side Of Humor
These comics will leave you in stitches!
Dave Blazek didn’t set out to build a comedy empire, at least not at first. The story starts with a real-life curveball, Gilpin’s departure, and Blazek picking up the pencil after health reasons forced a change. That switch turned into something bigger than anyone planned, because once he started drawing, he also started writing, and the jokes kept multiplying.
Now picture the result: over 9,000 comics, all those single-panel moments where the punchline lands like a bruise. “Loose Parts” is packed with grimly amusing oddities, from “Two Dozen Passwords” to “Oh Yeah, Napping,” plus the kind of titles that sound innocent until you realize they’re absolutely not. Even the “Business Hacks” and “Great Camo Shirt” vibes feel like they’re hiding a problem in plain sight, and somehow the whole thing still works.
And once you spot the pattern, you start noticing how every little weird detail, from “Soup on a What?” to “A French Fry!” is basically the whole mood.
1. Two Dozen Passwords Present
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4. Great Camo Shirt
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5. Cows in Relationships
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6. Ways to Make You Talk
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7. Can't You Understand?
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8. Dumb Larry
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9. Woodcharles
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10. Freckle Problem
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11. Soup on a What?
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12. Well...
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13. Big Gust
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14. Breadcrumbs
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15. Saving Energy
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16. Are You Sure You Can Pick It Up in 5 Minutes?
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17. What Really Happened
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18. Or Are You Not Just as Clever?
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19. Introvert Pub
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20. Side Dishes
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That Gilpin-shaped gap is what pushed Blazek back into drawing, and suddenly the “Loose Parts” universe had a new engine.
Also, this “confession and apology” mess is like the coworker who stole your lunch for a month.
With “Two Dozen Passwords” and “Business Hacks” stacked in the mix, the humor gets darker, but it never loses its bite.
Then you hit the titles like “Cows in Relationships” and “Ways to Make You Talk,” and you realize the complication is always the same, humans being humans.
Despite initially not drawing, Blazek took up the pencil after Gilpin's departure due to health reasons, evolving both as a writer and artist. Now, with over 9,000 comics to his name, Blazek's accidental journey into cartooning has made "Loose Parts" a beloved and enduring comic strip.
21. Stick on a Stick
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22. You Have to Assemble First
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23. Pet Balloons
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24. That's Not Really the Problem Here...
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25. Beans
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26. Literally
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27. Saddlebags
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28. Backhair
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29. In Hiding
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30. A French Fry!
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By the time you reach “A French Fry!” and the rest of the 9,000-plus comics, you can’t help but wonder what kind of chaos Blazek will pull from the next “Well...” moment.
In the world of lines and laughter, Dave Blazek proves that it's never too late to draw a new beginning. With "Loose Parts," he sketches out the funny side of life's oddities, showing us that sometimes the best way to face the world is with a pen in hand and humor in our hearts.
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