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They say “take your broken heart and make it into art.” In Stephen Beals’ case, it is more turning negative emotions into humorous comics. Yes, you’ve heard it right, “Adult Children” is back on Bored Panda!

Stephen Beals is an artist who has been drawing comics since forever “out of pure love for the art form.” As Stephen said himself, his illustrations are something he made after work to let off steam. He titled them “Adult Children” because, according to the artist, “adulthood seems to be a myth we tell children in order to get them to behave.”

The comics feature everyday life situations working in the retail sector. Even though the little fragments of working life are presented in a humorous way, we believe that most of us can hear the characters silently screaming out of helplessness and exhaustion. At the same time, the illustrations are very relatable.

Don’t forget to check out our previous article featuring more of the humorous and candid “Adult Children” comics.

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The characters in these comics are Stephen Beals divided into four different parts. A truly interesting concept. The artist believes that we all have different personalities or at least Stephen has “four usable ones.”

As the artist explained, Penny and Berle are brother and sister. Harvey (named after Stephen’s grandfather) has known them since they were kids and has formed a long-term relationship with Penny.

Harvey is Stephen’s ego, Berle is his complete ID, Penny is his small part of the responsibility and Claremont (the dog) is Stephen at his best, “which is why he’s a dog.” There’s also Todd (an extra), who represents the naive side of the artist.