“I have always been a big cartoon and horror fan, lived for Saturday mornings as a kid, and my first introduction to the ‘horror/comedy’ genre was to rent Toxic Avenger when I was about seven, so in school, I drew mashups of cartoons and movies already back then. Remember drawing mashups with Snoopy a lot back then (and I still do),” wrote Daniel. Daniel replied: “I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s and then later watching late ’90s cartoons after stumbling home from a night out. That’s the cartoons I find most compelling, and the same with horror, it’s ’80s, ’90s, and noughties horror flicks, that’s my go-to. But if there is a new horror movie out that I like, I gladly slap them in a drawing.” Daniel’s artwork manages to be both creepy and humorous at the same time. He shared how he balances these two tones and what the artist hopes viewers take away from this juxtaposition. “Yeah, I try to find a perfect balance between them and it can be hard, but luckily I have a teenage daughter and a wife who also is seriously into horror, so I have my own focus group to check with if I have doubts about a drawing. So that helps.” “I like cartoons on adult life a lot, and have been watching them all my own adult life, King of the Hill, Mr. Pickles, Bob’s Burgers, Archer, Bojack and Brickleberry, just to name a few, and that influences me a lot and is what I want to achieve with my art, to do cartoons that adults can find funny and awesome.” Lastly, Daniel added: “I got a lot of new stuff coming out and also some fun collaborations this fall. So stay tuned on my social media!” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
