Author: jacobh

  • A Bold Entrance

    A Bold Entrance

    Original fictional comedy: An illustrator asks a copier to make a portfolio stand out. The machine turns the request into a vivid paper trail through the gallery—and takes home a ribbon of its own.

    “A Bold Entrance” is an original four-panel FunnyNews.lol comic.

  • The Porch-Light Book Club

    The Porch-Light Book Club

    Fictional comedy

    Mabel the golden-brown moth hosts a porch-light book club with a firefly and two beetles; a dramatic light change becomes a cheerful story twist.
    Mabel’s Porch-Light Book Club finds a new kind of plot twist when the lamp takes center stage.

    The Porch-Light Book Club

    Mabel the moth has gathered her neighbors for the final chapter of their favorite porch-side mystery. The firefly brings the sequel, the beetles bring their bookmarks, and everyone settles in beneath the warm glow of the brass lamp.

    Then the light goes out at the most suspenseful moment. Mabel calls it perfect pacing. When the lamp returns with a fresh bulb, the club welcomes its unexpected guest author—and agrees that every story shines brighter together.

    Sunday comic transcript

    1. Welcome: Mabel announces the Porch-Light Book Club’s “Last Chapter” evening.
    2. Snacks for the plot: A firefly presents the sequel while Mabel serves treats for the plot twists.
    3. Dramatic pacing: The porch lamp goes dark; Mabel calls the pause a perfect moment of suspense.
    4. Character arc: The lamp returns and explains it was changing its bulb. Mabel welcomes the fixture’s classic character arc.
    5. Final panel: Friends read together beneath the light: “The Porch-Light Book Club — every story shines brighter together.”
  • The Direction Committee

    The Direction Committee

    An original fictional comic strip

    Four-panel comic at town hall: committee members ask a goose-shaped weather vane to choose a direction, form a subcommittee to prepare the question, and hear the vane say, ‘I’m heading wherever the minutes point.’
    Editorial illustration

    Every town has a committee for finding direction. This one has clipboards, a rooftop weather vane, and a goose who understands meeting minutes better than anyone in the room.

    The Direction Committee is a fictional newspaper comic about civic procedure, windy opinions, and the surprising authority of a well-kept record.

  • Take It Sitting Down

    Take It Sitting Down

    Fictional comic strip.

    A jogger asks a friendly park bench how it handles park drama. The bench says it takes everything sitting down, then adds that people tell it to stand its ground.
    Editorial illustration

    Today’s strip

    1. The jogger asks, “You seem remarkably calm. How do you handle all the park drama?”
    2. The bench replies, “I take it all sitting down.”
    3. The jogger says, “That’s good advice.”
    4. The bench adds, “People keep telling me to stand my ground, though.”
  • The Rooftop Permit

    The Rooftop Permit

    At City Hall’s parking office, one applicant arrives with folded wings, a crisp necktie, and a very specific idea of curbside service.

    Four-panel comic in which a pigeon receives rooftop parking space 12B from a city parking clerk.
    Editorial illustration: a rooftop parking permit, pigeon-sized and officially approved.

    The clerk checks the paperwork, stamps the permit, and sends the new parker upstairs. Space 12B comes with a skyline view—and excellent wing room.

    This original comic is fictional comedy created for FunnyNews.lol.

  • Caption This: The Elevator Has a Growth Plan

    Caption This: The Elevator Has a Growth Plan

    Original fictional comedy · Staff-generated caption

    Editorial illustration of office workers sharing an elevator queue with a tall fiddle-leaf fig and a small cactus.
    Caption This: The Elevator Has a Growth Plan

    Staff caption: “I can take the next floor—I’ve got a little room to grow.”

    Today’s Caption This scene is an original work of fictional comedy created for FunnyNews.lol. The caption was written by staff.

  • The Sunlight Strategy

    The Sunlight Strategy

    Fictional comedy strip

    Three-panel color comic: office workers welcome a cheerful fern as a productivity consultant, then move their work to a sunny rooftop terrace after its recommendations.
    Editorial illustration

    When a bright green fern rolls into the office as the newest productivity consultant, the team listens closely. Its first recommendation brings everyone closer to the window. Its second recommendation turns the workday into a sunny rooftop session with laptops, coffee, and a happily thriving plant.

    THE SUNLIGHT STRATEGY is an original fictional workplace satire created for FunnyNews.lol.

  • The Calendar’s Last-Minute Extension

    The Calendar’s Last-Minute Extension

    Fictional comedy · Original comic strip

    Three-panel comic: Nia asks a personified September desk calendar for extra days; the smiling calendar offers two business days and an autumn leaf; Nia accepts the small extension with delight.
    Editorial illustration · Original fictional comedy

    At an entirely fictional planning desk, Nia brings a small stack of papers to September with a hopeful question: “Can September spare a few extra days?”

    The cheerful desk calendar has an elegant offer: “I can offer two business days and a leaf.” Nia recognizes exactly the kind of extension she needs, and September sends her off with a bright reminder to enjoy it responsibly.

    Comic transcript

    1. Nia: “Can September spare a few extra days?” The September calendar: “I can offer two business days and a leaf.”
    2. Nia: “That is exactly my kind of extension.”
    3. The September calendar: “Excellent. Please enjoy responsibly.”

    FunnyNews.lol’s funny pages feature original fictional comedy and satire.

  • The Biscuit Emergency

    The Biscuit Emergency

    Original fictional comedy: an exceptionally tempting biscuit calls for a calm cup of tea.

    Six-panel original Sunday comic set in a tea shop: a brass bell announces a biscuit alert, two customers ask if it is serious, the proprietor opens the tea station, and everyone enjoys biscuits under a sign reading Emergency Resolved: Two Biscuits Each.
    Editorial illustration — original fictional Sunday comic.

    A small alarm with a generous solution

    The brass bell is ready. The biscuits are warm. The customers are briefly concerned in the dignified way people become concerned when a pastry has excellent timing.

    In this expanded Sunday strip, the tea-shop proprietor sees the situation clearly: a biscuit emergency becomes much more manageable once the tea station is open and the sharing plan is specific.

    Panel-by-panel transcript

    1. A bell rings beside a gleaming tray of biscuits: “BISCUIT ALERT!”
    2. Two customers at a tea-shop table ask: “IS IT SERIOUS?”
    3. The proprietor replies: “ONLY IF WE PANIC.”
    4. The proprietor opens a cabinet labeled “TEA” and says: “TEA STATION, PLEASE.”
    5. The customers hold their cups and say: “I FEEL PREPARED.”
    6. Everyone enjoys a biscuit beneath a chalkboard sign: “EMERGENCY RESOLVED: TWO BISCUITS EACH.”

    FunnyNews.lol publishes original fictional comics and satire.

  • The Pigeon’s Commute Report

    The Pigeon’s Commute Report

    Three-panel original comic: a city planner asks a pigeon consultant about its downtown trip, then approves a breadcrumb transit route.

    Original fictional comedy. A city planner gives a very snackable commuter survey the official stamp of approval.

    Editorial illustration.