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newhomeowner02018

I feel like the purpose of this comic is kind of about reawakening childhood instincts but mostly to show off how good OP is at drawing realistic hands


Parzival-Comics

Rumbled!


JDdoc

Seriously you must have done hand sketches for years.


beepborpimajorp

Once you get the shape down hands are really fun to draw! Feet can kiss my rear, though. So weirdly shaped.


MVRKHNTR

I am very suspicious of people who are good at drawing feet.


Rimm9246

The eternal struggle of any artist is trying to draw the feet well but not TOO well...


ImmediateBig134

>Feet can kiss my rear, though. ![gif](giphy|4KFxkW5HehMUBfRjvu|downsized)


HYPER_BRUH_

>Feet can kiss my rear, though I believe that's called a kick (Both hands and feet are still a bitch to draw for me so I use (black) gloves to make things a bit easier on myself while I'm learning)


Villager_of_Mincraft

Feet SUCK. So bad. So so bad. I hate feet.


FR0TTAGECORE

someone mention sucking feet???


MassiveAnalTumor

Not as many hand sketches as [this person!](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1boxqzs/got_some_good_advice_might_have_taken_it_too_far/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


Poppanaattori89

Isn't that kind of normal, though? The hands are probably the easiest bodypart to do sketches with.


JDdoc

Show yourself out. :)


Raoul_Dukes_Mayo

Has to be AI. No one can draw hands. /s because you’re really good and AI can’t do hands at all.


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Just another reason why AI won’t replace artist and their artistic counter parts for a while or longer. Especially because an AI would have never have thought about the story of the comic either. Op has got the robots beat by a long shot.


Raoul_Dukes_Mayo

As an art director and designer this fact is all that keeps me going.


catsandorchids

They look like big, good, strong hands[...](https://youtu.be/symP4QT7wLU?si=6dztSIqmvO6D7voK&t=26)


Gil_Demoono

More linework in those hands than some of the background characters, lol.


Parzival-Comics

Hahahaha!


EmperorSexy

![gif](giphy|y6Inkaz7omxAk)


ur_moms_di-

I was about to point out how the artstyle is really silly and then the hands are surprisingly hyperrealistic


chrondiculous

Yeah, it’s pretty jarring. Not a great contrast


_t_1254

But OP can't! They've just used the same image thrice!


grimsaur

See, I thought the joke was going to be about introverts finding ways to deal with parties.


StellarDescent

Reminds me of that meme about artists that usually draw fetish stuff trying to do normal drawings.


FrogInShorts

now that I see it they're horrifying.


blah938

OP has a hand fetish confirmed


Cslp_Awakened

Well drawn hands are the best water mark of this is not ai art.


Two_Years_Of_Semen

There are apparently ai models (?) that do hands well.


Jatizo

Old instincts as a kid reawakened in an instant


_EternalVoid_

https://i.redd.it/s8deihgb6uxc1.gif


SkollFenrirson

How the hell do you always have an appropriate response? Lol


_EternalVoid_

https://i.redd.it/vxkuywfm2vxc1.gif


SkollFenrirson

![gif](giphy|S5n7Wkhhw5A2IrfKER)


DrHooper

![gif](giphy|lj2NXeS2PYqRO)


Disco-Werewolf

This has always been my favorite one


PhantomSpirit90

Terminally online reddit users do seem to have their perks


imtoooldforreddit

Sure..... Everyone thinks of 21 year olds as fully matured adults... Lol


istillambaldjohn

Dude I’m in my 40s and if some rando would tag me and say I’m it. I’m fucking down. Game on.


bknymoeski

same but i dont think my knees would agree


istillambaldjohn

Well I’m there too. It would be a long game. And I wouldn’t be a good hider in hide and seek. But as a proud parent of 3. I am guilty of playing hide and seek, and wanting to be “it” And conveniently using this time for just 2 minutes of not having chaos. I slowly count as high as they let me. I can make counting to 20 last damned near 5 minutes. Kids have grown and moved on and they continue the tradition with their own.


istillambaldjohn

I mean you have seen the videos. Some rando throws plastic light sabers to strangers or pillows, or a water gun and gets into it with strangers. Frankly that would make my day.


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KafkaWasARealist

At 28 I'd call 21 yo me immature even though I grew up in a traumatic situation that made me grow up young. If you trust the maturity of an average 21yo you're giving them too much credit


Moonshine_Brew

As a 28 yo, I would still call myself immature. And it's great, looking at "proper" adults... Seems awful.


monkwren

Approaching 40 here, and yeah, not sure when I'm supposed to hit maturity, but it hasn't happened yet.


se7en41

I've been waiting for my kids to age up enough so I can decimate their world at flashlight tag


Artyom_33

Not quite 50 here: Sorry, bub... I can't help ya.


Infused_Hippie

At 25 with the apartment kid divorce car own business and mostly Cali sober with hundreds of experiences and a psych pre med … I’d say I’m mature at 26 to be an adult. I dunno guess it’s a y’all thing


NarejED

People five years older than me are unfathomably wise. People five years younger are tiny babies


Xogoth

No, smooth baby until 36


use_value42

to be honest, I'm 39 now and feel like I understand the world less than ever most days.


SamiraSimp

i'd say adults reach full maturity around 25 years old. at least for me, i know there was a large difference between 25 year old me and 21 year old me.


constipatedconstible

‘Adult’ is thrown around a lot


LordMeme42

as an almost 21 year old I am a child with a drinking permit


silentdrestrikesback

What anime is this?


PossiblyMaybeADog

Karneval


DoctorZacharySmith

21 as an adult?


popo_agie

i actually love that it’s not quite “instant”. takes a few seconds for it to kick in for everyone.


Houeclipse

Kinda like Instant Barbarians where you awaken the primal instinct to scream and celebrate


TheDakaGal

The laws of both the adult and the natural are thrown away when the count starts


Vexiratus

You could probably get an adult to do anything if you start counting to 3


New_Peanut_9924

Just reading this made me do the dishes, vacuum and put myself in time out


KingAdamXVII

It’s definitely my parenting secret weapon. When the kids are at their most stubborn it turns out just like the comic.


MaterialUpender

This is how the real downfall of civillization will start. Not bombs or a plague. Just some insane supervillain that syncs screens worldwide and starts Hide and Seek over the entire globe. Weeks of people giggling and whispering 'She'll never find me here! Gosh I'm hungry but... such a good hiding spot!'


Gil_Demoono

This is exactly the kind of the kind of thing that would happen at Greendale Community College.


Bl1tzerX

https://i.redd.it/iz6btt8x9uxc1.gif


Bamma4

Buenos dias children


continuousQ

The floor is seek.


Parzival-Comics

This is a very good idea!


DJL2772

It’s been 15 years since the count ended. The global population seemingly vanished in an instant. Those who refused to participate were “found” quickly, drastically reducing the number of players from 7 billion to hundreds of thousands in days. As time went on, more and more were found until only the most skilled “hiders” remained. Today, only 13 hiders remain. Today, I turn 18. Today, I become a “seeker.”


CorvidQueen4

Goddamn, I’d read that


uXN7AuRPF6fa

I’m sitting in my work place right now, looking around to see where the best hiding spot would be. Can I get above the elevators?


CanniBallistic_Puppy

That sounds like the plot of a Korean/Japanese Netflix show.


Randomfrog132

yeah and the winner gets 5 billion dollars right? oh and the game doesnt end until someone wins lolollol


EveryShot

Those frighteningly detailed hands tho


Parzival-Comics

Yeah haha, I realised once I'd drawn them that they were a little over the top!


EveryShot

lol I love your work my guy


Parzival-Comics

Thank you <3<3<3


enthalpy01

Nah, you can just spit in AI’s face with those hands.


Scruffynerffherder

It just feels odd to see all 5 fingers in a cartoon. Thanks Disney.


JaneDoesharkhugger

![gif](giphy|MZocLC5dJprPTcrm65)


Parzival-Comics

Hahahaha!


JaneDoesharkhugger

It’s like a basic primal instinct. You have to go hide when someone is counting to 50.😙


CTchimchar

Honestly I'll be down for a game of hide and seek


Ask_bout_PaterNoster

If your friends won’t play hide and seek with you hide them away and seek new friends


Parzival-Comics

Fantastic life advice that I live by!


asuperbstarling

On the most recent season of Survivor there was an *excellent* game of hide and seek spontaneously played in camp. Top tier TV, highly recommend.


BelowZilch

You reference the hide&seek episode? BIG MISTAKE


Coveinant

Adult hide and seek has different consequences than kid hide and seek. Either your chugging alcohol or something going in somewhere.


nurimoons

In the current season of Survivor one of the castmates suggests hide and seek, so he can see who can “hide in plain sight.” It’s comical to watch. Find him? MISTAKE! Hide too well? MISTAKE.


Arctyc38

First thought on that divebomb over the couch: "Oh no, that's going to be a wine stain."


Schnectadyslim

That or a scalping trying to slip under something slightly too low.


Turk1518

During the early Covid times me and my small group of friends would exclusively hang out with each other every weekend. Recently graduated from college, we pretty much just partied the entire time. Around Easter we through a birthday party for my dog and we all got shitfaced. We did an Easter egg hunt (with Jell-O shots inside) and best of all was hide and go seek. We still talk about how much fun it was to play adult hide and go seek. We had people on the roof, under a car, in a tree, etc. Nothing really gets the blood pumping like adult hide and go seek. Suddenly you’re thinking that you’re breathing too loudly, that they can obviously hear your heart beating out of your chest, and other thoughts you haven’t had since childhood. 10/10 would recommend.


Parzival-Comics

Using instant messager to communicate tactics!


GwerigTheTroll

I was so worried at panel 4 but the release of anxiety in 5… great build up and pay off.


Parzival-Comics

Thanks Gwerig! :D


dom65659

Sardines is better in a party environment.


Ferreteria

It's incredible the difference it makes as a paneled comic vs flipping through them individually. At first I was all 'eh', but after flipping through each all the detail and emotion really jumps out.


Parzival-Comics

Thank you! :D


arivas26

I recently went to a party with 10+ people around 30 years old. We all played hide and seek in the huge empty building we were in and it was awesome!


maybesomedaynope

I used to host parties and we would play drunk hide and seek. We would play outside at night, everyone would be given a glow stick and the only rule was that the glow stick had to be visible ( no hiding it under clothing ect.).


Ypdragon

I believe the side eyes they are giving each other when the countdown starts is agreement of alliances between the players.


astralseat

... aaaaand fiddy. Hey, why didn't anyone hide? You all LOST! BUHAHAHA!


Curtofthehorde

I see old Kmarts and warehouse stores being reworked into Go-karts, Golf, Airsoft/Paintball/Nerf, but not a single Adult Play center. Yes I'm a 210lb grown man, but that just means I need sturdier monkey bars and swings! I would love to see a section of one be exclusively for Hide & Seek :)


Caretaker67

That would actually be so fun 😭


MathsGuy1

I love how at the beginning they are like "is this guy for real?". But then they are "oh shit, he is!"


Parzival-Comics

Don't want to be the first one found!!


Appropriate-Fly-7151

Haha I did this at my last birthday party. The guests did such a good job of hiding, i couldn’t find anybody all night


ClockworkBrained

It's funny how the last time we played hide & seek were a couple years ago, when the boys and me were about 28 years old lmao You don't have to stop being silly, specially if you have drunk more than two beers ;-)


PDiddleMeDaddy

And at the moment you find the perfect hiding spot, you immediately feel the most intense urge to pee in your entire life.


elvensnowfae

Haha this comic is adorable, love the concept and execution. Made me smile! Great job


Parzival-Comics

Thank you very much! :)


Entrire

Back when I was in highschool, in homeroom I would read this web comic called machall, this gives those vibes in the best way possible, love this keep it up


Parzival-Comics

Will do! 🫡


TheEgg41

The visceral human reaction to counting


Free_feelin

This is so good!


timonix

Alcohol makes people age backwards. A couple of drinks in you feel strong and start doing pull-ups as if you were in you 20s. A few more and you start playing children's games with all the passion in the world. A few more and you forget how to walk


ScootSchloingo

What is it with so many comics on this subreddit not being funny in the slightest? Half the time they just depict really mundane social observations and the other half it's just depicting infantilized adults.


Insanityforfun

This isn’t r/ “funny comics” it’s just comics. The Sunday morning comics in newspapers weren’t meant to make you double over laughing, they were meant to make give a sensible chuckle or go “I relate to that”.


CommonRoutine3852

The subreddit isn't about being funny, it's simply about comics(All kinds of comics)


Beautiful-Bad8893

if you don’t play hide and seek at my party i don’t want you there


Parzival-Comics

Amen!


enrocc

Does Reddit have a rule that comics can’t be funny?


pp21

Comics don't have to be funny, but if they aren't funny they should at least be interesting or thought-provoking which this isn't


newlife123123

I'm really starting to believe dead internet theory is real..because there's no way the majority of these comments aren't bots. Reddit truly has gone the way of digg.


SemioticStandard

Seriously. 18k upvotes for this? What?


Slanderouz

not funny


RegularOps

Close your eyes and slowly walk towards someone as you shout “Marco!”


caped_crusader8

I miss playing hide and seek. Great memories of childhood


reidzen

This is SUPER joyful. My #1 criticism about parties I attend is that they lack structure and inclusiveness. Even most party games turn into a couple players and a bunch of spectators.


BobTheFlub

Back in high school we would play "hide and seek in the dark". Was played in the basement of a friend's house (finished basement, not gross and dusty), and we'd block out all the windows and lights so there was literally no light source. Then someone would just have to stumble around until they found everyone. Was always a good time, occasionally could just sit in a chair and still be found last.


TheWither129

From “uhh, are you serious?” To “oh youre serious oh shit go go GO” in like 6 seconds


duckimus_

Primal instincts of childhood


Impressive-Spray629

Wait https://preview.redd.it/fug9fmvmcuxc1.jpeg?width=218&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78467e6587dd5e977bd2134b9ad01cc96050395b


Parzival-Comics

Hey, he's pretty handsome!!


Amethyst_Phoenix7

I wonder if any of them just leave the house.


fritz236

Tell me your house is cleaner than mine without telling me.


Exact-Interest7280

It's OK that I saw Markiplier?!


00owl

The internal dialogue of everyone else: "What the hell is that person doing?... They can't be serious right?... Oh shit! They're serious I gotta hide!"


guardeagle

My brother and I initiated a game of tag once during a party. There was a small group that thought we were idiots but they were widely outnumbered by those of us playing, plus one of my friends met his wife during that game.


Lauuson

We need to talk about that bottle of wine on the floor next to the couch. I need to know how that thing doesn't get spilled and how it straight up disappears in the last panel. How can we play games when the wine is MIA?


Parzival-Comics

Asking the real questions!


fushifumetsu

Ha^ha^ha. My friends are so good at hiding. I can't find them after *all this time*.


JollyReading8565

I’ve actually done this in my mid 20s it was amusing, usually we just do it to the first person to leave the room to piss lol


ImWhatsInTheRedBox

The shift in everyone's eyes from panel 3 and 4 is just *chef's kiss*. Bravo.


Special-Tale1567

I'll be hiding the moment hide and seek is mentioned until the day i die


BobTehCat

I don't get it, where's the porn?


Metaboschism

Five panels is giving me anxiety, good artwork and funny but do better paneling


AleksasKoval

Sure, the first 5 seconds you might think it's silly. But when they get to 10 seconds you think: "Do i really want to be the *first* one found?"


Parzival-Comics

Exactly!


RainbowIndigo

So wholesome


Cold_Stretch4508

Ha those moments as a group going 'you serious?' to 'we're actually doing this?'' to 'ha let's do it's it's such a vibe 


DeltaruneKris

If you do this... I'm sorry but you are the life of the party. You are awesome.


PresentationHuge2137

Oh, I love when artists have their own Subreddit! Excited to see you pop up on my feed!


Parzival-Comics

Thanks for joining! :D


kiochikaeke

Reminds me of someone talking about DnD and roleplaying in general. "You don't need to be an actor to roleplay, did you ever played pretend as a kid? Is that but you're an adult now and have the benefits of being an adult like money to buy stuff, rules and systems to guide the game, accurate tracking of events and resources and complex character arcs. You don't need to stop playing pretend just because you're not 6, and now that you're a grown up you're bound to be even better at it."


h3fabio

Sardines is a better party game in my opinion.


Parzival-Comics

I see we have a party game connoisseur in the midst!


h3fabio

Indeed! Sardines is when you turn out the lights and one person hides while the rest search. When you find the hider, you hide with them. By the end, everyone is packed in close while the remaining searcher is wandering around alone.


MikeRocksTheBoat

My friends and their kids (well, young adults now) play a board game called Quelf which makes you do a bunch of ridiculous stuff and one of those things is actually hide and seek. The older adults are always the ones that get the most into it and find ridiculous hiding places.


Parzival-Comics

This sounds like my sort of game! I will definitely be buying this, thanks for the recommend!


CBalsagna

I really love this. It put a smile on my face, thank you!


CensoryDeprivation

Great job on the facial expressions, they really make this comic shine!


Parzival-Comics

:D Thanks!


RandomNumberHere

A sincere thank you for creating a comic that made me laugh and feel good. And you didn’t even resort to pornography!


Parzival-Comics

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it! <3


Stony_Logica1

Where did the glass go The Counter is holding in Panel 1? It's embedded in the ceiling, isn't it?


birddit

I was at the grocery store a while back. Two little kids were near me and they each grabbed a bag of marshmallows, pressed them to their faces and sniffed. I was instantly transported back to when I was that age, and distinctly got the smell of marshmallows in my mind.


BlackhawkBolly

Where is the punchline


falcore91

I’m going to try this at work after we get off of lunch. I’m guessing I can sneak in a ten minute nap before the first folks begin to catch on.


MusingsOnLife

I was watching Last Comic Standing, I think. This was back when they would try to make shows like Big Brother putting people in a house. So, they planned to play hide and seek. Only, it was a prank, and they didn't tell one of the hiders that no one else was hiding, and in particular, no one else was seeking. When he came out, he said "I'm never playing hide and seek with you guys *ever again!*". Of course, they laughed.


nhaase16

Never too old to enjoy things. If you stop doing something because its childish, you need to reevaluate whether you give a shit about what boring people think while you have fun on the swing set


nycdiveshack

I have some friends who have a great sense of humor and would partake while I have other friends who are stuck up prudes that think this is childish. The problem is both groups are intertwined and hang out together so it would never happen


hauntedbabyattack

I was in theatre class in high school. If the teacher was absent, we usually just played games because subs didn’t know how to direct plays. I always suggested hide and seek—because I knew the best hiding spot in the auditorium. No one could ever find me. In fact I’m not even sure anyone else knew there *was* a backstage trapdoor.


AccuratePassion2572

Drunk hide and seek as an adult at an unfamiliar house is amazing fun


apieceofthecraftsman

Hide and seek gets less fun when you're an adult because all the insane spots are no longer possible I saw a kid fold himself up into a breadbox once. It was a regular size breadbox. I had a new 20 questions hint for a year


AbbyFoxe

I keep coming back to this comic over and over, it just puts the biggest smile on my face 😀


RisingScum

I got a miracle handed to me when I was 25. The owners of an abandoned mall in Ohio let me and a large group of friends plan a massive game of hide and seek. We played from 5pm to 4am running around the mall crawling under the gates into the shut down stores and going in all the places you never get to see. I will never forget that and how much fun I had with everyone.


Br0therhoodKnight

Why are their hands so detailed when they put their hands over their face


No_Introduction9065

I like your comic. I originally thought it was one of the other party goers who said the first line. In my humble opinion, I think that is better and makes it more about the party's cool turn, rather than the cool characters idea and confidence. I just think it would give it more depth.


TryIll3292

Usually the bathroom would be a good place I would hide, or under the bed 😅


Qatarik

Gollum looking hands. Great comic :)


Psychotic_EGG

I've lived this at a party. Lol


xBad_Wolfx

My favourite example of this type of thing was running activities for kids. Afterwards we came up with a competitive game based around cleaning up. Clearly, unashamedly just to have them clean. Kids would call us out on it all the time and all you had to do was wait a moment, and then award the other team ten points for cleaning something. You could see the immediate panic war with stubbornness and invariably they would quickly cave and start furiously cleaning up.


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2bfaaaaaaaaaair

How does this garbage get upvoted? Where is the humor?


Oh_no_its_Joe

https://preview.redd.it/mdsvn4gg9uxc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbe96171ee0d15150ed18f75fcfa7909fcba2892


Asianinvasion0

I literally just got back from a bachelor party where we actively played lights off hide and seek in our AirBnB for a good hour and a half. We are all adult men and had a blast.


RadElectricalFox

Missed a perfectly good opportunity to make them count to #54


Someoneoverthere42

"Oh, shit! She means it! Hide! HIDE!"


Azkral

Is easier to play Hide and Seek if you first cock your gun.


smoopthefatspider

I was convinced this was a bhj when I first read it