J.L. Westover Archives - TettyBetty TettyBetty Tue, 14 May 2019 07:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 This Dark Humor Webcomic Embraces Nihilism https://tettybetty.com/this-dark-humor-webcomic-embraces-nihilism/ Sun, 19 May 2019 14:15:01 +0000 https://tettybetty.com/?p=24675 J. L. Westover created “Mr. Lovestein” about a decade ago, and the dark humor of the comic has been growing in popularity across the internet. The thing about this hilarious comic is that it’s kind of saying: as dark as it gets, it’s so funny, because it’s so silly, we’re all going through this, alright? […]

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]]> J. L. Westover created “Mr. Lovestein” about a decade ago, and the dark humor of the comic has been growing in popularity across the internet. The thing about this hilarious comic is that it’s kind of saying: as dark as it gets, it’s so funny, because it’s so silly, we’re all going through this, alright?

In fact, Westover has expressed that he likes exploring suffering to find out what’s funny about it. What’s funny about cringing, bad movies, or desperate situations? Westover knows just how absurd life is, and his dark, absurd sense of humor is ideal.

“Mr. Lovestein” often touches on heavy topics from everyday life, from lack of professional satisfaction to depression, loneliness, obsessiveness, compulsion… things we all basically deal with in some capacity or another. The cool thing about Westover’s approach is that the nihilism of it all, the pointlessness and absurdity, are filtered through smart little funny scenarios that make it feel OK. Like death arriving an hour early by mistake to claim your life (daylight savings time), and then having a sit down next to you under a tree, to kill that one hour. And really, with all the silly nothing going on, what better way to spend your last hour on earth?

Check out his comic below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZxhZJl6SJ/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuAL0duBBR_/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4ZafchEvH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtV3X8yh5mj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGVjYlBn3l/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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]]> This Comics is For People Who Like Dark Humor https://tettybetty.com/this-comics-is-for-people-who-like-dark-humor/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:15:15 +0000 https://tettybetty.com/?p=12279 On Sept. 20, J.L. Westover, better known as Mr. Lovenstein, will be celebrating eight years of creating comics which he describes as “Sad and pathetic, but in a funny way.” Lovenstein said that he’s interested in the ways we find humor in things that usually cause us stress and pain. “We seek laughter when we’re […]

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]]> On Sept. 20, J.L. Westover, better known as Mr. Lovenstein, will be celebrating eight years of creating comics which he describes as “Sad and pathetic, but in a funny way.”

Lovenstein said that he’s interested in the ways we find humor in things that usually cause us stress and pain.

“We seek laughter when we’re suffering,” he told Bored Panda. “I like to explore that suffering and isolate what’s so damn funny about it. Why do we find cringe funny? Why do bad movies make us laugh? I also find life to be utterly absurd and you can show how absurd it is with very little effort.”

“When someone resonates with my work, it’s perhaps the single most gratifying part of creating anything,” he continued. “It’s hard to speak for my audience, but I think they’re overall lovers of comedy. I could get all philosophical and introspective, but above all else I make jokes and people like to laugh. Maybe if you scratch below the surface, some are drawn to the tinge of sadness, the absurdism, and the utter silliness of it all.”

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> J.L. Westover Archives - TettyBetty TettyBetty Tue, 14 May 2019 07:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 This Dark Humor Webcomic Embraces Nihilism https://tettybetty.com/this-dark-humor-webcomic-embraces-nihilism/ Sun, 19 May 2019 14:15:01 +0000 https://tettybetty.com/?p=24675 J. L. Westover created “Mr. Lovestein” about a decade ago, and the dark humor of the comic has been growing in popularity across the internet. The thing about this hilarious comic is that it’s kind of saying: as dark as it gets, it’s so funny, because it’s so silly, we’re all going through this, alright? […]

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]]> J. L. Westover created “Mr. Lovestein” about a decade ago, and the dark humor of the comic has been growing in popularity across the internet. The thing about this hilarious comic is that it’s kind of saying: as dark as it gets, it’s so funny, because it’s so silly, we’re all going through this, alright?

In fact, Westover has expressed that he likes exploring suffering to find out what’s funny about it. What’s funny about cringing, bad movies, or desperate situations? Westover knows just how absurd life is, and his dark, absurd sense of humor is ideal.

“Mr. Lovestein” often touches on heavy topics from everyday life, from lack of professional satisfaction to depression, loneliness, obsessiveness, compulsion… things we all basically deal with in some capacity or another. The cool thing about Westover’s approach is that the nihilism of it all, the pointlessness and absurdity, are filtered through smart little funny scenarios that make it feel OK. Like death arriving an hour early by mistake to claim your life (daylight savings time), and then having a sit down next to you under a tree, to kill that one hour. And really, with all the silly nothing going on, what better way to spend your last hour on earth?

Check out his comic below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZxhZJl6SJ/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuAL0duBBR_/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4ZafchEvH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtV3X8yh5mj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGVjYlBn3l/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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]]> This Comics is For People Who Like Dark Humor https://tettybetty.com/this-comics-is-for-people-who-like-dark-humor/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:15:15 +0000 https://tettybetty.com/?p=12279 On Sept. 20, J.L. Westover, better known as Mr. Lovenstein, will be celebrating eight years of creating comics which he describes as “Sad and pathetic, but in a funny way.” Lovenstein said that he’s interested in the ways we find humor in things that usually cause us stress and pain. “We seek laughter when we’re […]

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]]> On Sept. 20, J.L. Westover, better known as Mr. Lovenstein, will be celebrating eight years of creating comics which he describes as “Sad and pathetic, but in a funny way.”

Lovenstein said that he’s interested in the ways we find humor in things that usually cause us stress and pain.

“We seek laughter when we’re suffering,” he told Bored Panda. “I like to explore that suffering and isolate what’s so damn funny about it. Why do we find cringe funny? Why do bad movies make us laugh? I also find life to be utterly absurd and you can show how absurd it is with very little effort.”

“When someone resonates with my work, it’s perhaps the single most gratifying part of creating anything,” he continued. “It’s hard to speak for my audience, but I think they’re overall lovers of comedy. I could get all philosophical and introspective, but above all else I make jokes and people like to laugh. Maybe if you scratch below the surface, some are drawn to the tinge of sadness, the absurdism, and the utter silliness of it all.”

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