A poppy seed stuck in the teeth, our shower routine in the morning and what we actually think there, petting dogs, and giving your name at Starbucks just to get it horribly misspelled are some of the topics in the wholesome universe of the cartoons by Yoyoha. The 48-year-old artist from Columbus, Ohio, whose real name is Josh Hara and who works as a creative director for a technology company, has been drawing since preschool and even probably before that. His dad was an artist and Josh never thought there was any reason to stop.
Below, here are a few of his genius, heartwarming, laughter-inducing cartoons and his story as Bored Panda got in touch with Josh to pick his brain a little bit about life and drawing. You can vote for your favorite ones and let us know what you think!
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Emma-Lee Elizabeth McDermott1 day ago
Uhh… is the tounge the monster?16ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Josh’s creative universe is full of quirky characters that are actually based directly on his own life experience. “I did a cartoon about a poppy seed being stuck in between some teeth because I had a poppy seed stuck in my teeth. My most recent comic was about my shower routine—I guess I just try and take some of the more mundane parts of life and find something funny about them. Which is not uncommon or special, I think that’s what all comic artists and comedians are trying to do. Shine a light on some minuscule part of life and make fun of it a little.”#2
Ms.M.1 day ago
that wasn’t nICE of them40ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
When asked about his inspiration, Josh admitted that there are tons of people in charge of that in his life. “I can’t just pick one person in this department—because there are so many people that continually inspire me. When I was a little kid it was Jim Davis and Garfield, in high school it was Berkely Breathed (Bloom County), Gary Larson (The Far Side), and Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes). I also loved Matt Groening’s Life in Hell comic so much. Nowadays there are so many web comic-era artists I love. Shen, The Oatmeal, Dustinteractive, Liz Climo, RubyEtc, Gemma Correll, and so many more.”#3
Somebody Here1 day ago
Quite a few of his cartoons are drawn on paper takeaway coffee cups and it seems that he must have quite a sincere relationship with them. “Well, it’s fairly simple. I love it more than any other substance on the planet,” admitted Josh. He also recently discovered the value of status updates after caving in and joining Facebook after all these years. So he also runs his Twitter account, posting somewhat one-line jokes that he was previously sharing on Facebook and gathered quite the community of people with a similar sense of humor. He does see it as a potential catalog of comics, but then again—it seems like a colossal work consuming time and of course—coffee.#4
Somebody Here1 day ago
Yay!20ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#5
Somebody Here1 day ago
Yep, leave em alone!17ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Turns out that the artist doesn’t have any more goals in this world regarding his artwork and perhaps some artists can relate to it. “For a long time I wanted to find a way to make comics full-time, but honestly, it’s not an easy life. It is a constant hustle to find ways to monetize your work, and you are consistently battling algorithms from social media sites that treat you like a multi-million dollar corporation because you have 100,000 followers.”#6
Somebody Here1 day ago
Lol that one joke keeps popping back up!21ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#7
Somebody Here1 day ago
“Not fair!” “I want whipped cream!”21ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Josh has stopped fighting the social media craze and he now creates stuff and posts it when he feels like it. And as he points out without wanting to sound jaded, he has never been happier without the desperation posting and paragraphs of hashtags trying to reach more people. “Now I make comics because I love doing it. And when one goes viral on Reddit, it’s a great feeling. I gave a bunch of people 3 seconds of joy before they moved on to the next post. In this insane world, that is as much as you can ask for, and I will happily take it.”#8
Somebody Here1 day ago
Put your phone down 
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Malek Basata1 day ago
sorry snow no one respects u10ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#10
Somebody Here1 day ago
Yes… Soon it will be your turn heh heh13ReplyView more comments#11
Somebody Here1 day ago
yep12ReplyView more comments#12
KitKatLord1 day ago
Y u s18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#13
bon bon (still purple boi)1 day ago
lol dis is how dey do it11ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#14
Somebody Here1 day ago
rip10ReplyView more comments#15
Somebody Here1 day ago
Need dat coffee6ReplyView more comments#16
Somebody Here1 day ago
The cheek tuck!!18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#17
Shadow45231 day ago
meme-32-60…413254.png23ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#18
Ms.M.1 day ago
That star tho18ReplyView more comments#19
Somebody Here1 day ago
Same!7ReplyView more comments#20
LONDYN BROWN1 day ago
heh lol6ReplyView more comments#21
Malek Basata1 day ago
got it the felt tip and fine tip8ReplyView more comments#22
CrazedFalcon171 day ago
Aww8ReplyView more comments#23
Somebody Here1 day ago
lmao!9ReplyView more comments#24
Kittygirl1 day ago
Top one f**k yeah6ReplyView more comments#25
Kittygirl1 day ago
Wow just relized that BP f*****g sensors things like b******e what? Wow. Sorry I’m being such an asshole about it. I’m not that new, but I just don’t comment much.5ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#26
Somebody Here1 day ago
rip bagel7ReplyView more comments#27
Somebody Here1 day ago
The art tho… Lol!8ReplyView more comments#28
Kittygirl1 day ago
Not true.18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#29
Kittygirl1 day ago
Yes that’s how I roll10ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#30
Jaana Kaurisalo1 day ago
I mean…Honeycrisps are pretty good…14ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#31
Hannab Vee1 day ago
I do the tongue poke ALL THE TIME13ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#32
LONDYN BROWN1 day ago
THIS!8ReplyView more comments#33
Malek Basata1 day ago
nothing is better than a good hot cup of coffee/nescafe/latte/macchiato/cappuccino/americano/tea/whatever the f*** u drink that has caffeine8ReplyView more comments#34
Somebody Here1 day ago
Fishin’ for hoomans!8ReplyView more comments#35
Paul Budhram1 day ago
oof4ReplyView more comments#36
Malek Basata1 day ago
forgot video games14ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#37
Ryan Deschanel1 day ago(edited)
“S-l-u-t” is censored ? Tyranny !1ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#38
Somebody Here1 day ago
Yeah…5ReplyView more comments#39
Malek Basata1 day ago
yup5ReplyView more comments#40
SwimmerGirl1 day ago
Please say I’m not the only one the read Bad Romance then started singing16ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
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