Cartoons/comics about "adulting"

how would you go about making a legitimately good one? and what makes most of the ones we see nowadays so crap?

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I think a lot of it comes from the fact that most 'adulting' comics attempt to be #relatable and end up just being a whiny lil shit complaining and going 'haha shit sucks amirite, fellow other whiny assholes?'

its not truly them figuring out the adult world, its just them repeating the same two jokes and moaning a lot

also they keep trying to portray themselves as widdle uwu babus who just wanna cuddle in a widdle blankey and be a cute little bean uwu and it just comes off as obnoxious

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I guess one question could be asked: How many people actual want the idea of "adulting?"

How many really want to "grow up" and not stay "a kid?"

First off I wouldn't use a faggot term like "adulting."

>how would you go about making a legitimately good one

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Was just thinking this

I sit down with a pen and notepad and watch Rocko's Modern Life and Mission Hill on loop for two weeks, and use my notes to make a cartoon about adulting that works like they did.

The thing about Mission Hill and Rocko's Modern Life is that they do present adult situations that are difficult to get through. Unemployment, relationships both romantic and otherwise, and just generally grappling with one's place in society. The difference between these two shows and the other garbage is that the protagonists aren't constantly whining about it. They have their down moments, sure, but their resolve to get through the tough moments are what makes them adults, because as an adult you don't get to just lay down and cry on your couch and hope all your problems go away, you have to work to make them go away. And surprise surprise, when you go through the gauntlet of shit, you come out on the other side and then like a week later you're back to having fun drinking and watching TV with your buddies.

These are what make for good shows about adult life. That resolve, showing the before-during-after, that is what makes a show about "adulting" work, because it gives people who actually have to do those things hope that everything will turn out alright after all, as opposed to letting us wallow in the sadness and fear that other cartoons and comics about adult life tend to swim in.

It's also really cathartic seeing an adult character go through all the bullshit to finally win at the end, or at least call out the bullshit. There were a number of episodes of Rocko where Rocko didn't win in the end, but managed to get to the very top of whatever was bothering him and tell their head boss or CEO to get fucked.

I want a cartoon about some guy working a shitty minimum wage job who actually sort of likes it.
Like its definitely not the perfect job but he seems to be sort of content with it. The jokes could be from those moments at work when little things inconvenience you from breaking down, customers being petty, etc and them interacting with coworkers. But the character doesn't have the typical "ugh! I don't get paid enough to do this" reaction every single time. Maybe they even like doing their taxes, who knows

Weirdly a lot of Spongebob has this. Not exactly as you described, but Spongebob's attitude towards work and his interactions within the Krusty Krab.

in reality the difference between "kid" and "adult" is kinda blurry irl, and most people learn how to live life as a functioning member of society bit by bit. the only times anyone is really "thrust into it without warning" is if their parents are shitty and never teach em anything, if they suddenly disappear or die, or if the kid is simply mentally disabled. like me, i matured pretty slowly and never had to learn things at a reasonable pace and thats no ones fault except
1. my own, for being a retard
and 2. my parents, for coddling me

but it shouldn't be the case for everyone.

original spongebob felt like the story about a young adult living alone for the first time, getting their first job and finding their place in the world but it was so fun and upbeat about it

>And surprise surprise, when you go through the gauntlet of shit, you come out on the other side and then like a week later you're back to having fun drinking and watching TV with your buddies.
Bullshit, status quo doesn't exist in the real world, if you fuck up you don't get to come back from it without giving something up, usually your freedom or your soul

1. I don't know
2. Escapism

Yeah season 1 in particular had that vibe, Hillenburg had previously worked on Rocko and I think he drew a lot of initial influence from it. In a lot of ways season 1 feels like a more upbeat continuation of Rocko's Modern Life.

Step one is characters actually deal with their problems without complaining or trying to be smartasses. Step two is not making everyone an asshole to the main character for no reason. The second one really gets me because a lot of "adulting" stuff makes anyone not the main cast into strawmen and not actual people with their own life and problems, which is something people aren't considerate about nowadays and really should be.

I wanted to bring that up but I didn't want to sound cringey lol
protag would probably be Spongebon and Squidward fused together

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Because all "adulting" shit is over reacting to and whining about the build up of little despairs

Are there even still cartoons about adulting like Rocko was back in the 90's?
The only one I can think of is We Bare Bears and that one only marginally counts about being about adults.

Regular Show and Close Enough kind of fit the bill.

>Regular Show
I kind of meant ones that were still airing, but also remembered after posting that that WBB recently ended as well. At least I think it still occasionally comes on TV.
>and Close Enough
I meant for kids.

>little despairs

#firstworldproblems

>its not truly them

Retard Alert.

what?

>Close Enough
it's nice that Close Enough doesn't do any "i hate my wife and kids" jokes

Isn't Spongebob technically about this, but with plots and jokes ending up really abstract and weird and a main character whose such a manchild to the extreme you don't really notice or think about it?

>what makes a good one?
A constant undercurrent of suicidal/homicidal ideation
>what makes most of them crap?
An obsession with avoiding or exaggerating the responsibilities of adulthood

King of the Hill is the best adulting show I've seen, and it's about a propane salesman.

yes, but only for the first few eps, then it just devolves into chaos.

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