《漫畫》系列中怪誕且具幽默感的角色，來自於機械科技與人類情感連結的探討，如美國知名的哈維・鮑爾（Harvey Ball）笑臉及日本兒童飼養寵物電子雞的行為等化為靈感，藝術家進而將自身友人的人體部分作為影像作品素材，拓展影像伸展或彎曲等人類的容貌特徵。
The grotesque and humorous characters in the "Caricatures" series derive from the exploration of mechanical technology and human emotions. Oursler was inspired by digital pets and Harvey Ball's 1969 smiley face, and used his own or his friends' body parts as the material of the video work, expanding the features of human appearances through techniques of image stretching or bending.
