Bob
The eager American
A lelkes amerikai
Armed with a phrasebook and total confidence, Bob tackles Hungarian head-on — long words, longer vowels, and all.
Bob · English
Szia! I'm Bob — an American learning Hungarian in Budapest, one enthusiastic mistake at a time.
Bob · Magyarul
Szia! Bob vagyok, egy amerikai Budapesten. Magyarul tanulok — néha hibázom, de mindig próbálkozom!
Meet the Gang Ismerd meg a csapatot!
A bilingual comic strip about learning Hungarian & English — two-way, because everybody here is learning something.
Zoltán
The stoic teacher
A sztoikus tanár
Patient, deadpan, and undefeated by grammar. Zoltán has heard every mispronunciation there is — mostly from Bob.
Zsuzsi
The vibrant local friend
A vidám budapesti barát
Budapest's warmest guide. Zsuzsi knows the city, the slang, and exactly when Bob needs a lángos break.
Read, play & shop Olvass, játssz és vásárolj!
New strips appear on Instagram and Facebook first — follow along there. All nine jigsaw puzzles are here too — tap Show puzzles below to see them — and a little merch shop is in the works too.
Comic Strips
Képregények
Everyday Budapest adventures in two languages at once — an English bubble and a Hungarian bubble in every panel, so you learn as you laugh.
Read on InstagramJigsaw Puzzles
Kirakós játékok
Nine strips from the series, each cut into 12 real interlocking jigsaw pieces you can play right in your browser. They're tucked away below — tap the button to show them.
Jigsaw Puzzles Kirakós játékok
Nine puzzles, one for each strip — 12 interlocking pieces apiece. Drag the pieces up into the frames; a piece snaps, brightens and locks when it's home. Tap Play to open a puzzle and play it in your browser.
JIGSAW BIB001
Hi! I'm Bob!
Bob lands in Budapest and meets Zoltán, his language tutor — starting, of course, with “Szia!”
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JIGSAW BIB002
The Toast
Bob practiced his toast — “Egészségedre!” — and somehow toasted a whole mouse instead.
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JIGSAW BIB003
The Cure-All
Bob is coming down with the flu, so Zoltán prescribes the ancient Hungarian medicine: pálinka. It kills everything.
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JIGSAW BIB004
The Greeting
Bob meets Zsuzsi and tries to be respectful — so respectful Zoltán asks if he's a time traveler from 1850.
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JIGSAW BIB005
The Grandma Call
A fond phone sign-off — “Szia, Puszi!” — lands very differently than Bob expected.
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JIGSAW BIB006
The Treasure
Bob finds a 20,000-forint note and feels rich — until Zoltán does the math for him.
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JIGSAW BIB007
The Great Market Hall
Paprika shopping at the Great Market Hall — where “just the red one” is not an order.
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JIGSAW BIB008
The Grocery Store Fail
Bob tries to buy apples, skips the weigh-and-sticker step, and earns the walk of shame back to the scales.
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JIGSAW BIB009
The Purple Armband
Bob proudly buys a ticket and rides like a law-abiding citizen — then the inspector boards, and he learns about validating it.
Play BIB009Finished one? Long-press the completed puzzle to save a picture of it, and pinch to zoom in and study the strip. Kész az egyik? Hosszan nyomva elmentheted a kész kirakóst képként.
Duel on the Danube Párbaj a Dunán
Card game coming soon · A kártyajáték hamarosan érkezikA fast, funny card duel from the world of Bob in Budapest — battle with the strip's characters, cast real Hungarian phrases as spells, and hold famous Budapest places as your ground. You win the game; you keep the language.
Below is a small sample of some of the character cards · Alább egy kis ízelítő néhány szereplőkártyából — the full game is 56 cards in one shared deck, the first player to capture 5 lions wins, and 56 is a quiet tribute to 1956.
The game is in playtesting now — watch Instagram and Facebook for news as it gets closer. A játékot most teszteljük — figyeld a híreket!
Merch
Ajándékbolt
A future home for Bob in Budapest goodies. The shop is being set up — this is where it will live when it's ready.
Shop coming soon · A bolt hamarosan nyílik