A cover collage of two scenes from the series: an embrace on the sofa, and Yehuda choking on his drink at the idea of Maya opening an Instagram account.
Yehuda Devir is an Israeli illustrator who turned ordinary days with his wife, Maya, into one of the most widely followed webcomics online. The couple met in 2009 during their military service, studied visual communication together at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and married in 2016. That same year a single cartoon about their search for a flat in Tel Aviv drew such a strong response that it grew into a weekly series, later titled One of Those Days.
The drawings are built from small, specific moments: a fight over the duvet, a bathroom queue, a shared umbrella, a holiday greeting. Yehuda is the main artist, while Maya works as art director, shaping concepts, composition and colour. This gallery gathers seventy of their scenes; an earlier selection appears here.
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Who are Yehuda and Maya Devir?
Yehuda was born in October 1988 and Maya in June 1989. They first met as friends in the Israel Defense Forces, began dating in 2010 and graduated from Bezalel together shortly before their wedding in July 2016. In January 2017 a panel called "My Hot Wife!" spread widely on 9GAG, and the following months turned the series into a full-time project. Maya left her job as an advertising art director in October 2017 to run the couple's online shop.
By the 2020s the couple counted around nine million followers across social media. Random House published One of Those Days as a 272-page book in November 2020, collecting cartoons from 2016 to 2019, and the pair have also given TEDx talks and made a documentary series, The Heartists. Their children, the first born in 2019, later became part of the comics as well.
Chores, grooming and small battles at home
New Year's Eve, 2018 edition: the clock reads 0:00 on 1.1.18 and both of them are already fast asleep on the sofa, mouths open. It is a gentle joke about how the big midnight countdown often loses to a comfortable couch once a couple settles into life together.
Maya sits at an easel finishing a lush, romantic painting of the two of them, while Yehuda holds up a scribbled stick-figure sketch. The humour comes from the gap between the two efforts and the polite praise that follows, a reversal for a man who draws for a living.
Maya climbs onto Yehuda's shoulders and grabs at his hair and beard with a mischievous grin. The thought bubbles above him show bald, older versions of himself, a nod to how central the thick beard is to his cartoon persona.
Maya is lost in a racing game, controller gripped tight, while a toy car skids across the floor. Yehuda's "My turn!" goes unanswered, a familiar scene for any couple who share one console.
Yehuda drops onto Maya with a full-body hug, hearts floating over his head, while she is pinned flat to the bed. Many of the Devirs' panels show affection as something slightly overwhelming, which is part of their charm.
Maya keeps typing on her laptop with one hand while scratching Yehuda's back with the other, and he reacts as if it were the best moment of his life. The shelf of superhero figures in the background is a recurring detail of their flat in the comics.
Getting dressed side by side in front of the wardrobe mirror, Maya tugs at a pair of tight shorts while Yehuda sucks in his belly to close his trousers. Neither one is judging the other, which is exactly why the scene feels relatable.
Coming home from the shops, both are loaded with bread, bags and a giant water bottle, and one still offers, "Need a hand, sweetie?" Neither of them has a free hand to give, which is the joke.
Surrounded by used tissues, a sick Maya protests "Put me down, I can work!" while Yehuda carries her off, presumably to bed. The panel touches on a real habit: many people try to keep working when they should be resting.
"5 episodes without me?? How could you?!" Yehuda catches Maya watching ahead in a series they were following together, with "To be continued" on the screen. Watching ahead without your partner is a running joke in streaming-era relationships.
A Valentine's Day panel from the "One of Those Days" series, the name the couple later gave their webcomic and their 2020 book. Maya poses in the doorway with a sly grin, while Yehuda's hairy, socked leg fills the foreground.
Maya is desperate for the bathroom while Yehuda scrolls on his phone on the toilet, promising "In a minute..." after almost an hour. It is one of the series' most shared kinds of joke: the unglamorous side of living together.
After a rare shave, Maya nuzzles Yehuda's smooth cheek, and he warns her that it is only for one week. The beard is so much part of his look that the clean-shaven version becomes an event.
Maya rips a wax strip from Yehuda's back while he yells in pain. Body hair is a running theme in the comics, drawn with the same exaggerated detail Yehuda gives to his beard.
In a packed lift, a small green "poof" cloud appears near Maya, and every passenger stares at Yehuda. Taking the blame for a partner is played here as a small act of love, or at least of resignation.
Yehuda kneels in the shower, pulling a long black tangle of hair out of the drain, while Maya stands behind him in a towel. Couples with one long-haired partner will recognise the chore immediately.
Maya stands on Yehuda's shoulders to change a light bulb and checks, "Are you good down there?" He insists he is, although his shaking legs suggest otherwise.
Yehuda tries to break free from a grooming session, shouting "Stop this madness!!!" while Maya holds on. The dramatic red background turns a small domestic standoff into an action-film scene.
Food, sleep and the shared bed
Maya proudly asks whether he likes the dish she cooked, and Yehuda gives an enthusiastic "perfect" hand sign while clearly struggling. The polite white lie about a partner's cooking is a classic of couple humour.
When Maya asks whether she should open an Instagram account, Yehuda chokes on his drink as he imagines the glamorous pages he has seen. The joke aged well: the couple's own accounts later grew to millions of followers.
Yehuda rises in a storm of lightning and confetti, shirtless and roaring with triumph, while Maya jumps in shock and spills her snack. The panel captures the outsized celebrations that can erupt over a game or a match at home.
Sprawled across the bed after a long day, one suggests a shower and the other proposes changing the sheets tomorrow instead. Exhaustion winning over good intentions is a recurring theme of the series.
Maya dances to music in her headphones while trimming Yehuda's back hair, sending tufts flying across the room. Even a chore like this becomes a moment of play in their version of everyday life.
"Can you please let me work?" "Nope..." Maya sits right on Yehuda's drawing tablet, writing on it, while he sits in his office chair. Both partners studied visual communication, and the comics often show work and home life mixing in a shared space.
Maya sits on top of a mountain of clothes while Yehuda scratches his head at the pile. Whether it is laundry day or a search for something to wear, the panel captures how quickly clothes take over a small flat.
Maya plays personal trainer, standing on Yehuda's back as he lifts a barbell, and quotes the coach's famous line from the film Rocky about eating lightning and crapping thunder. It is a playful role reversal of the usual gym-motivation cliché.
In the middle of the night, Maya pokes a sleeping Yehuda awake to tell him she cannot sleep. Insomnia, it seems, is easier to bear when it is shared, at least for one of them.
On a crowded beach full of paddle-ball players, Yehuda helps Maya with sunscreen while balls fly past. Paddle ball, known as matkot, is a familiar sight on Israeli beaches, where the couple live.
Maya sleeps curled up on a sliver of mattress while Yehuda sprawls diagonally across most of the bed. The battle for bed space is one of the most universal couple jokes there is.
Yehuda sits slumped and sad while Maya cheerfully flashes him to lift his mood, with a strategically placed @JUDE_DEVIR label. In the background, a small scene shows him arriving with gifts and balloons when she was the one feeling down, so each comforts the other in a very different way.
Windows down and hair flying, the couple rock out to music in the car, both making the heavy-metal horns gesture. Road-trip singalongs are one of the happier routines the series returns to.
In a downpour, Yehuda holds a small umbrella entirely over Maya, who is warm and smiling, while he is soaked. It is a simple drawing of the small sacrifices partners make without comment.
Yehuda wraps Maya in a long, quiet hug on the sofa. Not every panel is a joke; the series regularly includes tender moments like this one alongside the jokes.
Maya, in goggles and a mad-scientist pose, runs a blender that sprays juice across the kitchen, while Yehuda begs "Make it stop!!!" Kitchen experiments gone wrong are a running gag in the comics.
A warm, intimate kiss on the bed, labelled with the "One of Those Days" series mark. The couple have said that showing honest and unglamorous moments is what built their community of readers, and that includes the romantic ones.
Going out, getting ready and growing up together
"Come on! We'll be late!" Yehuda is ready to leave while Maya, still in a towel and scrolling her phone, insists she only needs to put her shoes on. The 'almost ready' standoff is one of the oldest jokes in couple life.
Yehuda carries a limp, giggling Maya home after she has had just one sip of a drink that "was a good one". The joke plays on her famously low tolerance.
Drawn like a video-game fight screen, a swarm of mosquitoes faces off against Maya, while Yehuda sits untouched. Many couples know the frustration of one partner being bitten while the other is ignored.
Maya chops onions wearing a snorkel mask and rubber gloves, while Yehuda smirks beside her. Onions make eyes water because cutting them releases an irritant gas, so her kit is funny but not entirely unreasonable.
On her birthday, Yehuda blows a party horn and showers confetti, while Maya hides under the duvet insisting she is old. It is a light take on how birthdays can feel very different to the person having them.
Yehuda arrives with a 'Happy Anniversary' cake, Maya is thrilled that he remembered, and a phone reminder peeks out of his pocket. The panel quietly admits that a little help from technology is part of modern romance.
Maya tries to stop Yehuda biting his nails and he answers, simply, "Never..." Small bad habits, and a partner's attempts to fix them, are a reliable source of humour in the series.
After a haircut that removed only a few centimetres, Maya lies on the floor in tears shouting "I'm bald!!!", while Yehuda sees nothing wrong. The exaggeration pokes fun at how differently partners can notice a change.
On a cold morning, Maya clings to Yehuda's back for warmth as he tries to get up for work, begging for five more minutes. Leaving a warm bed and a warm partner is drawn as a full wrestling match.
Maya falls asleep on the bus, drooling on Yehuda's shoulder, while he puts up with it with a patient half-smile. It is one of the series' quieter scenes of everyday care.
Maya assembles a wardrobe with a power drill, while Yehuda sits frustrated with a toddler's shape-sorter toy. The role reversal pokes fun at the stereotype of who is supposed to be handy at home.
"Guess what day it is?" Yehuda answers "Tuesday?..." while hiding a bunch of red roses behind his back. The Valentine's Day tease relies on the reader seeing what Maya cannot.
Maya sits on a home exercise machine eating a snack, with a towel hanging from the handles, as Yehuda stares at her. Exercise equipment that ends up as a seat or a clothes rack is a widely shared joke.
For once, Yehuda rests his head on Maya's chest and she hushes the room so he can sleep. The panel flips the usual picture of who comforts whom.
In the shower, Maya enjoys water so hot that Yehuda turns bright red and steams beside her. Disagreements over shower temperature are a common complaint among couples who share one.
Armed with a sniper rifle, a rocket and a tool belt, Maya announces "Close your eyes honey, it's gonna be messy!" while aiming at a tiny insect. Yehuda lies on the sofa, unbothered and puzzled.
Maya sits wrapped in every blanket in the house, saying "So warm!", while Yehuda turns blue and frozen beside her. Blanket hoarding is drawn here as a full climate crisis.
Holidays, trips and pop culture
A Purim panel in which the two swap looks: Maya wears a fake beard and Yehuda squeezes into her long hair and red top, refusing to go out. Purim is a Jewish festival celebrating the story of Esther, and wearing costumes is one of its best-known customs.
While Maya stands on the bathroom scale, Yehuda quietly presses down on it with his toe behind her. It is a mischievous joke about a sensitive moment many people know well.
Maya cheers "Aniventure Comic Con!!! Bulgaria here we come!!!" while Yehuda carries her and all the luggage. The panel records a trip to a comic convention abroad, the kind of event the couple's growing popularity opened up.
Maya comes in bundled up to the eyes in a scarf and coat, complaining that it is freezing outside, while Yehuda wears a light layer. Partners who feel the cold differently will recognise the scene.
At the beach, Maya asks why Yehuda will not take his shirt off; surrounded by muscular men, he quietly says he does not want to. It is one of the series' more honest panels about body image, a topic often associated with women but felt by many men too.
Drawn in the popular 'expectations versus reality' format, the top half shows a heroic, flying ideal and the bottom shows the two of them soaked and slumped together. The format is used widely online to contrast plans with what actually happens.
A Rosh Hashanah greeting: Maya offers a bite while dripping with honey, and Yehuda looks on in alarm. Eating apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year is a traditional custom of the Jewish New Year.
Yehuda calls out "Honey, where are you?" while Maya hides in a pillow fort with snacks, hissing "Shhhh!!!" Everyone needs a hiding place sometimes, even in a happy home.
Under a giant 'Black Friday' banner, the couple march out in improvised armour and gear, ready for battle. Black Friday, the day after American Thanksgiving, has become an international shopping event known for crowds and deals.
On a trip to a big city, Maya pulls Yehuda by the hand past a yellow taxi while he leans back, exhausted. Travelling couples often run at different speeds, and this panel captures it.
Maya flips her long hair for a selfie and it whips straight into Yehuda's face. The panel is a small comic study of how one person's perfect shot can be another person's collateral damage.
Yehuda holds the collar of his T-shirt up while Maya breathes in his scent with a blissful smile. Many people say a partner's familiar smell is comforting, and the comic turns that into a quiet, funny moment.
Maya transforms into a green, She-Hulk-like figure, tearing through her clothes, while Yehuda cowers on the sofa. The superhero image exaggerates a sudden mood swing in a way readers found easy to recognise.
A Passover greeting: Yehuda holds a piece of matzah while Maya takes a big bite of a sandwich. During Passover, many Jewish families avoid leavened bread and eat matzah instead, which gives the joke its point.
A movie-poster parody announces that they just saw 'John Wick: Chapter 2', the 2017 action film starring Keanu Reeves, with the couple posed as gun-toting heroes. Coming out of a cinema feeling like the main character is a familiar post-film mood.
"Now it's a party!" Yehuda bursts out of a 'Handle with care' box in a thong as a surprise, and Maya cheers. The scene pushes the cartoon's affectionate humour to its most cheeky.
Yehuda surveys a kitchen in ruins and asks what on earth she made; Maya, happily eating on the sofa, answers "Cereals..." It is the series' running joke about her cooking taken to its extreme.
While Yehuda bends down to tie his shoes on a jog, a group of runners stare at him and Maya shouts "Stop eyeballing my man!" The playful jealousy closes the gallery on a light note.
Why these everyday comics connect with so many readers
The appeal of the series lies in recognition. Readers rarely see a fairy-tale romance here; they see someone stealing the blanket, someone needing the bathroom, someone pretending to like dinner. The couple describe their aim as sharing everyday situations in an honest, entertaining and empathetic way, and their own site credits that willingness to show unglamorous moments with building a weekly community of readers.
The drawings also avoid a fixed hero and villain. Sometimes Maya is the chaotic one, sometimes Yehuda is; the affection stays constant. If you enjoy the style, the couple's book collects the early years, and new panels still appear on their social media accounts.
Sources: Maya and Yehuda Devir, Wikipedia; About the artists, yehudadevir.com; Yehuda Devir on Instagram.
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