# Funniest single panel cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537 "2013-02-07T01:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/82 "2013-02-08T00:56:55Z")
I just zoomed in with my iPhone like normal. Is it impossible to zoom in on that site if you’re on a PC? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/83 "2013-02-08T01:23:12Z")
It seems clunky, but Ctrl+MouseWheelUp does it. For Mac, I’ll guess ⌘+MouseWheelUp? Surprised they don’t have a zoom button. It’s even easier if you right click and open just the image. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/84 "2013-02-08T02:20:26Z")
[Lost puppy](http://rulingcatsanddogs.com/funny-pet-picture-22-lost-puppy-cartoon-comic-strip-pet-humor-pic.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/85 "2013-02-08T02:47:52Z")
As long as we’re talking Far Side,[I’m a cowboy!](http://www.pulse.org.za/pulse/farside.html) And while I can’t find a link to the actual cartoon, I loved the old National Lampoon cartoon of the waiter announcing, “It’s a fried telephone book. We gave it a fancy French name and you ordered it!” ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/86 "2013-02-08T03:04:19Z")
Thrid down on page, the Joker strikes again. [http://bizarrocomics.com/2011/10/21/planet-trembling-news-oh-my/](http://bizarrocomics.com/2011/10/21/planet-trembling-news-oh-my/) I love this cartoon, makes me smile every time I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/87 "2013-02-08T03:10:34Z")
Another favorite from National Lampoon on the wall by my desk: A ransacked office. The Moon is outside the window, indicating the crime took place hours ago. A man, bound and gagged behind the desk. The nameplate on the desk? Godot. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/88 "2013-02-08T03:23:12Z")
What, no love for Callahan? [http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Callahan+cartoons+&qpvt=Callahan+cartoons+&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=7974E46D6ACB109C4E53F2D430FF1D92B3CFC993&selectedIndex=65](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Callahan+cartoons+&qpvt=Callahan+cartoons+&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=7974E46D6ACB109C4E53F2D430FF1D92B3CFC993&selectedIndex=65) \* Sorry, don’t know how to do that “putting a link under a descriptive word” thing that all the rest of y’all do. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/89 "2013-02-08T03:51:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Yes, the blogger is mistaken about it’s origin. AFAIK, _NatLamp_ never published any Kliban cartoons; he worked for _Playboy_ magazine. ETA: Also, he died 12 August 1990. On the contrary. I distinctly remember this one from NatLamp (in black and white): [http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo\_images/590/draft\_lens6450211module62369062photo\_1255185390kliban-cat-nibble.jpg](http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens6450211module62369062photo_1255185390kliban-cat-nibble.jpg) No Gahan Wilson? Google says it can’t find my favorite, so here’s my description from an earlier thread. It was in an issue of _Fantasy and Science Fiction_. Two astronauts are in a rocket which has landed somewhere. They’re looking out their viewport and see short people in funny clothes dancing around the rocket and two legs in striped socks projecting from under the rocket. Caption: “Ding dong, the witch is dead!” I like this one, too. [http://peelslowlynsee.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/gahan-wilson-0ct-1964-miss-emmy.jpg](http://peelslowlynsee.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/gahan-wilson-0ct-1964-miss-emmy.jpg) I saw it in Playboy. However, my memory says that’s from from the 70s or 80s, not 1964 as indicated in url. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/90 "2013-02-08T04:09:59Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > I just _died_ when I saw that. It probably helps that I have to use the phonetic alphabet at work fairly often. > [@White SIFL](#): > > This alone made starting this thread worth it. Omg, I’m crying. Thanks. You’re welcome. What I love about it… (Spoilered to ensure other people can enjoy it without preconceptions) The look on her face. She’s working really hard to try to give this poor sap his money’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/91 "2013-02-08T04:37:55Z")
I’m pleased to see that nobody has mentioned my favorite yet (yes, it’s a Far Side cartoon too)… [Great Moments in Evolution](http://www.oocities.org/toddbrennan.geo/great.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/92 "2013-02-08T05:45:03Z")
I just thought another really funny one I used to have tacked to my cork board but I can’t find a copy online. It was a fish on a bar stool, on stage in a night club, playing a guitar. The caption reveals he is Salmon Dave. His talk balloon shows he’s singing, “I’m a sole, man”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/93 "2013-02-08T06:25:59Z")
This one cracks me up every time! > **[Raymond's last day as the band's sound technician](https://forum.gibson.com/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F19591-raymonds-last-day-as-the-bands-sound-technician%2F)** > > The Far Side ---
**Author:** ![Butcher\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Butcher\_Cook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butcher_Cook)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/94 "2013-02-08T06:48:14Z")
I recall seeing a cartoon years back where there were two little boys sitting on the front step of a house. The boys were probably about five or six years old, striped shirts and blue jeans, and one of them had a slingshot in his back pocket. On the sidewalk in front of them a cat was walking by and one of the boys pointed at it and said, “I heard my older brother on the phone last night talking – he’s actually eaten one of those.” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/95 "2013-02-08T06:59:42Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Seventies. I’m pretty sure it’s in the collection _Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head._ Concur. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/96 "2013-02-08T12:08:25Z")
I just stumbled across [this](http://i.imgur.com/Di6W6Va.jpg), and I think it’s up there. [Here](http://pinterest.com/pin/68961438016281721/) is one of my favorite far sides. Finally, my favorite comics are those by Glen Baxter. Unfortunately I can’t find any of my favorites, but [here](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://d4k7s9ho8qact.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/attachments/SallyB2/baxter.2.jpg%3F9d7bd4&imgrefurl=http://londonist.com/2008/07/interview_glen_baxter.php&h=326&w=250&sz=58&tbnid=5BEUZZTuOo5fFM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=72&zoom=1&usg=__wIUnmCmUQJkI_y_5ulOx3bPpI-c=&docid=ttpIjKoQ9xeiUM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-oUUaDjPMiQ4gToloDwCg&ved=0CEAQ9QEwBA) is one at least. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/97 "2013-02-08T12:43:31Z")
No one was better at single panels than Bill Mauldin: [![](http://billmauldin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/main.jpg) ](http://billmauldin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/main.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/98 "2013-02-08T17:59:05Z")
One of my all time favorites was a Beattie from the early 90s: snow, trees, a miserable man, a st. bernhard, _Death seemed preferable to drinking from a barrel covered with frozen dog slobber_ ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/99 "2013-02-08T18:03:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > No one was better at single panels than Bill Mauldin: > > [http://billmauldin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/main.jpg](http://billmauldin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/main.jpg) Classic! I remember an episode of M_A_S\*H where Col Potter did the same thing! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/100 "2013-02-08T18:18:45Z")
Kliban absolutely sold work to NatLamp. We’re on the 'net - you can look it up. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537/101 "2013-02-08T18:21:24Z")
"It was a fish on a bar stool, on stage in a night club, playing a guitar. The caption reveals he "is Salmon Dave. His talk balloon shows he’s singing, “I’m a sole, man”. " That is terrific. I LOL as they say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon/649537.md?page=6)