# What's the funniest single panel cartoon you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531 "2016-10-14T17:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/181 "2016-10-18T18:02:43Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > There is a bus stop at the entrance to the cemetery, and the buzzer is notifying the driver that a passenger wishes to alight at said bus stop. > > Took me ten seconds, but then again I’m a huge Charles Addams fan. Didn’t notice the ‘sound wave’ lines before. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/182 "2016-10-18T18:03:01Z")
But there’s no one on the bus. Is that actually the joke? A ghost getting off at the cemetery? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/183 "2016-10-18T18:11:33Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Ok; fair enough if you don’t care for Larson, Addams, Thurber, and some of the others posted, and prefer Dennis the Menace and whatever else. But what’s the point in coming into the thread just to tell everyone else how much their contributions suck? Sorry. just giving it a goose. And being idealistic. I’m putting in some time here too. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/184 "2016-10-18T18:37:42Z")
Jan Stenmark, any day. Lovely art and an often dark outlook. Sadly mostly in Swedish, but I’ll helpfully supply translations for my chosen samples: > **[ImageBam](https://www.imagebam.com/image/0ea367510417181)** > > Image Hosting, Image Upload, Picture Hosting He never got tired of shooting that poor moose. > **[ImageBam](https://www.imagebam.com/image/e130d0510417184)** > > Image Hosting, Image Upload, Picture Hosting Hello! she said, and I said nothing because the echo took care of it for me. > **[ImageBam](https://www.imagebam.com/image/e89552510417191)** > > Image Hosting, Image Upload, Picture Hosting Good thing I’m not sober, I think to myself most of the time. > **[ImageBam](https://www.imagebam.com/image/c74d9e510417188)** > > Image Hosting, Image Upload, Picture Hosting At first we thought him our hero for holding his breath for so long, then it was all tragedy, tragedy. > **[ImageBam](https://www.imagebam.com/image/a85e85510417185)** > > Image Hosting, Image Upload, Picture Hosting Initially she thought she’d caught him mid-jump. That last one gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/185 "2016-10-18T18:55:12Z")
[“Kevin! Was that you?”](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PrMTqBqF7SA/S-WK0jNxN4I/AAAAAAAABrE/o_05rSdFi3c/s1600/Far+Side-Was+That+You.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/186 "2016-10-18T19:35:46Z")
[God makes snakes](http://www.funpic.hu/en/categories/gary-larson/6806_god-creates-snakes) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/187 "2016-10-18T20:19:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > But there’s no one on the bus. Is that actually the joke? A ghost getting off at the cemetery? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/188 "2016-10-18T20:50:15Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > There is a bus stop at the entrance to the cemetery, and the buzzer is notifying the driver that a passenger wishes to alight at said bus stop. > > Took me ten seconds, but then again I’m a huge Charles Addams fan. Oh. That scan makes it hard to tell what’s going on. I thought the cemetery was apartment buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/189 "2016-10-18T20:57:12Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [_Howdy_, _howdy_, _howdy_!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/bb/7a/b5bb7aa9fe3df9ffbde8399db295f82f.jpg) Have you seen the anti-Trump [version](http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/trump-howdy.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/190 "2016-10-18T22:14:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > IMHO, the best Dennis the Menace cartoons occurred when they were inadvertently crossed with The Far Side. > [In the 1980s a newspaper mixed up the captions for Dennis the Menace and The Far Side, twice! The results were hilarious. - Album on Imgur](http://imgur.com/gallery/xECam) LOL, I love the hamsters one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/191 "2016-10-18T22:17:45Z")
The bus: Could someone point my face toward the ‘sound waves’? I’m still not seeing it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/192 "2016-10-18T22:25:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The bus: Could someone point my face toward the ‘sound waves’? There’s a bell or buzzer at the upper left corner of the bus, and “sound lines” radiating towards the driver. (I didn’t get it either; I thought that was a light.) ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/193 "2016-10-18T22:31:31Z")
From the New Yorker: !["Face painting five bucks," New Yorker cartoon by Matthew Diffee. This made me literally LOL. (via)](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zejaJz7P1qz6f4bo1_500.png) Just a guy sitting in a chair smoking. A sign behind him says “Face Painting Five Bucks”. He’s holding a paint roller resting in a tray beside him. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/194 "2016-10-18T22:59:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The bus: Could someone point my face toward the ‘sound waves’? > > I’m still not seeing it. > > mmm [Here’s a better quality scan.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1e/5e/9d/1e5e9d5b51cbb40bc80f0c17c072c186.jpg) (I thought the bus stop sign in the first scan was someone waiting to be _picked up_, and the joke was that they were outside a cemetery, implying that they’d just crawled out of a grave.) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/195 "2016-10-18T23:04:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Here’s a better quality scan.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1e/5e/9d/1e5e9d5b51cbb40bc80f0c17c072c186.jpg) > > (I thought the bus stop sign in the first scan was someone waiting to be _picked up_, and the joke was that they were outside a cemetery, implying that they’d just crawled out of a grave.) Ah! That scan is certainly better. The previous one I didn’t get either. I thought maybe the bus was driving backwards or something. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/196 "2016-10-18T23:14:45Z")
[This Far Side](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ed/f5/e1/edf5e128722640d8cadc6fdd2b2e3fd7.jpg), which is in keeping with the Halloween season. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/197 "2016-10-19T00:40:42Z")
[http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Fusilli-you-crazy-bastard-How-are-you-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints\_i8541428\_.htm](http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Fusilli-you-crazy-bastard-How-are-you-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints_i8541428_.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/198 "2016-10-19T01:23:18Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [The Far Side’s “Cat Fud.”](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/c5/56/8bc556e43bc9a7edf541f9042fc4bb26.jpg) Which is still how I write it on my shopping lists. I just had to join in and say that is exactly what we do too. Every shopping list and note on the fridge - Cat Fud. 😃 I also have the requisite coffee mug. Much enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/199 "2016-10-19T01:36:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … And it’s clear that the turd is his, still in the toilet, and he’s proud of it. It’s not like there’s a photo in the paper or something. > > As I say, it’s typical \*\*\*\*\*\*Hustler \*\*\*\*\*\*humor. I’m pretty sure that’s not where I saw it. Not that I never looked at a Hustler; I saw it later than that time period, though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/200 "2016-10-19T02:06:42Z")
I love this one from [John Caldwell](http://rackjite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/111914ff.jpg). Absurdity in its purest form. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=11)