# 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:** 11
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/201 "2016-10-19T04:01:42Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > 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. Plagarism! :eek: ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/202 "2016-10-19T04:32:34Z")
I also love the Calvin & Hobbes [snowmen](http://www.funnybizblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4.jpg) cartoons. Also, Bizarro has too many to mention, but I like [this one](http://bizarro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/172/2013/09/bz-panel-09-03-13ghost.jpg) a lot. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/203 "2016-10-19T16:58:55Z")
Charles Addams is another from whom I can’t pick just one comic to save my life (and that said, all of the Addams panels posted here thus far are great), but I’ve always loved **[this one](http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c5/e3/fc/c5e3fce921b76183bce80257e4872b3d.jpg)** since first going through my folks’ Addams books as a nine year old. ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/204 "2016-10-19T17:34:35Z")
[John Callahan had some great ones, but this was one of my favorites.](http://www.apparelyzed.com/forums/uploads/monthly_07_2010/post-9387-017684200%201280274422.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/205 "2016-10-19T18:50:50Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Mine is the Far Side “[No biscuit](http://i.imgur.com/REjl1qM.jpg)” one. > > (Whenever I make a boneheaded mistake, I tell myself “Bad Karen! No biscuit!”) The Far Side is what I immediately thought of when I saw the thread topic. I do like the suggestion that they [write that spot down](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/29/cd/a6/29cda68e4097313263c7cafc4aca63dd.jpg). Or the look on the face of [the explorer who forgets to empty his boots in the morning.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/40/40/c1/4040c1fb381f9f6725ff78af282158d7.jpg) Or the sheriff’s suggestion that they [“take the big horse”.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/01/dc/df/01dcdfa5a05e0798445725b4b55bb4e5.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/206 "2016-10-19T19:26:20Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Or the sheriff’s suggestion that they [“take the big horse”.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/01/dc/df/01dcdfa5a05e0798445725b4b55bb4e5.jpg) I see the big horse in the comic, but I’m not sure I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/207 "2016-10-19T19:52:25Z")
My favorite, which I can’t find online: another Far Side. This one has nice grassy hills, and a sunrise in the background. In the foreground, a tree. A monkey-like being has just fallen out of the tree, flat on its belly, with a very surprised expression on its face. The caption reads, “The dawn of man.” ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/208 "2016-10-19T21:02:05Z")
Can’t narrow it down to a specific one, but it’s probably one of Jeff Bacon’s Broadside cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/209 "2016-10-19T21:25:27Z")
Probably one of Jeff Bacon’s _Broadside_ cartoons, though I can’t name a specific one. Maybe [this one](http://www.broadside.net/2011andbefore/08111045.htm). Or [this one](http://www.broadside.net/2011andbefore/08070727.htm). Or [this one](http://www.broadside.net/2011andbefore/07040212.htm). Or [this one](http://www.broadside.net/2015/151130-48.htm)… ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/210 "2016-10-19T21:45:53Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I see the big horse in the comic, but I’m not sure I get it. They’d be able to catch the bad guys a lot faster? Just like today, a cop might say “We’ll take the SUV!” or something like that? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/211 "2016-10-19T22:03:30Z")
Obviously, you could choose Larsen strips for a year. I have one Mr. Boffo strip that I’ve enjoyed for years. It shows a man in a crate, which is plummeting from a skyscraper. Written on the crate is ‘This side up’ which is, indeed, the side that is up. The caption reads: “Finalist - least amount of silver lining” ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/212 "2016-10-19T22:19:03Z")
[Grizzlies from Hell](http://www.bangshift.com/forum/filedata/fetch?id=861040&d=1331982194) ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/213 "2016-10-19T22:19:51Z")
Speaking of Dennis the Menace: Dennis and his friend are in his Dad’s workshop. There’s a calendar with a nekkid woman on the wall. Dennis says, “she’s some friend of the family who lost all of her clothes in a fire.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/214 "2016-10-19T22:29:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > They’d be able to catch the bad guys a lot faster? Just like today, a cop might say “We’ll take the SUV!” or something like that? :dubious: 😕 I saw it as cruisin’ in the big Olds sedan with the whole family, like when it was a big deal to go for a ride. Nowhere to go, just for a ride. Otherwise, we’d take the Corvair or Bug to go to work and back. ymmv, of course ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/215 "2016-10-20T00:08:14Z")
> [@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) In the second set, both comics are improved significantly. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/216 "2016-10-21T06:34:44Z")
Great thread idea! My favorite is from the New Yorker - 2 pill bugs at a sex therapist: “Every time I touch him he rolls up into a ball”. So old I can’t find it online! Close second is [Mr. Spontaneous](https://www.google.com/search?q=new+yorker+cartoon+pill+bug+therapy&biw=1710&bih=897&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSzaC0oevPAhUKhlQKHQdNCjsQsAQIGw#tbm=isch&q=new+yorker+cartoon+mr+spontaneous&imgrc=4L6v6Jl_Ihr1MM%3A). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/217 "2016-10-22T17:23:14Z")
[The Passive Aggressive Raven](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IEFmRNPw86M/Utv1VMPaV4I/AAAAAAAAWJw/m72RpyQIIuo/s1600/passive-aggressive-raven.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/218 "2016-10-23T01:33:46Z")
Another vote for Charles Addams. My personal favorite: [http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ToonNewsletter7.jpg](http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ToonNewsletter7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/219 "2016-10-23T02:07:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > One from early 80s National Lampoon, I forget who the cartoonist was. Is any of the National Lampoon Artwork available anywhere? I long to have a copy the '70’s double panel picture of the \ middle earth society (skinny guy, fat girl, etc) suddenly and magically transported to another world to defeat a real dragon … ---
**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:** [October 23, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/220 "2016-10-23T09:55:56Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Is any of the National Lampoon Artwork available anywhere? NSFW: [VOLUPTUARY IN A ONE-HORSE TOWN: Image](https://jerome1951.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/boys-life.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=12)