# 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:** 14
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/261 "2016-11-08T21:58:25Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > The hunter ambushes a peaceful bear, but has the taxidermist set it up as if he had faced an angry, attacking bear. > > For a lot of us, the Larson cartoons ARE the funniest cartoons ever. I love Chas Adams, and enjoy Booth and Gahan Wilson cartoons, and Bizarro by Piraro. But Larson makes me laugh the loudest more consistently than anyone else. Well, you have to admit this has become 90% Larsen, which if you look at the title of the thread, and the ongoing catalog/history of great literate and hilarious New Yorker cartoons, for instance, is kind of absurd. The idea that one dude making mainstreamed absurdy cartoons for the daily paper would be responsible for that % of the funniest ever in history? It’s got to make one think. Or is it me? YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/262 "2016-11-08T22:33:04Z")
[Bloom County](https://bmj2k.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/11071984bloomcounty.jpg), in honor of election day. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/263 "2016-11-09T06:59:21Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Or is it me? Yes. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/264 "2016-11-09T17:34:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes. And doesn’t make one think either. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/265 "2016-11-09T20:17:45Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > And doesn’t make one think either. Which might be a significant factor in the cleverest cartoon, or the most subtle cartoon, or the most literate cartoon, but doesn’t need to be a criterion for the funniest cartoon. I think it’s just a matter of you having your taste, and normal people like us having ours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/266 "2016-11-09T21:16:30Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I don’t get this. > > Is this thread “my favorite Far Sides” or funniest cartoons ever? Those two things are light years apart. Sorry I don’t see Larson-love. I’m not sure if he had any sort of wildlife protection instincts (I remember a collection of his strips were introduced by Jane Goodall), but there were a few cartoons he did that weren’t really laugh out loud but little digs at hunting. Like the [elephant wastebasket](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/43/5a/b6435a4723176a7b10075293578be0d9.jpg). ---
**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:** [November 9, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/267 "2016-11-09T21:32:13Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > I’m not sure if he had any sort of wildlife protection instincts (I remember a collection of his strips were introduced by Jane Goodall), but there were a few cartoons he did that weren’t really laugh out loud but little digs at hunting. Like the [elephant wastebasket](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/43/5a/b6435a4723176a7b10075293578be0d9.jpg). To me that one (The Bear cartoon) was too subtle by half and not funny enough by the other half. But you know me: I’m this nut who thinks the New Yorker cartoons are funnier than Far Side. Where is the Bizarro love? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/268 "2016-11-09T21:51:16Z")
Pushkin: > [@](#): > > I’m not sure if he had any sort of wildlife protection instincts Well, one collection of his strips WAS titled [“Wildlife Preserves”](https://www.amazon.com/Wildlife-Preserves-Gary-Larson/dp/0836218426). ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/269 "2016-11-09T22:26:21Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > T > Where is the Bizarro love? Here you go! [http://bizarro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/172/2013/12/bz-panel-12-13-13.jpg](http://bizarro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/172/2013/12/bz-panel-12-13-13.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/270 "2016-11-10T14:45:02Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Here you go! > [http://bizarro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/172/2013/12/bz-panel-12-13-13.jpg](http://bizarro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/172/2013/12/bz-panel-12-13-13.jpg) Haha. OK. I admit to being a Far Side devotee, but I have to say that is is pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/271 "2016-11-10T16:38:00Z")
My favorite farside “It’s still hungry and I’ve been stuffing worms into it all day” [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2a/02/bc/2a02bc37965c5137249280d9f9d09366.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2a/02/bc/2a02bc37965c5137249280d9f9d09366.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/272 "2016-11-16T23:56:59Z")
Long ago in Los Angeles I bought a postcard with [this](http://intra.fdr.at/fdr/fdr01/bildmaterial/2-bild-callahan.jpg) cartoon by John Callahan. The original caption was, IIRC, Dad, tell us again how you killed us all in a suicidal rage! ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/273 "2016-11-18T14:40:54Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > [You may already be a wiener!](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jDcM70Jywvw/VDZ9-xwyjNI/AAAAAAAAAo8/UtoDMUKqAIc/s1600/you-may-be-a-wiener.jpg) > > I may be showing my age here. This Charles Barsotti cartoon was published in the _National Lampoon_ many, many years ago, and at the time, “you may already be a winner” was a frequent come-on used in junk mail. Thank you, thank you, thank you! That cartoon is the one I always think of whenever I see this thread’s title. It pleases me to see that someone else liked it as much as I. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/274 "2016-11-18T17:11:56Z")
Never been able to find one of my all-time favorites, by Beattie, but it is easy to describe Miserable huddled man in the snowy mountains, facing a large rescue dog: “_death seemed preferable to drinking from a barrel covered in frozen dog slobber_” ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/275 "2017-04-27T05:01:35Z")
Hope it’s ok to resurrect this thread. My favorite Addams is this one: [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c1/3b/7a/c13b7af6aac008ce20a1472b5fb71c24.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c1/3b/7a/c13b7af6aac008ce20a1472b5fb71c24.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/276 "2017-04-27T15:16:33Z")
I’ve always liked [Face painting](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/05/08/face-painting-5-bucks_custom-7de9bde168a784b59c2edf93b3b258d8678ff9f8-s300-c85.jpg) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/277 "2017-04-27T17:16:11Z")
Always been a fan of this Larson: [bummer of a birthmark](https://rantz72.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/bummerbirthmark.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/278 "2017-04-27T18:07:21Z")
Apologies if this has already been posted: [Margaret](http://imgur.com/gallery/WsUMrjX). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/279 "2017-04-27T18:11:17Z")
I love the Timid Soul. There’s one wherein Caspar is standing on the corner, drenched from the rain, and he says something like: “I’ll wait one more hour, and if he doesn’t show up, he can borrow that $100 from somebody else”. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/280 "2017-04-28T20:30:50Z")
This is my favorite [Far Side](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzY1wgVCIAEmTxD.png). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=15)