# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/41 "2016-10-14T20:44:22Z")
Caldwell cartoon: a naked guy with a trumpet strapped to his forehead, and a naked woman with a fish stuck up her butt. (Caption only approximate from memory): “I have to be honest with you, I’m not actually a unicorn.” “Well, I need to tell you the truth, I’m not really a mermaid.” What really makes it work is that they’re so clearly in love, their fantasies never should have mattered. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/42 "2016-10-14T20:45:29Z")
[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Perhaps-this-will-refresh-your-memory-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Posters\_i14291062\_.htm](http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Perhaps-this-will-refresh-your-memory-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Posters_i14291062_.htm) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/43 "2016-10-14T20:47:20Z")
I can’t find it, but it’s a Far Side with one scientist riding on a fossil of a T-rex. Below him, another scientist is saying to a third, ‘I assume you’re being facetious, Jenkins. I distinctly called second before you.’ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/44 "2016-10-14T20:47:52Z")
Can’t remember the cartoonist… Two guys sitting at a bar. 1st Guy "My Wife left me, my dog died, I lost my job and all anyone cares about is my hat. 2nd Guy “What’s the matter with your hat?” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/45 "2016-10-14T20:58:43Z")
No love for Gahan Wilson? Among many, my fave shows three creepy-crawly tentacled aliens peering out of an apartment door, reading a piece of mail: “Occupants of Apartment 3G! You may have already won the suburban ranch house of your dreams…” ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/46 "2016-10-14T20:59:20Z")
More B. Kliban, who was a wonderfully weird and non sequitur-drawing cartoonist that I ran across in the 80s and have been a fan of ever since. Here are some of my favorites [Stick This in your Humor Section](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/kliban/bkhumor.gif) [Pear](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/kliban/bkpear.jpg) [General’s Game](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/kliban/bkgenerals.gif) And [Great Weather for Ducks](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/kliban/bkducks.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/47 "2016-10-14T21:25:03Z")
Ah, so many great cartoons and artists in this thread! Larson’s up there of course, but I love seeing Kliban, Wilson, Mauldin, Addams and Thurber too. And Harris is and old fave too, with his take on the scientific community. Any love for Sam Gross? He appeared a lot in the early Nat Lampoon magazine. Here’s one of my faves by him: [Frog legs](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/5e/13/e6/5e13e683b751d1b1ea84e7c242b97c82.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/48 "2016-10-14T21:31:19Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > That’s hilarious. > > One that alwys gets me is [this one](http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/Sariele/media/FarSidePegLeg_zps28857fb0.jpg.html). > > I’m not sure why. Just something about the way the peg-leg sailor is trying to out-top the guy with a peg HEAD just tickles me to no end. That’s terrific. Never having seen it before, what I really like about it is that you start off on the left looking at the sailor talking and don’t get the punchline until your eye moves. At least that’s what I did. ---
**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 14, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/49 "2016-10-14T21:31:24Z")
more kliban > **[Photobucket | Make your memories fun!](https://s1119.photobucket.com/user/Rwaggs81/media/HeyEuropeEatMyFlorida.jpg.html)** > > Make your memories fun! ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/50 "2016-10-14T21:31:54Z")
To me this has to be a question of “… Other than the Far Side” or it’d be just about all Far Side panels 🙂 Sidney Harris has some great ones about academia and science. > **[Science Cartoons Plus -- The Cartoons of S. Harris](http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/gallery/math/)** > > The cartoons of S. Harris My favorite one is probably the proof whose step 2 is a bubble reading “AND THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/51 "2016-10-14T21:32:09Z")
From the lower half of the world, the recently retired [Quino](http://www.gustavorivas.com.ar/images/thumb-errarehumanumest.jpg). His magazine gag panels have a lot of not so much LOL but more of a “[things that make you go, Hmmm…](http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7c6xbKML91qda8s5o1_1280.jpg)” vibe: [For instance](http://66.media.tumblr.com/4f570ce802bcd18e7df3d7c6e307b2c5/tumblr_mmdz0hgj7T1qjkps3o1_1280.jpg). [Information Desk](http://loffit.abc.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/loffit_quino_02.jpg): Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? This one’s a strip-turned-single panel but still… [“Izn’t it incredible all dat a pencil can hold inside?”](http://sophie.unam.mx/sites/default/files/quino-lapiz.jpg) (pretty meta for an illustrator) [Rejection counter](http://gabrieltorres.mx/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3.jpg). [“Y’all guess what’s forbidden in this zone now?”](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c5WsSLlOKg4/TIzKTFxC0LI/AAAAAAAAALo/D_HU1hkjj7o/s1600/a+que+no+saben+prohibido+que.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/52 "2016-10-14T21:48:47Z")
I remember a panel from a Penthouse magazine. It had a dead guy lying on the floor with his face stuffed into a bowl labeled Bobby. Beside the bowl was a box of “Purita Cadaver Chow.” My favorite Far Side one was “Beware of Doug.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/53 "2016-10-14T22:04:03Z")
A monk is sitting in a library, reading a book, titled “The Joy of Sects”. (Googling, I cannot find that cartoon, but I find at least three real books with that title.) 🙂 A kid is holding a bottle, from which a genie is emerging. The caption reads, “A cheeseburger, a coke, and world peace.” My favorite Far Side: [It seems that Agent 6373 has accomplished her mission](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=974&q=far+side+cow+agent&oq=far+side+cow+agent&gs_l=img.3...2215.9375.0.9768.18.12.0.6.6.0.143.1366.1j11.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.14.1371...0j0i30k1j0i24k1.XEVkj0WRMtQ#imgrc=Q9FyyCMVytbZ2M%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/54 "2016-10-14T22:09:04Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [_Howdy_, _howdy_, _howdy_!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/bb/7a/b5bb7aa9fe3df9ffbde8399db295f82f.jpg) There’s a [probably unrelated moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46rIWEgmmQk) in _Toy Story_ which I think is worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/55 "2016-10-14T22:21:18Z")
Of course the far side gets a lot of love and many are favorites, but in recent days I like a couple from Jim Benton: [Summon a [del]d[/del]lemon](http://i.imgur.com/wfZgsOe.jpg) [Full size Sneakers](http://i.imgur.com/vySOQf3.jpg) Appropriate, as we are close to Halloween ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/56 "2016-10-14T22:34:40Z")
Either [this one](http://www.grimmy.com/comics.php?sel_dt=1994-02-23) or [this one](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f4/22/be/f422bee588e243381d0f547326850b83.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/57 "2016-10-14T22:39:20Z")
Again from “The Far Side”, why the dinosaurs REALLY became extinct: [https://www.google.com/search?q=far+side+smoking+dinosaurs&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=TOWRzbtg4b-G9M%253A%253BHGs2-OsfcYKxDM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F133700682661213227%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=TOWRzbtg4b-G9M%253A%252CHGs2-OsfcYKxDM%252C\_&usg=\_\_ChVPaU7z8p62OhNMylocBf7ri2U%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjszqbErdvPAhWF4yYKHeLMADMQyjcIKw&ei=vF0BWOyAD4XHmwHimYOYAw](https://www.google.com/search?q=far+side+smoking+dinosaurs&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=TOWRzbtg4b-G9M%253A%253BHGs2-OsfcYKxDM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F133700682661213227%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=TOWRzbtg4b-G9M%253A%252CHGs2-OsfcYKxDM%252C_&usg=__ChVPaU7z8p62OhNMylocBf7ri2U%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjszqbErdvPAhWF4yYKHeLMADMQyjcIKw&ei=vF0BWOyAD4XHmwHimYOYAw) 😛 One of my professors had a few hundred scientific cartoons on his office door, and my favorite was a big rally for people who wanted to “BAN P450”. If we had a “like” button, I’d request that people do that if they got it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/58 "2016-10-14T22:40:54Z")
[You’re a sick Bastard](http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/photo/87/5997/Youre-Sick-Bastard.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/59 "2016-10-14T22:49:43Z")
[Couched](http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/2013/08/08/379-couched/) ---
**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 14, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/60 "2016-10-14T22:54:35Z")
Can’t leave out Charles Schulz: [https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e15/11355046\_402802296595021\_625839169\_n.jpg](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e15/11355046_402802296595021_625839169_n.jpg) Yes, I know this is a multi-panel Sunday comic, but it’s the last panel I really love. So much so that I’ve printed it out and hung it on my living room wall. It stands alone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=4)