# 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:** 4
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/61 "2016-10-14T23:00:08Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [You’re a sick Bastard](http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/photo/87/5997/Youre-Sick-Bastard.jpg) An Australian is on holiday in New Zealand. Walking through the countryside, he passes a sheep farm. In the distance, he sees the farmer getting it on with one of his ewes. He marches up to the farmer and says indignantly “Y’know, mate, where I come from, we shear those!” The New Zealander doesn’t even slow down. “Bugger off!” he says, panting. “I’m not shearin’ this with anybody!” 😃😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/62 "2016-10-14T23:17:17Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > My favorite was a Guindon cartoon - Ah, which reminds me of another Guindon cartoon. A man is walking down the street, and behind him is a crowd of people, all trying to hide behind a tree. Caption reads: “Harold is not paranoid. These people really do hate him and are following him.” ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/63 "2016-10-14T23:25:55Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > 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.” I have that posted in my cube. Doug ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/64 "2016-10-14T23:28:09Z")
[This wordless _Far Side_ one](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/34/f6/f2/34f6f26164e8fd3207c9ef1602c4dd0e.jpg) involving a puzzled penguin always struck me as utterly perfect. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/65 "2016-10-14T23:35:56Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > 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) That was always one of my favorites. Haven’t seen it in decades. Thanks. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/66 "2016-10-14T23:52:26Z")
Not strictly a cartoon, but my husband gave me a t-shirt like [this](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/64/97/d5/6497d5ee45c5e69b9020377e50653ece.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/67 "2016-10-15T00:39:24Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > 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. [Kliban did a similar cartoon](http://imgur.com/UAck4). ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/68 "2016-10-15T00:40:46Z")
Sidney Harris had some awesome ones. This one is a favorite, [Lift](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/1845966605/in/dateposted-public/). As for Larson, I’m surprised nobody has mentioned [Here, Fifi! C’mon!..Faster, Fifi!](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi2z4DRyNvPAhXH5iYKHaK2Ak0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2F113644591547918122393%2Fposts%2F9jDWoiow3kA&psig=AFQjCNHhogwHSa_Odld-wLLyxBhJY2-VEA&ust=1476578200031192) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/69 "2016-10-15T01:03:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [_Howdy_, _howdy_, _howdy_!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/bb/7a/b5bb7aa9fe3df9ffbde8399db295f82f.jpg) [There’s just something about vultures!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e4/d2/f3/e4d2f3b47c3de90e1a084d94ab24daa4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/70 "2016-10-15T01:31:30Z")
Damn. I vaguely remembered [this one as a single panel](https://pics.onsizzle.com/quick-grab-my-hand-what-i-i-cant-you-re-too-1487459.png). ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/71 "2016-10-15T01:32:28Z")
I should have mentioned Charles Addams, too.:smack: [Death ray…](https://www.google.com/search?q=death+ray+fiddlesticks&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdoK6-09vPAhVBFT4KHasXA2IQ_AUIBygB&biw=962&bih=601#imgrc=3r0OcLbtcBYXNM%3A) I can’t find it online, but there’s his “A round trip and a one way to Ausable Chasm.” ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/72 "2016-10-15T01:38:30Z")
Yet another Far Side: [Lookout Ahead](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/53/6e/9d/536e9d53d4a035ae447cde68957b9d4b.jpg). Also, a rare xkcd aimed at literature and history nerds: [Knights](https://xkcd.com/1078/). ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/73 "2016-10-15T01:48:20Z")
I saw it on the door of a linguistics professor 30 years ago. In the foreground is a living room, with an expensive-looking chair with the legs sawed off. In the background, a kitchen with a mother and a little kid, and the mother is saying "No, Billy: “it’s ‘I _have seen_ the chair.’” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/74 "2016-10-15T01:57:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I should have mentioned Charles Addams, too.:smack: > > [Death ray…](https://www.google.com/search?q=death+ray+fiddlesticks&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdoK6-09vPAhVBFT4KHasXA2IQ_AUIBygB&biw=962&bih=601#imgrc=3r0OcLbtcBYXNM%3A) You beat me! “Death Ray” might be my all time favorite Charles Addams. Let’s not forget PUNCH magazine, which was doing NEW YORKER quality cartoons for decades before the NEW YORKER. Circa 1910: A gloomy middle-aged man – the picture of “lonely bachelor” – sits with a menu in a scruffy bistro, addressing similarly scruffy waiter. Caption: “Which of your beastly wines will induce oblivion?” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/75 "2016-10-15T02:00:50Z")
[What can I say, I’m a dog.](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6064/HQCD100Z/posters/danny-shanahan-lassie-get-help-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) ---
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I always enjoyed this one where the cow tries grilling some steaks/hamburgers. [Sick, Jessie, sick!](http://i.imgur.com/RxUNa5u.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/77 "2016-10-15T02:01:29Z")
Speaking of the NEW YORKER, let’s not forget Peter Arno… Scene: Outside a large collegiate sports arena, a Brahmin-type accompanied by his stuffy wife addresses a hawker selling buttons, pennants, etc., proclaiming WESTERN MARYLAND STATE and HARVARD. Caption: “Which ONE? Are you MAD???” ---
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JRDelirious, great call with the Quino. I loved his stuff when I lived in Mexico 15 years ago (Quino is Argentinian, but popular throughout Latin America.) About half his stuff is single-panel (often inventively wordless), and half is a Peanuts-esque (yet utterly original) strip called Mafalda. ---
**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 15, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/79 "2016-10-15T02:35:40Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Speaking of the NEW YORKER, let’s not forget Peter Arno… > > Scene: Outside a large collegiate sports arena, a Brahmin-type accompanied by his stuffy wife addresses a hawker selling buttons, pennants, etc., proclaiming WESTERN MARYLAND STATE and HARVARD. > > Caption: “Which ONE? Are you MAD???” [This one](https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung&ei=P5UBWNrVO4my-QHgorjYBg&q=back+to+the+drawing+board+arno&oq=back+to+the+drawing+board+arno&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3..0i22i30k1l2.2145.4357.0.4961.6.6.0.0.0.0.521.1481.2-1j2j0j1.4.0....0...1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-serp..2.4.1475...0j0i20k1.j_nOOvj7ifc#imgrc=q2WN2ZQzoMsTRM%3A) is his most influential (and, yes, that’s the origin of the phrase). N.B. Arno did the art, but did not write the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531/80 "2016-10-15T03:25:25Z")
There are lots of great Far Side cartoons. Quino is also great but often more philosophical than LOL. As a medical man, Qadgop would love his book “Quinoterapia”, images which should be googled. My favourite one shows a patient in a doctors office… [https://goo.gl/images/3sVUQk](https://goo.gl/images/3sVUQk) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531.md?page=5)