In a college newspaper, a student cartoonist did a parody of those horrible Family Circus cartoons where one of the children zigzags all over the neighborhood (similar to this).
In the parody, the family’s dad has just been fired by his boss. “You’re fired! Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.” Rather than a circuitous route, the dad takes a direct path across the street to a bar. He is totally trashed and he says, “kids shay the darndesht thingzh.”
I came in to post that one. Instead I’ll go with My brain is full
I can’t think of a particular one at the moment but have no doubt it is a Far Side cartoon.
Almost positive it’s Larsen.
Whoops! It’s Larson, not Larsen. Mea culpa! :smack:
This cartoon doesn’t work for me. Why would a ‘school for the deaf’ have a doorbell?
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They’re called door signalers, or doorbell notification dystems.
OK. But then, the deaf occupants would know someone was at the door. The boy would not turn skeletal waiting for a response.
Still doesn’t work.
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While I love the Addams Family, this wordless Addams cartoonis the one I find funniest in a black way.
For me, this is easy. There’s been a lot of great cartoons in this thread, but this Far Side cartoon is the one that does it for me.
For those who don’t want to click the link, it shows a ship sinking in the background and a (wet) professor-type climbing onto a tiny island. There’s a duck there. The duck says “Ah, Professor Jenkins. My old nemesis. We meet again. But this time, the advantage is mine. HA HA HA!”
It’s typical Far Side absurdism, but somehow the whole concept gives me the giggles just thinking about it
Everything about that cartoon is perfect.
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From the New Yorker:
A photographer, standing under the old-fashioned cloth.
A group of people saying “Cheese!”, with panicked looks on their faces.
The photographer is about to be squished under a falling two-ton block of Swiss.
Sent that one to my boss awhile back. His name is Lloyd.
And why would a solicitor wait so long for the door to be answered that he died standing there? Gosh, it doesn’t make sense. It’s…it’s…absurd!
One that always killed me was The Far Side. There were 3 Poodles watching their owner from behind, and one says something to the effect of, " Well, yes Fluffy, when we kill her the pampering will end."
I always imagine my own dogs having that conversation…
The absurdity of the skeletal solicitor is the punchline; it is ‘earned’.
The story, up until then, must make internal sense in order for the absurd finish to work.
This one does not.
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Probably my favorite Kliban.
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Alas, I can’t locate it online to show you. It was a Mother Goose and Grimm comic, and you see Grimm holding a can opener. The table before him contains dozens of opened cans of fruits and vegetables. He’s looking at a cat saying something very close to “Guess what, I learned how to use a can opener! The only problem is I still can’t read.”
I love Mother Goose and Grimm. In fact, my cat is named Atilla, for the cat in the strip.
My favorite from that strip shows a teddy bear bouncing around screamin lyrics like “Feel the heat baby!!” Grimm, in the last panel, says how much he loves putting KISS tapes in a Teddy Ruxpin.
