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Being Famous Isn’t What You Think

It can even kill you

4d ago

In a crowded restaurant, a woman approaches a man with a pen and small notebook as she seems to be asking for an autograph. The man says, “Sorry, I’m not. But people often tell me I look like him.” The man is a human who looks like Mickey Mouse.

4d ago

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Suddenly I’m One 6 Short of the Antichrist and Autistic

And I could not be happier about it

Jan 25

Cartoon illustration of the Pope and a cardinal in the Vatican residence. The cardinal is hanging up a phone as the Pope asks him, “Who was that on the phone?” The cardinal replies, “Just another person who’s convinced their ex is the Antichrist.”

Jan 25

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Either You Fire That Guy, or I Quit!

“I’ll be sorry to see you go,” was not the reply I was hoping for

Nov 12, 2024

Cartoon drawing of a job interview. The interviewer says, “Under ‘references,’ you put ‘sleeping in.’” The applicant responds, “I thought it said, ‘preferences.’”

Nov 12, 2024

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My So-Called “Disability” Turned Out to be My Greatest Asset

Children have no idea when they are neurodivergent (and nor do their parents)

Nov 19, 2024

Cartoon drawing of a teacher standing between two young boys. One looks normal, the other has a piñata for a head. The teach is scolding the normal boy, “I don’t care if he is full of candy, we don’t tolerate bullying at this school!”

Nov 19, 2024

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Is How a Woman Is Built the Most Important Thing?

Do you prefer wood, bricks, or vinyl siding?

Feb 8

Comic of St. Patrick in his green bishop’s attire sitting at a cocktail table with a bald woman in a Greek toga. They both have a drink in front of them. As the woman convers her face in shame, St. Patrick says, “Sorry.” The caption at bottom reads, “Ill-fated blind date: St. Patrick and Medusa.”

Feb 8

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My Duck’s First Sexual Proposition from a Stranger

I wish my mother hadn’t been there

Feb 4

Cartoon drawing of the Middle East in ancient times. A title across the top says, “Unsung martyrs of fashion.” A typical local man of the era is throwing rocks at a man dressed in typical 1970s fashions: platform shoes, striped bellbottom pants, bell-sleeved shirt, granny glasses, and a peace symbol belt buckle. The caption below says, “Randy of Canaan—1972 years ahead of his time.”

Feb 4

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Revealing the Secret Code of Cursive Before It’s Too Late!

There’s not much time left

Jan 29

4-panel cartoon. Panel 1: A teenage boy points irritably at a computer screen as he explains to his grandfather, “It’s right here in your settings, Grandpa, like I told you before!” Panel 2: His grandmother says to the grandfather, “They may understand technology in a way we never will.” Panel 3: Grandmother writes on a cue card as she says, “But we’ll always have cursive.” She holds the card up, it says, “Tyler is a poop-head.” The teenager says, “What so funny about scribbling?”

Jan 29

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Throwing Ourselves Out of the Garden of Eden

Searching for the balance between tranquility and terror

Jan 16

Cartoon illustration of a courtroom scene. A judge watches from the bench as a lawyer asks a witness, “Is the species that attacked you in the courtroom now, and can you identify it?” In the witness chair is a large globe of the Earth.

Jan 16

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Beautiful and Indecent

The illicit status of the human body

Jan 6

Comic drawing of a traditional museum. Famous statues and paintings of naked people are shown as clothed, while the various visitors to the museum are all nude. The caption at the bottom says “Museum of the Anithetical.”

Jan 6

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There is Nothing Fair about Love or War

My first marriage was a mixed experience, not unlike World War I

Jan 1

Two guys sitting at the bar in a crowded nightclub. The younger one gawks at the women while the older one says, “You see a roomful of hot women, I see a roomful of ex-wives.”

Jan 1

Dan Piraro

Dan Piraro

Award-winning creator of syndicated comic "Bizarro". I write about psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and life with as much humor as I can find in it.

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