Cartoons: The Things Grown-ups Say!
Remember being a kid and wondering if an adult was serious or just yanking your chain? These cartoonists know the answer!
“Behave yourself or I’ll tell your mother you have talent.”
November/December 2011
“It was delicious.”
November 19, 1960
“A Frank Sinatra cassette and a little too much wine. That’s where babies come from!”
January/February 1996
“While many disagree as to when life really begins, most feel it’s after work.”
January/February 2009
“If we can’t find a man, we give him two small boys.”
April 15, 1961
“Zip up your jacket and put on your hat…your mother’s cold.”
January/February 1999
Cartoons: No Caption Required
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. They must be right because these cartoons require no captions.
Cartoons: Car Talk
“I get about seven miles to the gallon …
my son gets the other 20.”
January/February 1995
“The car’s acting up again. It hit a mailbox.”
September/October 2000
“Despite my prayers, I was led into temptation.”
January/February 2006
“I’m sorry I’m late, but I had car trouble.
I was late getting into it.”
September/October 2001
“I couldn’t repair your brakes so made the horn louder.”
September/October 1998
“I get about 22 miles per restroom!”
July 1965
Cartoons: Science Friction
October 1985
“The next simulation will give you some idea of what it’s like to fly through a meteor shower.”
January/February 1986
“I’m convinced he’s got one of those tiny TV sets in there.”
October 1985
“You have a lot to learn about stem cell research.”
January/February 2007
“Gentlemen, Professor Didlip has some disturbing news about the new miracle vitamin X!”
June 1957
“Don’t look now, but I think we’ve developed a germ that eats microscopes!”
March 1984