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
Cartoons: Job Interviews
“Of course, if you’d rather we didn’t check with your last employer …”
January/February 1984
“Very good. Any other references besides your mother?”
May 1952
“Just because everybody says you’re a character,
Mr. Johnson, we don’t consider them ‘character references.'”
January/February 1978
“I see in your resume that from 1961 to 1982 you were at work. Can you be a little more specific?”
January/February 1984
“Let’s see, I’ve had one week’s experience at Hagley and Company, two days at Farson Brothers, half an hour at Beglo Company …”
December 1953
“I haven’t worked for 20 years. I can’t wait to get back behind a typewriter.”
July/August 2000