Cartoons: Let’s Get Down to Business

“Mummy, they’re having so much trouble—couldn’t I say a word for the stock market?” from January 18, 1930
“Mummy, they’re having so much trouble — couldn’t I say a word for the stock market?”
January 18, 1930

 

n the 1930s, the entire country was suffering from a great depression. Fortunately, they have pills for that now.” from September/October 2011
“In the 1930s, the entire country was suffering from a great depression. Fortunately, they have pills for that now.”
September/October 2011

 

“Boy, did we have some excitement around here last month.” from October 6, 1945
“Boy, did we have some excitement around here last month.”
October 6, 1945

 

Church Sign: “Today’s Sermon: ‘The Stock Market Giveth, The Stock Market Taketh Away.” from May/June 2006
May/June 2006

 

“In today's economy, it's important to diversify! Put some of your money in your mattress, some in a cookie jar, bury some in the yard….” from July/August 2009
“In today’s economy, it’s important to diversify! Put some of your money in your mattress, some in a cookie jar, bury some in the yard….”
July/August 2009

 

“I take it that business isn’t exactly booming.” from January/February 1993
“I take it that business isn’t exactly booming.”
January/February 1993

 

 

“I finally put something aside for my retirement. I put aside my plans to retire.” from May/June 2009
“I finally put something aside for my retirement — I put aside my plans to retire.”
May/June 2009

 

Cartoons: Date Night

These cartoons show why first dates are the worst dates!

 

“Have fun, kids…Oh, and Conrad it was so nice to meet you. You’re exactly as Joanne described you…
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…better than nothing.”

 

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“I’d better be getting home now, Herbert—my interest rate is dropping.”
Baloo

 

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“My daughter tells me you’re in show business.”

 

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“You didn’t tell me you were dating a tackle box!”
Art Bouthillier

 

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“They’re the perfect couple—he’s a pill and she’s a headache!”

 

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“I’m looking for marriage, two kids and a nice house in the suburbs. Hi, what’s your name?”
Andrew Toos

 

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“Just for fun I registered my dad with an online dating service. They matched him with a recliner and TV.”
Randy Glasbergen

Every Dog Has Its Day

It’s National Hug Your Hound Day! Enjoy our cartoons about humorous hounds and their hapless humans.

 

“When she stops scratching your ears, that doesn’t mean she’s’ stopped loving you. It just means her hand is tired.”
Randy Glasbergen

 

“You give a new meaning to the term ‘housebroken.’”
Chris Wildt

 

“Can’t you mark your territory like other dogs?”

 

“That’s you, stupid!”
Frank Tabor

 

“Beware of paranoid dog.”

 

“WARNING! LARGE DOG CRAVING AFFECTION!”

 

“I didn’t like it!”
Norm Rice

 

“You have just one more wish. Are you sure you want another belly rub?”

Cartoons: Kidding Around

 

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“Have you anything that doesn’t always end up in a fight?”
Rose
December 28, 1940

 

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“Gee, this’s gonna be interesting – mind if I watch?”
Tom Henderson
December 27, 1947

 

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“Oh, I just rented Judy to a lady who wanted to get a seat on the bus.”
Herb Williams
December 25, 1943

 

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“You’ve been watching too many of those CSI shows”
Ken Benner
January 01, 2011

 

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“Mom have you seen my…? Never mind.”
James Estes
March 01, 1995

 

 

 

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“Some of the most successful men in history have gone bankrupt once or twice…so don’t be afraid to buy me everything I want.”
Randy Glasbergen
January 1, 2003

 

 

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“I think you should know that I’ve written a letter to Oprah about you.”
Marty Bucella
March 1, 2003

 

Cartoons: A Dog’s Life

 

Man and his dog in a vet's office. The dog has his hand over his forehead in a melodramatic manner.
“Sir, are you implying that my dog is a hypochondriac?”
Bill Yates
January 07, 1956

 

A friendly dog has her legs on a woman's lap
“Just tell him you don’t care for dead squirrels, Mrs. Goulard.”
Linda Walter
December 18, 1943

 

A man and his dog walk near a beware of dog sign
Bob Scharty
December 28, 1957

 

A dog sits across from his owner at a dinner table.
“If I were you I’d do something for that throat, dear.”
Salo
January 04, 1958

 

A dog and her owner on a walk
Henry Syverson
December 21, 1963

 

Two boys stand close to a large dog, roughly the same height as they.
“He can’t sit up or heel, but he can turn on the television and open the refrigerator!”
Randy Glasbergen

 

A dog sits in a recliner, with the foot rest out.
“I tried to teach him to sit. He learned to recline.”
Roy Delgado
May 1, 2011

 

Two dogs drinking martinis at a bar
“I majored in obedience at school, but then never pursued it.”
Burns
January 1, 2013

Cartoons: Digital Daffiness

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“You’ve got to stop blaming everything on your parents. You’re old enough to start blaming your computer!”
Randy Glasbergen
January 1, 2009

 

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“Can I text just one last message?”
Engleman
March 1, 2009

 

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“I can see my bald spot on Google Earth!”
Tim Lachowski
March 1, 2010

 

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“That was a very interesting cell phone conversation. Thanks for sharing it with me.”
Roy Delgado
May 1, 2011

 

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“I didn’t’ think channel surfing was enough, so I decided to add Web surfing to my exercise regimen.”
Marty Bucella
May 1, 2011

 

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“I never realized how empty my life was until I started tweeting about it.”
Dave Carpenter
January 1, 2011

 

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“This book is defective. I tap the page and nothing happens!”
Randy Glasbergen
September 1, 2012

 

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Marty Bucella
March 1, 2013

 

Meet the Cartoonist: Randy Glasbergen

“If you are not absolutely thrilled and delighted with your purchase, maybe you’re expecting too much from a cheap TV vegetable slicer.”

If you are not absolutely thrilled and delighted with your purchase, maybe you're expecting too much from a cheap TV vegetable slicer.
“If you are not absolutely thrilled and delighted with your purchase, maybe you’re expecting too much from a cheap TV vegetable slicer.”
Mar/Apr 2010

There’s always someone around the corner ready to make a liar out of you. I’ve recently told you how hard it is to be a cartoonist. Except for Randy Glasbergen, who sold his first cartoons to the The Saturday Evening Post while still in high school.

“Unemployment rates are up again. I’d like to tell you more, but I just got canned.”

“Unemployment rates are up again. I'd like to tell you more, but I just got canned.”
“Unemployment rates are up again. I’d like to tell you more, but I just got canned.”
Sep/Oct 2010

With wry humor like this, it’s no surprise that Randy was once a staff writer for Hallmark cards and “currently writes and draws greeting cards and calendars for Recycled Greetings, Nobleworks, American Greetings, and others.”

“Hello, employment agency? There’s been a mistake. I asked for 100 elves!”

“Hello, employment agency? There's been a mistake. I asked for 10 elves!”
“Hello, employment agency? There’s been a mistake. I asked for 100 elves!”
Nov/Dec 2007

You’ll find Randy in The Wall Street Journal, Woman’s World, Harvard Business Review, Reader’s Digest, and almost every issue, I’m delighted to say, of The Saturday Evening Post. I have a least one Glasbergen T-shirt and mouse pad and there are coffee cups, posters, and other merchandise in specific categories like “Glasbergen Cat Cartoons” and “Glasbergen Holiday Cartoons.” These characters are everywhere!

“I can get by on just 2 hours of sleep every day, as long as I nap for 14 hours.”

“I can get by on just 2 hours of sleep every day, as long as I nap for 14 hours.”
“I can get by on just 2 hours of sleep every day, as long as I nap for 14 hours.”
Jul/Aug 2007

It seems to me most cartoonists have pets, and you can often tell it in their work, as with this cat. Randy is married with four grown children and five grandchildren, along with “two basset hounds, four cats, two guinea pigs.” Comic fodder, indeed.

“I finally put something aside for my retirement. I put aside my plans to retire.”

I finally put something aside for my retirement. I put aside my plans to retire
“I finally put something aside for my retirement. I put aside my plans to retire.”
May/June 2009

When I said the Glasbergen characters are everywhere, I wasn’t kidding. Several anthologies of his cartoons have been published not only in the U.S., but the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, and China.

“What’s the big idea sending your employees outside to smoke?”

“What's the big idea sending your employees outside to smoke?”
“What’s the big idea sending your employees outside to smoke?”
Sept/Oct 2008

One would think a cartoonist this successful would have a state of-the-art studio, but apparently not. Randy works “at home on the third floor of a creaky old Victorian home, formerly a boarding house for local school teachers.”

“The insurance company won’t pay for your skateboard accident. They said that stupidity is a pre-existing condition.”

“The insurance company won't pay for your skateboard accident. They said that stupidity is a pre-existing condition.”
“The insurance company won’t pay for your skateboard accident. They said that stupidity is a pre-existing condition.”
Jan/Feb 2008

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