Cartoons: Let’s Get in Shape!

September is National Self-Improvement Month, so it’s a great time to start an exercise routine. Our fitness cartoons will help keep you motivated!

 

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“You should start weight lifting for your health. You can start by lifting your weight off the couch.”
Ken Benner

 

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“You’re the only person I know who gets jet lag from an exercise bike.”
Bob Vojtko

 

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Roy Delgado

 

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“Mind if I stroll leisurely alongside while you jog dad?”
Smith

 

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“My goal is to be able to fit my laptop on my lap.”
Roy Delgado

 

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“He wants to see about trading in his keg for a six-pack!”
Rob Rucha

 

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“This one comes with its own garage sale sign.”
Roy Delgado

Cartoons: Marital Madness

Love is a many-splendored thing, but marriage can be a whole different story! These cartoons of wacky weddings might make you reconsider wedded bliss.

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“Well, no sooner had he gotten it out — ‘I now pronounce you man and wife’— than her whole family broke out cheering.”
February 10, 1940

 

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“Wonderful! Who’s the schmo?”
George Wolfe
December 25, 1948

 

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“When I agreed to see you home, Doris, I didn’t realize your father was a Justice of the Peace.”
Ruhter
December 29, 1951

 

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“You’ve changed.”
M. Blanchard
January 04, 1964

 

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“We want to renew our license for another year.”
Irv Breger
January 06, 1940

 

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“Will You Marry Me?” “For How Long?”
Ron Delgado
March 1, 2007

 

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“Bad sign. The groom was asking if we had a sports channel.”
Roy Delgado
January 1, 2011

 

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“And now, let us proceed to bite the bullet.”
Chon Day
March 1, 1995

 

Cartoons: Dining Out

With these restaurant cartoons, laughter is always on the menu!

 

A diner and a waiter in a restaurant
Henry Syverson
December 25, 1948

 

 

Restaurant patrons pay a bill
“Nonsense – you’re our gue… uh, well, here’s our half.”
Walter Goldstein
January 1, 1949

 

 

A mother and her daughter at a diner. Patrons wait behind them while the daughter finishes eating.
“I have a terrible time getting her to eat more slowly!”
Tom Hudson
January 1, 1949

 

 

A waiter with a bruised eye speaks to dinner patrons
“I’m sorry, sir… I don’t give suggestions any more.”
Sivic
December 31, 1949

 

 

A waiter speaks to a diner patron
“Sir, do you want that businessman’s lunch with an olive or a twist of lemon peel?”
Bob Schroeter
January 5, 1963

 

 

A woman speaks to her date at at restaurant table
“I’d better be getting home now, Herbert—my interest rate is dropping.”
Baloo
February 1, 2013

 

 

A restaurant patron speaks to his waiter while holding up a ketchup bottle. There's a huge pile of katchup on the table in front of the patron.
“Honest! All I did was tap the bottle twice!”
Cheney
April 1, 2002

 

 

Restaurant patrons sit at a dinner table. The waiter presents a plate with a ball in a catcher's mitt.
“Who ordered the ‘catch of the day’?”
Bill Maul
February 1, 2009

 

 

Waiter talks to dinner patrons with wine-stained, bare feet
“This is one of our most recent vintages.”
Roy Delgado
September 1, 2011

 

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: Office Life

A desk job can be drudgery, but we’ll help you find the pleasure in paper pushing.

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“Here it is, Mr. Stensen! I told you it wasn’t lost!”
Ben Roth
January 3, 1948

 

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“Perhaps we should give him a two-dollar raise. His morale appears to be rather low.”
December 29, 1956

 

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“The trouble with getting to work on time is that it makes the day so long.”
Edgar Argo
January 1, 2000

 

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“I didn’t say you were to blame. I said I’m blaming you.”
Bacella
March 1, 2003

 

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“We’ll add extra to your severance package if you promise to go to work for the competition.”
Roy Delgado
July 1, 2007

 

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“Actually, Mr. Brown, our retirement system is fairly uncomplicated — you just work till you’re dead.”
Burns
May 1, 2010

 

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“Normally, a suspended sentence isn’t considered an ‘award or honor’.”
Baloo
January 1, 1989

 

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“You’re wasting your time, Walpole! That approach has been tried before!”
December 11, 1943

 

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Ed Hunter
December 25, 1943

 

Cartoons: Jailhouse Jokes

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“I was one of J. Edgar Hoover’s New Year’s resolutions.”
George Wolfe
January 13, 1940

 

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“I just hope this doesn’t jeopardize my political career.”
Roy Delgado
July 1, 2011

 

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“What a coincidence. I defended myself in court, too!”
Joseph Farris
November 1, 2001

 

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“That’s the last time I take responsibility for my own actions.”
Baloo
November 1, 2000

 

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“I thought you’d like it.”
Anderson
December 29, 1956

 

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“Had you worried for a minute, didn’t I?”
Irwin Caplan
December 15, 1945

 

 

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“Heck, it’s snowing!”
Chon Day
January 27, 1940

 

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“I thought I was the only store detective in duty that morning.”
Rodney DeSarro
December 15, 1945

Meet the Cartoonist: Roy Delgado

“Get Washboard Abs!”

Get Washboard Abs
“Get Washboard Abs!” Mar/Apr 2000

This cartoon illustrating the generation gap is a favorite of mine. It makes me think: Of course gramps wouldn’t know the word “abs.” And what kid these days would know what a washboard was?

After graduating from Tucson High School, Roy attended The Billy Hon Cartoon School in Los Angeles. (Now you know—there IS such a thing as cartoon school.) He took a Greyhound bus from Tucson: “I was on my way to become a magazine cartoonist and nothing was going to stop me.” Roy sold his first cartoon to a farm trade journal for four dollars.

“That was a very interesting cell phone conversation. Thanks for sharing it with me.”

That was a very interesting cell phone conversation. Thanks for sharing it with me.
“That was a very interesting cell phone conversation. Thanks for sharing it with me.” May/June 2011

A reader recently commented that a good cartoonist shows just what you are thinking. This is a prime example of just that.

“Warning. Reading all this information about the medicine may cause drowsiness.”

Warning. Reading all this information about the medicine may cause drowsiness. Jul/Aug 2011
“Warning. Reading all this information about the medicine may cause drowsiness.” Jul/Aug 2011

Here’s a side effect not mentioned in the data. This is one of three Roy Delgado cartoons in the latest issue of The Saturday Evening Post, a feat that has to be the envy of the many cartoonists who would kill for just one. Product details these days—TDMI (too darned much information).

“I’ve just accessed your school records. You have a lot of nerve complaining about my grades.”

I’ve just accessed your school records. You have a lot of nerve complaining about my grades.
“I’ve just accessed your school records. You have a lot of nerve complaining about my grades.” July/Aug 2008

Kids today—too smart (even if their grades don’t reflect it). This is another great example of generational differences.

“Look, if this is to be an amicable divorce, one of you will have to back down and take custody of the children.”

Look, if this is to be an amicable divorce, one of you will have to back down and take custody of the children
“Look, if this is to be an amicable divorce, one of you will have to back down and take custody of the children.” Jan/Feb 2008

Love the custody battle twist in this one!

“This one comes with its own garage sale sign.”

This one comes with its own garage sale sign
“This one comes with its own garage sale sign.” Jan/Feb 2008

Good point—why doesn’t exercise equipment just come with garage sale signs? In addition to frequent appearances in The Saturday Evening Post, Delgado’s work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping, and many, many other publications.

“Your R.S.V.P. for the Turkeyfest just came in.”

Your R.S.V.P. for the Turkeyfest just came in.
“Your R.S.V.P. for the Turkeyfest just came in.” Nov/Dec 2010

That’s one way to return an R.S.V.P.! Roy is drawing cartoons full time (luckily for us) in his mountaintop home and studio with his lovely wife and three cats. Continue reading The Saturday Evening Post for some of the country’s best cartoonists.