Howdy y’all! Toon captain Hilary here and for all intents and purposes I’d like you to imagine me wearing a very large cowboy hat (pretty funny, right?). This week on Toonstack I asked my fellow cartoonists to send me their silly, send me their ridiculous, send me their STOOPIDEST cartoon they’ve ever drawn. The one that makes
I don’t know if you ever heard of the famous day when the old New Yorker cartoonists (young back then) got together while the then editor was on vacation and decided to try to see who could do the dumbest cartoon ever, and the winner was Crawford, with this one, and which I was sorry I couldn’t have the original of (it was sold!):
Even when he was dying in the hospital, we would still find ourselves using the caption from that cartoon, it had become part of our vocabulary forever. I still hear it in my mind whenever I offer someone a seat.
Excellent theme and execution, everyone! I have a tangential theme to suggest: cartoons that no one else seems to get. And then don't explain them! For kicks!
I don’t know if you ever heard of the famous day when the old New Yorker cartoonists (young back then) got together while the then editor was on vacation and decided to try to see who could do the dumbest cartoon ever, and the winner was Crawford, with this one, and which I was sorry I couldn’t have the original of (it was sold!):
https://condenaststore.com/featured/have-a-seat-michael-crawford.html
Even when he was dying in the hospital, we would still find ourselves using the caption from that cartoon, it had become part of our vocabulary forever. I still hear it in my mind whenever I offer someone a seat.
Excellent theme and execution, everyone! I have a tangential theme to suggest: cartoons that no one else seems to get. And then don't explain them! For kicks!
I have been on a subsistent level of political cartoonists on Counterpoint. This is god damn life we are laughing about cuz you gotta laugh at <life>