Bob's Cartoon Lounge

Dear Cartoonistas, Now, where were we? I’m self-isolating here in Briarcliff Manor, New York, image courtesy of Google Earth and Photoshop. Last time I wrote to you, I challenged you to stump the archive. There’s nothing we don’t have a cartoon for. Do we have a cartoon for Google Earth? Yep. Photoshop? Roger. Like I…
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I remember when “There’s an app for that” was an iPhone commercial tagline that spawned a million memes: and a slew of app-propriate cartoons, like those I’ve included here. Cartoons are like memes. Taking familiar situations and tweaking them to fit new events: new wine in an old bottle, so to speak. Nowhere is this…
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My Fellow Humans, I’m casting a wide net here because now we’re all in the same boat, although, let’s face it, some of us have cabins much higher above the waterline than others. We should be really grateful for that. I know I am. There is humor to be found in this crisis, but sadly…
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I had stopped using that bit of boilerplate in emails a while ago because it felt meaningless. Now it’s too loaded with meaning to use without quotation marks. But I do hope this finds you well even if you are, like so many of us, among the worried well. I’m in that group, but pretty…
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Remember when going viral was a good thing? I know that kind of virality has nothing to do with what’s going on now with the coronavirus; still, it’s funny how guilt by association can have its effects, even if they’re irrational. Just ask Corona beer, whose sales have dropped since the outbreak. There is no…
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