Esoteric Cartoons and Comics

"Don't be so chintzy with the life line!"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC132054
High Res:
2802x2615 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
palmistry, palm reading, palm read, hand read, hand reading, palm-reading, palm-read, hand, hands, palm, palms, fortune, fortunes, fortune teller, fortune tellers, seer, palm reader, palmreader, palm-reader, psychic, esoteric, esoterically, mystic, mystically, mysticism, mystical, wicca, wiccan, spoof, spoofs, parody, parodied, parodies, sarcastic, sarcasm, modern life, modern, occult, crone, crones, old crone, window painter, window painting, window, windows, storefront, store front, chintzy, chintz, ironic, irony

Kid Reads "The Little Tibetan Book Of The Dead"

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC141735
High Res:
3004x3851 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, tibet, tibetan, esoteric, spirit, spiritual, occult, kid, kids, curious, child, childhood, childish, dead, death, dying, died, dies, grizzly, grim, spirituality, ghost, ghosts, haunt, haunted, haunting, curse, cursed, curses, precocious

Your Palm

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC36872
High Res:
2375x3089 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
palmistry, palm reading, palm read, hand read, hand reading, palm-reading, palm-read, hand, hands, palm, palms, fortune, fortunes, fortune teller, fortune tellers, seer, palm reader, palmreader, palm-reader, psychic, esoteric, esoterically, mystic, mystically, mysticism, mystical, wicca, wiccan, spoof, spoofs, parody, parodied, parodies, sarcastic, sarcasm, modern life, modern, priorities, priority

"I'm afraid pretty much every esoteric company name is taken so we're left with 'Mugwump', 'Grungydink' or 'Buh'."

Artist:
Streeter, Betsy
Search ID:
bstn397
High Res:
2274x2668 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
afraid, business name, business names, company name, company names, names, naming, brands, branding, esoteric, company, name, taken, high, tech, hi-tech, meeting, brand, corporations, trademarks, corporate, corporation, work, career, trademark, logo

SCHOOL OF YOGA, YOU MUST LEVITATE THIS HIGH TO ENTER

Artist:
Baloo -Rex May-
Search ID:
rman13417
High Res:
2100x1500 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
yoga, hinduism, buddhism, school, esoteric, you, must, levitate, levitation, schools, levitations, levitating, levitates, entry requirement, entry requirements, meditation, meditations, meditating, meditate, meditates, exercise, exercising, monk, monks

"I don't get it."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC16964
High Res:
2970x1840 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
philosophy, pessimism, optimism, psychology, theatre, entertainment, literary, drama, comedy, tragedy, mask, masks, sock and buskin, sock & buskin, joke, jokes, get a joke, getting a joke, obscure joke, obscure jokes, esoteric, esoteric jokes, theatre major, theatre majors, mankoff

Ill next Thursday

Artist:
Dixon, Karl
Search ID:
kdin172
High Res:
1987x2242 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
clairvoyant, mystics, gypsy, crystal ball, mysticism, zodiac, fortune telling, esoteric, tarot cards, readings, occult, future, see the future, fortune teller, gypsies, star signs, magic, magical, mystique, palm readings

"No, I refuse to guess."

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn1488
High Res:
2024x2024 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
introvert, introverts, introverted, esoteric, kid, kids, child, childhood, boy, boys, precocious, precociousness, growing up, guess what, rhetorical, rhetorical question, rhetorical questions, rude, rudeness, refuse, refusal, guess, guessing, nerd, nerds, geek, geeks, guessing game, guessing games

"There'd better be some questions. I made up half that esoteric-sounding financial jargon."

Artist:
Wildt, Chris
Search ID:
cwln6212
High Res:
1800x1903 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
meeting, meetings, financial jargon, corporate jargon, money talk, business jargon, corporate culture, corporate environment, corporate environments, presentation, presentations, question, questions, answer, answers, esoteric, businessmen, businessman

Party with speech bubbles.

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn1275
High Res:
2272x1588 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
conversation, conversations, talk, talks, talking, party, parties, partying, speaking, speak, ing, speech bubble, speech bubbles, thought bubble, thought bubbles, flirting, flirt, story, story telling, argue, arguing, dialogue, dialogues, communication, communicating, esoteric

'This one here would probably be best for you; It prefers partial shade, needs little water and grows best in esoteric single-panel cartoons.'

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn1056
High Res:
1604x2404 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
florist, art, esoteric, house plant, house plants, plant, plants, flower, flowers, florists, art of cartooning, garden, gardens, gardener, gardeners, hobby, pastime, pastimes, green finger, green fingers, watering, salesmen, selling, garden center, garden centers, cartoonists

'I'm afraid you have called the wrong number.' (he has one of those old-fashioned phones with a rotary dials)

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn804
High Res:
1636x2140 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
, six, wrong number, wrong numbers, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, number, numbers, call, calls, calling, called, pun, puns, esoteric, strange, surreal, surrealism, surrealist, mistake, mistakes, old, phone number, phone numbers, headless, monster, monsters

Big Surprise (vending machine)

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn656
High Res:
1620x1887 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
vending machine, vending machines, surprise, surprises, big surprise, faints, faint, fainting, fainter, fainting, shock, shocking, trauma, sudden, unexpected, 50, esoteric, clichés, cliché, clichéd, odd, captionless, candy machine, snack machine, candy machines, snack machines

Perspective mix up

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn911
High Res:
2853x1551 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
perspective, perspectives, large, huge, giant, small, tiny, little, captionless, esoteric, inexplicable, strange, silly, up close, faraway, door, doors, apartments, apartment, apartment building, apartment buildings, odd, weird, apartment doors, apartment door, mix, mixed, mix up

Snail Sees a Speed Limit of 65

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn722
High Res:
1644x1968 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
speed limit, speed limits, 65, smail, snails, traffic, slow, driving, auto, autos, road, roads, sign, signs, drivers, driver, street, streets, driving, drive, drives, slowly, road trips, cars, car, journey, captionless, esoteric, traffic laws, animal, animals, slugs, slug, insects, insect

'What? I don't see anything.'

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn838
High Res:
1803x2103 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
sight, see, seeing, eye, eyes, observing, observation, esoteric, inexplicable, strange, mutation, mutant, mutants, mutating, odd, weird, monster, monsters, deformed, deformity, genetic, disorder, disorders, optometrist, optical, optometrists, optician, optician, vision, eyesight

Out of order, out of order.

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn669
High Res:
1620x1805 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
out of order, elevader, elevaders, elevader doors, doors, lift, lifts, order, sign, signs, maintanance, repairs, repairing, repair, office, office humor, esoteric, odd, weird, silly, cliches, cliche, cliched, irony, ironic, word play, word play, pun, puns, language, english, words

Out of Order (numbers out of order)

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn935
High Res:
1659x1866 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
out of order, sign, signs, elevator, elevators, lift, lifts, repairs, repair, repairing, maintenance, out of order sign, out of order signs, break downs, broken down, broke, broken, numbers, numeral, sequential, sequential order, order, orders, esoteric, literally, literal, doors

'...In other news: Bolts of lightning, printed narratives and rectangles have been spotted shooting out of T.V.s across the nation...'

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn759
High Res:
1736x2084 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
tv, news report, news reporter, television, tvs, cartooning, cartoon bubble, cartoon bubbles, speech bubble, speech bubbles, speech balloon, esoteric, inexplicable, strange, odd, weird, silly, telly, tellies, televisions, couch potato, couch potatoes, balloons

Caution Slippery When Wet

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn879
High Res:
1638x1899 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
caution, slippery when wet, sign, signs, desert, deserts, cactus, cacti, heat, hot, sand, dune, dunes, road, roads, warnings, signage, drivers, driver, street, streets, sun, mountains, mountains, arizona, plateau, plateaus, unnecessary, unhelpful, useless, wet, esoteric, slippery, sandy

And Found (lost and found)

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn716
High Res:
1569x1917 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
lost and found, lost and founds, lost property, lost properties, clichés, cliché, clichéd, irony, ironic, surreal, surrealism, missing letter, missing letters, esoteric, strange, missing, odd, losing, weird, silly, sign, signs

Chicken and the egg, lets see who comes first.

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn820
High Res:
1668x1805 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
what came first, philosophy, causality dilemmas, chicken, egg, chickens, eggs, race, races, racing, cars, car, racer, racers, drag racing, sport, sports, starting line, esoteric, adage, adages, saying, sayings, proverb, proverbs, truism, truisms, expressions, expression

Empty Room with a Ladder and a Sign Saying 'More Upstairs'.

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn664
High Res:
2940x1485 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
more upstairs, upstairs, ladder, scarcity, void, empty, emptiness, modern art, gallery, galleries, artwork, display, displays, exhibit, exhibits, empty rooms, esoteric, inexplicable, sign, strange, signs, odd, more, weird, arrow, silly, missing, lacking, lack of

'What happened?!? That idiot cartoonist spilled coffee all over me, that's what!' (cartoon about cartooning)

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn913
High Res:
1617x2334 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
cartoonist, spilled, spill, coffee, spilling, mistake, mistakes, stain, stained, staining, spills, accident, accidents, accidental, character, characters, ink, inked, drawing, drawings, art, arts, artists, artist, artwork, artworks, esoteric, strange, smear, smears, smudge, smudged

If someone was here... they'd be here.

Artist:
Kinsella, Paul
Search ID:
pknn727
High Res:
1689x2073 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
you are here, sign, signs, signpost, signposts, direction, directions, road, roads, map, maps, esoteric, inexplicable, hiker, hikers, hiking, tourist, tourists, perspective, trail, trails, walking, walk, here, not here, nobody, absent, rambler, ramblers, lonely, mapping, directions