Anxious Cartoons

The Return of Guarded Optimism

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC23783
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stock market, stock markets, optimism, optimistic, stock, stocks, investor, investors, investment, investments, confidence, market confidence, guarded optimism, cagey, caginess, worry, worries, worrying, bull market, bull markets, shaky, nerve, nerves, nervous, nervousness, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety, anxieties

A deadline comes to chew up a worker.

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
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CC123732
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deadline, deadlines, stress, stresses, stressful, worker, workers, working, job, jobs, career, careers, conveyor belt, conveyor belts, under the gun, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, put off, putting off, gear, gears, cog, cogs, cog in a machine, cogs in a machine, cog in the machine, cogs in the machine, modern life, modern times, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, cubicle, cubicles, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, stress, stressor, stressors, cope, copes, coping

"All work and no play makes you a valued employee."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC39206
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all work, no play, makes jack a dull boy, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, employee, employees, overworked, stress, stressed, stressed out, value, values, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, corporation, corporations, corporate logic, bottom line, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, quality of life, workplace, workplaces

"Well, yes, it's a routine procedure - if you routinely have someone slice open your body with sharp instruments and then fiddle with your insides."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
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CC124056
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doctor, patient, surgery, medical, consultation, surgery, surgeries, routine procedure, routine procedures, under the knife, going under the knife, casual, casualness, surgeon, surgeons, apprehension, apprehensive, nervous, nervousness, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety, anxieties, procedure, procedures, appendectomy, appendectomies, tonsil, tonsils, tonsillitis, mankoff

"Could we up the dosage? I still have feelings."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
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CC123559
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dose, dosing, dosage, drugs, drug, prescribe, prescription, prescription drugs, otc, over the counter, prescribed, therapy, therapeutic, therapist, therapists, counselling, counselor, counsellor, psychology, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychiatric, psychiatrics, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychological, emotions, emotional turmoil, emotion, emotional, feeling, feelings, unfeeling, anxiety, anxious, depression, depressed, depressing, medicine, medicines, meds, med, overmedicate, overmedicates, overmedicating, over-prescribe, over-prescribes, overprescribe, overprescribes, overprescribing

"No, no, that's not a sin, either. My goodness, you must have worried yourself to death."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
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CC25465
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st peter, st. peter, saint peter, heavenly gates, pearly gates, afterlife, afterlives, after-life, after-lives, sin, sins, sinner, sinners, sinning, worrier, worriers, worrying, worry, worries, anxiety, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety complex, anxiety complexes

"I usually wake up screaming at six-thirty, and I'm in my office by nine."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
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CC38604
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wake, wakes, wake up, wakes up, waking up, scream, screams, screaming, stress, stressed out, stressing out, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, complain, complains, complaining, complaint, complaints, depression, depressed, unhappy, miserable, misery, miserable existence, businessman, businessmen, upper class, upper classes, upper crust, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, suburb, suburbs, suburban life, bored, boring, stressor, stressors, modern life, modern times, modern man, working man, working men

"Please, Al. You know the backstroke scares the children."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC29845
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fishbowl, fishbowls, fish bowl, fish bowls, backstroke, backstrokes, dead, death, die, dies, pet, pets, fish, goldfish, gold fish, scare, scares, scaring, frighten, frightens, frightening, startle, startles, startling, prank, pranks, pranking, nerves, anxious, anxiousness

"You're why I have the moat, Mother."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
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CC122588
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royalty, royal, royals, moat, moats, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, safety, nag, nags, nagging, concern, concerned, concerns, clingy, overbearing, parent, parents, king, kings, prince, princes, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, keep out, keeping out, stay away, staying away

"No, I don't need an alarm clock - anxiety is my alarm clock."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
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CC125590
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sleep, wake, bed, morning, stress, watch, time, alarm clock, alarm clocks, anxiety, anxious, anxiousness, alarm, alarms, wake up, wakes up, waking up, nerve, nerves, nervous, nervousness, social anxiety, social anxieties, confession, confessions, confessional, bar talk, pub talk, mankoff

"Well, for starters, Matt has been showing definite improvement in risk-taking."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
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CC30116
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risk-taker, risk-takers, risk-taking, improve, improves, improvement, improvements, teacher, teachers, risk, risks, risky, play it safe, playing it safe, cautious, overly cautious, caution, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, parent-teacher conference, parent-teacher conferences, student, students, improve, improves, improvement, improvements, update, updates, updating, parent, parents

"If I knew what our 401k was doing maybe I could sleep."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC128269
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401k, pension, pensions, pensioner, pensioners, senior citizen, senior citizens, pension fund, pension funds, grizzly, grizzlies, grizzly bear, grizzly bears, bear, bears, worrier, worriers, worrying, retirement plan, retirement plans, retirement planning, hibernation, hibernations, hibernating, hibernated, anxiety, anxious

"Protect your family, protect your yard, and stop obsessing about port security."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
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CC124075
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protect, protects, protecting, protection, protections, security, security system, security systems, obsession, obsessions, obsessing, guard dog, guard dogs, guard, guards, guarding, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, therapist, therapists, therapy, psychologist, psychologists, psychology, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychiatry

"They're willing to throw in their kidneys."

Artist:
Shaw, Michael
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CC125066
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selling, sales, sold, sells, seller, real estate, house, housing, home, homes, organ, organs, kidney, kidneys, selling kidneys, desperate, desperately, bargain, bargaining, bargains, barter, barters, buying, buys, buyer, estate agent, real estate agent, estate agents, real estate agents, realtor, realtors, organ donation, housing market, anxious, overanxious, house price, house prices, crash, 2008 crash, housing bubble, bubble, housing bubbles, bubbles

"Like a duck. Calm and placid on the surface, but paddling like hell. That's me!"

Artist:
Booth, George
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CC44875
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cat, cats, cat owner, cat owners, cat lover, cat lovers, cat person, cat people, cat lady, cat ladies, cat man, cat men, appearance, appearances, stress, stresses, stress ball, anxious, anxiety, worry, worries, worrying

"Wait a minute - I know there's something we've forgotten to worry about."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
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CC44224
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vacations, worry, wait, problems, psychology, leisure, anxiety, seasons, summer, holiday, holidays, vacation, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, worrier, worriers, worries, worried, stress, stresses, create stress, creating stress, forgetful, forgetting, forget, forgets, long vacation, long vacations, trip, trips, packing, packed, last minute, mankoff

Zen And The Art Of Bankruptcy

Artist:
Miller, Warren
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CC31458
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stress, stress management, managing stress, stressful, anxiety, anxious, anxiousness, zen, calm, calm down, calming down, bankrupt, bankruptcy, bankruptcies, chapter 11, chapter eleven, file, files, filing, file for bankruptcy, filing for bankruptcy, relax, relaxing

"I don't think you're getting enough stress."

Artist:
Diffee, Matthew
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CC119224
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stress, stress out, stressed out, stressing out, stressor, stressors, doctor's orders, relax, relaxation, doctor's advice, doctors advice, advice, order, orders, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety, anxieties, medical advice, physician, physicians, doctor, doctors, healthy living

"I suppose one could say that stress is an inescapable part of the human condition."

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
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CC31696
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stress, stresses, stressed out, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, modern life, modern times, worker, workers, working, work life, work-life balance, human condition, human conditions, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, unhappy, unhappiness, inescapable

"I think I'll be more relaxed once my secondary sex characteristics kick in."

Artist:
Smaller, Barbara
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CC36879
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girls, puberty, worry, secondary sex characteristics, sexes, growing up, growth, teenage, teenagers, anxious, anxiety, school, school yard, grown up, advanced, biology

"I want you to take some time off! Relax a little."

Artist:
Booth, George
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CC28865
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stress, stresses, stressing, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, relax, relaxation, relaxing, calm, calm down, calming down, stress ball, freak out, freaking out, time off, vacation, vacations, vacation time, hypocrite, hypocrites, hypocrisy, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, partner, partners, source of stress, mental health, mental health break, mental health breaks

"You know, doctor, right now I'd really prefer if your sense of humor were a tad less self-deprecating."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
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CC122195
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expert, expertise, surgery, surgeries, operation, operations, operate, under the knife, self-deprecating, self-deprecation, unnerve, unnerves, unnerving, upset, upsets, upsetting, surgeon, surgeons, sense of humor, senses of humor, sense of humour, senses of humour, problem, problems, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, bedside manner, manner, manners

"Ever since I gave up coffee I feel a lot less jittery."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
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CC122122
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coffee, coffee drinker, coffee drinkers, coffee addiction, coffee addict, coffee addicts, relax, relaxes, relaxing, soothe the nerves, soothing your nerves, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, day drinker, day drinkers, day drinking, nervous, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, jitter, jitters, jittery, nerve, nerves, nervous, calm down, calms down, calming down, self-medicate, self-medication, self-medicating, martini, martinis, take the edge off, taking the edge off, takes the edge off, cocktail, cocktails, addict, addicts, addiction, addictions, addicting, addictive, manager, managers, management

The Nervous Gourmet:Low-Risk Chicken

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC36314
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"The Langmore Regional High School Inner Debate Team"

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
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CC120725
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student, students, high school, secondary school, high schoolers, high schools, school, schools, school days, debate, debate team, debates, internal, internal conflict, mental, mental conflict, mental debate, mental health, mental illness, conflicted, mental illnesses, word play, play on words, youth, young people, teenager, teen, teenagers, teens, education, educational, blunder years, inner debate, depression, anxiety, anxious, light, light humor, light humour, worry, worried, worrying, worries, fret, frets, fretting, concern, concerned, concerns, concerning, issue, issues, kid, kids, child, children, young adult, young adults