Bad News Cartoons

"Worst-case scenario? The renovation goes three years and two million dollars over budget, one of you bludgeons me to death with my own hammer, and you both get the electric chair."

Artist:
Leighton, Robert
Search ID:
CC134379
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3265x2743 pixels (unwatermarked)
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worst case scenario, worst case scenarios, renovation, renovations, renovate, renovator, renovators, construction, remodel, remodels, remodelling, worst case, builder, builders, construction worker, construction workers, bad news, nightmare, nightmares, murder, murders, capital punishment, honest, honesty, blunt

"Hold everything! The P.R. department just sent over this chart."

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
Search ID:
CC123544
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3290x2592 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pr, pr department, p.r., p.r. department, chart, charts, presentation, presentations, business presentation, business presentations, public relationship, downturn, downturns, upswing, bad news, good news, bearer of bad news, messenger, messengers, shoot the messenger, shooting the messengers

"And, while there's no reason yet to panic, I think it only prudent that we make preparations to panic."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC33288
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3390x2380 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, boardrooms, bad news, panic, panics, panicking, frighten, frightens, frightening, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, preparation, preparations, make preparations, makes preparations, making preparations, foresight, look ahead, looking ahead, profit decline, profit declines, profits declining, prudent, long term, future, futures, mankoff

"O.K., I'm sitting. What is it?"

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
Search ID:
CC40042
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1976x1326 pixels (unwatermarked)
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sit, sits, sitting, trick, tricks, dog, dogs, dog trick, dog tricks, emergency, emergencies, emergency phone call, emergency phone calls, sit down, sitting downs, phone call, phone calls, obedience, obedient, obedience training, bad news, bearer of bad news, message, messages, messenger, messengers, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers

"We're still the same, great company we've always been, only we've ceased to exist."

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC128383
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4870x4000 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
close, closes, closing, closure, closures, bad news, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, bankrupt, bankruptcy, bankruptcies, shutdown, shutdowns, shutting down, positive spin, spin, spins, spinning, spin doctor, spin doctors, reassurance, reassurances, reassuring, identity, corporation, corporations, company, companies, small business, small businesses, out of business, going out of business, corporate culture

"I'm afraid I've got some bad news."

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC36777
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2481x1997 pixels (unwatermarked)
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halloween, bad news, bearer of bad news, pumpkin, pumpkins, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lanterns, decoration, decorations, halloween decoration, halloween decorations, dentist, dentists, dentistry, oral hygiene, oral health, pull a tooth, pulling a tooth, pulling teeth

"You made that diagnosis just to be mean."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC121778
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3500x2896 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, medicine, medical, consultation, consult, examination, appointment, diagnose, diagnosis, ill, illness, disease, sick, sickness, patient, patients, fake, false, made-up, health, made up, made up, make-believe, jerk, nasty, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news

"Remember how I said I was happiest when we had nothing?"

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC41225
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2000x1800 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
fired, firing, firings, bad news, breaking bad news, breaking news, laid off, layoff, layoffs, messenger, messengers, shoot the messenger, shoots the messenger, shooting the messenger, lost job, lost jobs, positive outlook, optimist, optimists, optimistic, happy, happiness, bearer of bad news

Surprise Party

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC28658
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2945x2223 pixels (unwatermarked)
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surprise, surprises, bad news, ugly surprise, ugly surprises, pregnant, pregnancy, fail, fails, failing, failure, failures, cancer, malignant, malignancy, divorce, divorces, surprise party, surprise parties, birthday party, birthday parties, flunk, flunks, fired, firing, firings, unexpected, news, shock, shocks, shocking, surprising, unfortunate

"We find pizza softens the blow of bad news."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC125601
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2902x3154 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bad, bad news, bearer of bad news, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, hospital, hospitals, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, death, dead, black humor, black humour, comfort food, comforting, comfort, food, pizza, pizzas, dark humor, dark humour, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, died, dying, terminal, terminal illness, medical, medicine

The News Cycle

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC133907
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4625x4941 pixels (unwatermarked)
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news cycle, news cycles, bad news, tv news, television news, 24 hour news, acceptance, accept, accepts, accepting, cycle, depression, depress, depressing, hopeless, hopelessness, cyclical, journalism, journalist, journalists

"Will he ever be able to produce revenue again?"

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC29668
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2051x2011 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, intensive care, waiting room, waiting rooms, waiting area, medical, medicine, near death, seriously injured, death, family, marriage, married life, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, wife, wives, husband, husbands, income, money, salary, revenue, employment, job, work, career, greed, greedy, selfish, gold digger, gold diggers, good news, bad news

The All-Crisis Network

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC126325
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3010x5761 pixels (unwatermarked)
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crisis, crises, bad news, 24 hour news, news cycle, news cycles, 24 hour news cycle, tv news, news network, news networks, cable news, news show, news shows, trainwreck, trainwrecks, train wreck, train wrecks, media, mainstream media, media focus

"I've finally learned not to measure my worth by how many employees I have."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC129585
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3004x2983 pixels (unwatermarked)
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self-esteem, self-esteem issue, self-esteem issues, employee, employees, ceo, ceos, executive, executives, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, chief executive, chief executives, upper management, upper manager, upper managers, self-worth, materialist, materialists, materialism, net worth, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, lay-off, lay-offs, bad news, breaking bad news, break bad news, bearer of bad news, mass layoffs, wealthy, rich, riches, rich person, rich people

"The good news is that you will have a healthy baby girl. The bad news is that she is a congenital liar."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC32714
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in vitro, in vitro test, in vitro testing, pregnancy, pregnancies, pegnant, liar, liars, impuslive liar, impulsive liars, congenital, congenital liar, congenital liars, genetic illness, genetic illnesses, genetics, diagnosis, ob-gyn, ob-gyns, obstetrician, obstetricians, gynecologist, gynecologists, parent, parents, parenting, baby girl, baby girls, lie, liar, liars, fib, fibs, fibbing, bad news, diagnosis, diagnoses

"He's going to be O.K., but he still wants you to remarry."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC133339
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2895x2755 pixels (unwatermarked)
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marriage, married life, married, divorce, divorced, divorcing, marital, breakup, break up, breakups, break ups, break-up, break-ups, hospital, hospitals, medical, emergency, emergencies, life changing event, waiting room, waiting rooms, remarry, worse than breaking up by text, illness, ill, sick, sickness, doctor, doctors, surgery, surgeons, intensive care, health care, side effect, side effects, recovery, recovering, recover, bearer of bad news, good news and bad news, good news, bad news

"Here's a late bulletin. Wendy and I have been fired, so we'll just say goodbye and God bless."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC35592
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2000x2545 pixels (unwatermarked)
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fired, firing, firings, news anchor, news anchors, news reader, news readers, late bulletin, late bulletins, headline news, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, humiliate, humiliates, humiliating, humiliation, humiliations, local news, fund, funds, funding, public shame, public firing, public firings, sign off, signs off, signing off, layoff, layoffs, laid off, bad news, unfortunate news

"Hank, when you're finished firing this gentleman I have some rather unfortunate news for you as well."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC32907
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1767x1949 pixels (unwatermarked)
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fire, fires, firing, layoff, layoffs, mass layoff, mass layoffs, mass firing, mass firing, job, jobs, job loss, job losses, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporation, corporations, megacorporation, megacorporations, bad news, breaking bad news, messenger, messengers, shoot the messenger, shooting the messenger, upper management

"I'm afraid Mr. Bickles has some bad news."

Artist:
Diffee, Matthew
Search ID:
CC125454
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3759x4140 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bearer of bad news, bad news, deliver bad news, delivering bad news, puppet, puppets, puppetry, marionette, marionettes, ventriloquist, ventriloquists, ventriloquism, handpuppet, hand puppet, hand puppets, diagnosis, diagnoses, cancer, cancer diagnosis, inappropriate

"Well, Phil, after years of vague complaints and imaginary ailments, we finally have something to work with."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC16887
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3624x2696 pixels (unwatermarked)
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optimism, psychology, hypochondria, doctors, medical, hypochondriac, hypochondriac, bad news, deliver bad news, delivers bad news, delivering bad news, diagnosis, diagnoses, bedside manner, doctor, physician, physicians, imaginary, illness, illnesses, sickness, sicknesses, disease, diseases, paranoid, paranoia, paranoiac, paranoiacs, symptom, symptoms, vague symptom, vague symptoms, mankoff

"Tag! Your salary's frozen."

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC39456
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2069x1589 pixels (unwatermarked)
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salary, salaries, wage, wages, freeze, freezes, frozen, salary freeze, salary freezes, wage freeze, wage freezes, ta g, tags, game of tag, executives, bad news, deliver, delivers, delivering, game, games, corporate culture, corporation, corporations, big corporation, big corporations

"Your father and I want to explain why we've decided to live apart."

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC31991
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3620x3221 pixels (unwatermarked)
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live apart, lives apart, living apart, separate, separates, separating, separation, separations, divorce, divorces, bad news, break bad news, breaking bad news, child, children, large family, large families, big familiy, big families, rodent, rodents, mouse, mice, rat, rats, family meeting, family meetings

"Bummer Magazine"

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC29870
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1556x2136 pixels (unwatermarked)
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failure, disappointment, money, adultery, bummer, bummers, bum out, bums out, bumming out, concern, concerns, paranoia, paranoiac, paranoiacs, cheat, cheats, cheating, cheater, cheaters, unfaithful, spouse, spouses, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, hot dog, hot dogs, sausage, sausages, how hot dogs are made, how sausages are made, bad news, fear, fears, fearful

"Bad news, good news, sweetheart - the court rejected your appeal, but the networks are fighting to option it."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC24909
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3393x2561 pixels (unwatermarked)
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media, television, law, legal, lawyers, entertainment, network, networks, appeal, appeals, reject, rejects, rejection, rejections, good news, bad news, tv show, tv shows, tv series, tv series, real life story, real life stories, biopic, biopics, mankoff

"You're sicker than I think."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC23777
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3007x2509 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
medical, doctors, fitness, language, clichés, cliche, sick, sickness, ill, illness, terminal illness, terminal illnesses, diagnosis, diagnosing, disease, diseases, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, family doctor, family doctors, bad news, break bad news, breaks bad news, breaking bad news, mankoff