Confusion Cartoons

"It's plotted out. I just have to write it."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC32967
High Res:
2846x2550 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
plot, plots, plotted out, plotting, writer, writers, writing, note, notes, notecard, notecards, note card, note cards, card, cards, author, authors, writing process, writing processes, write, writes, writer's block, writers block, confused, confusion, confusing, circuitous

"I'd just like to know what in hell is happening, that's all! I'd like to know what in hell is happening! Do you know what in hell is happening?"

Artist:
Booth, George
Search ID:
CC40976
High Res:
2406x2086 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
angry, anger, temper, age, disappointment, disappointed, confused, angered, angers, old, retirement, newspapers, news, headlines, controversy, controversial, confusion, disbelief, outrage, outraged, old age, grandparent, grumpy, tetchy, testy, irritable, irritated

How Grandma Sees the Remote

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC124897
High Res:
5517x7530 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
grandma, grandmas, grandmother, grandmothers, remote, remote control, remote controls, technology, technological device, newfangled, newfangled technology, newfangled technologies, luddite, luddites, confused, confusion, fear, fears, fearful, old people, old age, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens

"I always forget - is it Kirsten or Kristin?"

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC121645
High Res:
4000x3024 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
couple, couples, caveman, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, name, names, forget, forgets, forgetting, faux pas, similar, similarity, confuse, confusing, confuses, confusion, memory, bad memory, forgettable, small talk, introduction, introductions, introduce, introducing, mutual friend, mutual friends, friendship, friendships

"I don't know, Doc, a man can 'spring forward' and 'fall back' just so many times."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC28759
High Res:
3086x2776 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
medical, doctors, fall back, falls back, spring forward, spring forwards, daylight savings, daylight saving, daylight saving time, daylight savings time, time change, time changes, confused, confusion, confusions, confuse, mix up, mixed up, mixing up, mankoff

"You've got the damn thing on inside out!"

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
Search ID:
CC132931
High Res:
2985x2500 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
penguin, penguins, clothes, inside out, antarctic, arctic, bird, antarctica, confusion, accident, ice, sea ice, snow, flightless, flightless bird, birds, reversal, reversal, negative, negatives, photo negative, photo negatives

"Somehow, in all the confusion, I aged."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC41059
High Res:
2846x2181 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
age, aging, unintentional, aged, growing old, older, old, old age, middle age, intentions, confused, confusion, time, times, chat, chatting, friend, friends, unexpected, unanticipated, surprised, regret, regrets

"I don't tell you how to do your job—don't tell me how to do mine!"

Artist:
Dator, Joe
Search ID:
CC134907
High Res:
2986x3092 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
taxi, taxis, cab, cabs, taxi cab, taxi cabs, taxi driver, taxi drivers, cab driver, cab drivers, cabbie, cabbies, taxi man, driver, drivers, drive, drives, automobile, automobile, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, transport, transportation, lost, confused, confusion, wrong way, mistake, mistakes, backseat driver, backseat drivers, back-seat driver, back-seat drivers, driving, nag, passenger, passengers, forest, directions, direction

Introducing the 1040 - F.I.* Form (*The tax return for the financially incompetent.)

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC29699
High Res:
2199x2374 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
tax, tax season, tax form, tax forms, taxes, confusing, confusion, taxes, financially incompetent, file taxes, filing taxes, tax return, tax returns, accounting, personal accountant, personal accountants, incompetent, incompetence, irresponsible

"Objection, Your Honor! The prosecution is combining dog years and people years in a callous and deliberate attempt to confuse the witness."

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC29643
High Res:
2164x1809 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
objection, objections, prosecution, prosecutions, dog years, prosecutor, prosecutors, prosecuting, confusion, create confusion, creating confusion, confuse, witness, witnesses, attorney, attorneys, lawyer, lawyers, obfuscate, obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscation, stonewall, stonewalls, stonewalling, measure of time, measures of time

A man's boss gives him a command and then the man forgets what it was immediately.

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC131190
High Res:
5700x4406 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
mental images, punctuation, exclamation marks, question marks, bosses, confused, confusion, employees, instructions, directions, orders, speech, forget, forgets, forgetting, forgetful, question, questions, questioning, memory, bad memory, faulty memory, delayed response, delayed responses, clarification, clarifications, clarify, clarifies, too late, mankoff

Pyrrhic Victory

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC131531
High Res:
2931x4288 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
confused, confusion, confusing, confuses, old, older, old people, elder, elderly, elderly couple, couple, couples, married, marriage, married life, argue, argues, argument, arguments, argumentative, arguing, pyrrhic, wife, wives, husband, husbands, pyrrhic victory, senile, senility

"Forward and backward, not up and down!"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC137328
High Res:
2988x2662 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
child, children, kid, kids, boy, boys, girl, girls, play, playing, playground, playgrounds, park, parks, swing, swings, swinging, playset, playsets, play set, play set, playing outside, up, down, forward, backward, bounce, bouncing, doing it wrong, wrong way, confused, confusion, creative, creativity, innovation

Trump Comes Clean: "Just a Joke, Folks"

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC143054
High Res:
3088x4131 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
trump, president trump, donald trump, president donald trump, president, presidential run, presidential runs, presidential election, presidential elections, april fool, april fools, april fool's day, joke, jokes, prank, pranks, pranking, unqualified, qualification, qualifications, put-on, put-ons, putting on, confused, confusion, apology, apologies, gullible, gullibility, headline, headlines, newspaper headline, newspaper headlines

Man in a desert looks up to see a sand timer sprinkling sand below.

Artist:
Galindo, Felipe
Search ID:
CC131082
High Res:
3570x4176 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
desert, deserts, lost, sahara, timer, time, timers, sand, sands, dune, dunes, sand dune, sand dunes, wander, wandering, wanders, sand time, sand clock, hourglass, hourglasses, hour glass, hour glasses, confusing, confusion, confused, origin, original, sahara desert

"I'm poison oak. I'm pretty sure I'm poison oak.... Or is that poison oak?"

Artist:
Toro, Tom
Search ID:
CC140862
High Res:
4750x3540 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
poison oak, poison ivy, plant, plants, identification, id, iding, identifying, hike, hikes, hiking, hiker, hikers, botany, botanist, botanists, uncertain, uncertainty, woods, forest, walk, walks, walking, confused, confusion, toxic, poison, poisons, poisonous plant, poisonous plants, rash, rashes, identity crisis, identity crises, identity

"Hey! I was looking all over for you. You have the wrong piece of paper."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC134334
High Res:
2975x2384 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
paper, papers, confused, confusion, mix, mix up, mix-up, similar, capitalism, worker, workers, capitalist, pointless, nihilism, nihilist, aimless, search, searching, office workers, office, work, workers, look, looking, searched, wrong, mistake, mistakes, error, errors, muddle, muddled up, muddled

"I'm confused now. Was Shakespeare somebody else or was somebody else Shakespeare?"

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC43961
High Res:
2832x2100 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
shakespeare, william shakespeare, confused, cocktail party, cocktail parties, somebody else, language, authors, author, book party, book parties, confusion, playwright, playwrights, mixed-up, identity, identities, mankoff

The Guy Who Mixed Up His To-Do List And His Bucket List

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC140191
High Res:
4750x4444 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
death, dead, dying, die, died, dies, age, aged, ageing, aging, forget, forgetful, forgetfulness, confused, confusion, confuse, confuses, list, lists, absent minded, absent-minded, absentminded, absent mindedness, absent-mindedness, elder, elderly, old, older, bucket list, todo, to-do

"I'm glad this case could be settled out of context."

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC138321
High Res:
4646x2771 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
settle, settlement, settles, settlements, settling, settles, out of court, out-of-court, out of context, out-of-context, confuse, confusion, play on words, playing on words, judge, judges, law, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, nature, natural, wilderness, country, rural, out of court settlement, attorney, attorneys, sue, suing

"Something light and fluffy."

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC38398
High Res:
2142x2088 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
travel, travelling, cruise, cruises, elderly, elderly couples, couple, order, ordering, orders, vacation, vacations, travels, holiday, holidays, summer, summers, cake, food, foods, confused, confusion, mixed up, age, aged, retirement, retirees

"I knew he was lost the moment we left the water."

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC34833
High Res:
2056x2788 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
animal, animals, fish, talking animal, talking animals, lost, off-course, confused, confusion, direction, directions, mistake, mistakes, wrong turn, wrong, school of fish, follow, followers, follower, leader, leaders, moon, space, outer space, water, fish out of water

"There's gotta be an easier way to get candy from a baby."

Artist:
Kanin, Zachary
Search ID:
CC123944
High Res:
3064x2508 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
candy from a baby, surgery, surgeons, operations, operation, operating, expression, expressions, theft, thief, thieves, steal, stealing, rob, robber, robbers, robbing, baby, babies, infant, infants, operating table, operating theater, operating theatre, candy, candy bar, candy bars, sweet, sweets, confectionery, idiom, idioms, misinterpretation, ease, easy, misunderstanding, mix-up, mix up, confused, confusion

"I get confused. When someone says, 'have you no shame?', is the proper answer 'yes' or 'no'?"

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CX302630
High Res:
4400x3400 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
alcohol, booze, bar, bars, pub, pubs, beer, beers, cocktail, cocktails, drink, drinks, drinker, drinkers, drinking, drunk, drunks, bartender, bartenders, alcoholic, alcoholics, have you no shame, shame, shameful, ashamed, confused, confusion, tricky question, tricky questions, trick question, trick questions, rhetorical question, rhetorical questions

"To be clear, I said I want your 'A' game, not your 'Eh?' game."

Artist:
Toro, Tom
Search ID:
CC140380
High Res:
6060x4860 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
a game, football, footballers, american football, american footballers, football players, coach, coaching, motivate, motivation, motivates, motivating, bring your a game, a game, unperformed, underperform, underperforming, effort, mediocre, mediocrity, push, pushing, inspire, inspiring, rally, rallying, confusion, homophones, coached, plan, planning, tactic, tactics, strategy, strategies