Failure Cartoons

"It's not enough that we succeed. Cats must also fail."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC35538
High Res:
2037x1805 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
cat, cats, dog, dogs, enemy, enemies, natural enemies, success, successes, vindictive, vindictiveness, petty, pettiness, revenge, avenge, get revenge, getting revenge, schadenfreude, fail, fails, failure, failures, zero sum, zero sum game, zero sum games

"A banker, eh? Can you make a living at that?"

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC125665
High Res:
4624x3712 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
mortgage, crisis, finance, money, financial crisis, 2008, sub-prime loans, failure, bailout, housing crisis, cocktail parties, artists, cartoonists, money, broke, financial crunch, financial crunches, credit default swap, credit default swaps, make a living, making a living, mankoff

"I was against Russo-Disneyland from the start."

Artist:
Noth, Paul
Search ID:
CC132988
High Res:
2985x2287 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
russia, russian winter, theme park, theme parks, 1812, moscow, napoleon, failure, failed ventures, failed venture, ambition, over ambitious, bad ideas, bad idea, over ambitious, over ambition, hubris, grand army, retreat, retreating, told you so

"We'll double our chances of recovery if we buy two lottery tickets."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC121856
High Res:
3500x2777 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
recovery, economic recovery, chance, chances, lotto ticket, lotto tickets, lottery ticket, lottery tickets, fail, fails, failure, failures, failing business, failing businesses, profit, profits, falling profit, falling profits, demand, shrinking market, shrinking markets, demand curve, lower, lowers, lowering, lowered

Surprise Party

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC28658
High Res:
2945x2223 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
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

"An interesting selection, Dad, yet essentially a failure-as you can see, I'm still awake."

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
Search ID:
CC43365
High Res:
1940x1640 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
story, stories, bedtime story, bedtime stories, failure, failures, sleep, sleeps, sleeping, critique, critiques, critic, critics, harsh critic, harsh critics, daughter, daughters, child, childhood, insomnia, insomniac, insomniacs, soporific, sleep-inducing

Ed's Restaurant - Closed. Get Over It

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC22434
High Res:
1267x1093 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
sign, signs, signage, door sign, closure, closed, close, fails, fail, failed, failure, failures, bankrupt, bankruptcy, economy, economic, recession, small business, small businesses, dining, diner, diners, restaurants, restaurant, shut down, shut-down, shutdown, food, eating, eatery, cafe, rude, rudeness, frank, frankness, brusque, school of hard knocks, hard knocks, service, service industry, catering

"I thought he was a genius, but now I find out that he was self-proclaimed."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC135326
High Res:
2806x2217 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
executive, executives, business, businessmen, businessman, businesses, office, offices, corporate, corporations, corporation, work, workers, working, working world, market, marketing, markets, profit, profit boost, profits, profitable, profitability, train, training, trained, trainer, genius, geniuses, resume, resumes, ego, egotist, egotistical, failure, failed, failures, recoup, recouping, trust, trusting, trustworthy, reliable, rely, relying, running away, run away, runaway

Godzilla vs. The Angry Movie Executives

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC39764
High Res:
1952x2666 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
godzilla, kaiju, kaijus, monster, monsters, giant monster, giant monsters, battles, talking animal, talking animals, actor, actors, big budget, budget, exec, executive, executives, movie, movies, film, films, cinema, cinemas, box office, flop, box office flop, box-office, entertainment, failure, failed, battle, battled, argue, argued, antagonise, antagonise, threaten, threatened, versus, vs, anthro, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, hollywood, director, directors, producer, producers, sales, profit, profits, overwhelm, overwhelmed, gang up, ganged up

"Pendleton, as of noon today your services will no longer be required. Meanwhile, keep up the good work."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC22831
High Res:
2864x2053 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
business, personnel, executives, management, psychology, failure, downsizing, firing, economy, money, financial, downsize, downsizes, restructure, restructures, restructuring, firings, layoff, layoffs, mass layoff, mass layoffs, worker, workers, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, employee, employees, corporate drone, corporate drones, mankoff

"Bummer Magazine"

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC29870
High Res:
1556x2136 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
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

"We're going to have to start drafting people."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC123548
High Res:
3290x3959 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
volunteer, volunteers, army, arms, armies, military, militaries, recruit, recruits, army draft, military draft, conscription, national service, conscripted, campaign, campaigns, militarize, militarise, soldier, soldiers, enlist, enlisting, draft, drafting, forced draft, war, wars, battle, battles, march, marching, napoleon, france, french, manpower, under-supplied, under supplied, force, forced, fail, failed, failure, tactic, tactics, napoleonic wars

"We're going to have to start drafting people."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC123548
High Res:
3290x4676 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
volunteer, volunteers, army, arms, armies, military, militaries, recruit, recruits, army draft, military draft, conscription, national service, conscripted, campaign, campaigns, militarize, militarise, soldier, soldiers, enlist, enlisting, draft, drafting, forced draft, war, wars, battle, battles, march, marching, napoleon, france, french, manpower, under-supplied, under supplied, force, forced, fail, failed, failure, tactic, tactics, napoleonic wars

"So far, all my internships have just segued to other internships."

Artist:
Smaller, Barbara
Search ID:
CC138485
High Res:
4486x2775 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
intern, interns, internship, internships, unpaid, career, careers, career path, career counsellor, career counsellors, career counselor, career counselors, apprentice, apprentices, dead end, job, jobs, work, working, worker, workers, office drone, office drones, unrewarding, failure, failures, fired, firing, firings

Crash-test dummy alien in crashed UFO

Artist:
Gross, Sam
Search ID:
CC123712
High Res:
4531x3118 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
crash-test dummy, crash-test dummies, crash test dummy, crash test dummies, dummy, dummies, test, tester, testers, safety, protection, testing, crash, crashes, accident, accidents, alien, aliens, martian, martians, science fiction, ufo, u.f.o., ufos, spaceship, spaceships, space, outer space, crash-landing, crash-landings, crash landing, crash landings, safety test, safety tests, safety testing, fail, failure, failures, human, humans, dog, dogs, walking the dog

"Daddy, I want to come home."

Artist:
O'Brien, John
Search ID:
CC31242
High Res:
3413x2374 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
hey diddle diddle, the dish and the spoon, dish and spoon, couple, couples, young couple, young couples, elope, elopement, runaway, runaways, break up, break ups, split up, split ups, break-up, break-ups, split-up, split-ups, abandoned, abandon, hitchhike, hitchhiker, hitchhikers, hitchhiking, failed relationship, failed relationship, run off, let down, let-downs, disappointment, failure

"I'm sorry, I guess they just wanted it more."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CX301949
High Res:
4400x3400 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, legal system, justice system, law, laws, legal, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, defence, defense, defendant, defendants, client, clients, losing, loser, losers, falling short, failure, failures, failed, apologising, apologizing, apology, apologies

"By God, you're not a man who's afraid to fail."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CX303855
High Res:
5692x4510 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, personnel, hr, h.r., human resources, recruitment, recruiter, recruiters, applicant, applicants, candidate, candidates, cv, c.v., curriculum vitae, resume, resumes, job, jobs, hiring, failure, failures, incompetent, incompetents, incompetence

"Can I buy you a drink? And then if things don't work out between us you can pay me back?"

Artist:
Kanin, Zachary
Search ID:
CC139995
High Res:
2979x2303 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
bar, bars, pub, pubs, patron, patrons, customer, customers, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, liquor, booze, flirting, pick-up line, pick-up lines, pickup line, pickup lines, pick up line, pick up lines, picking up, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, dating, date, dates, fail, fails, failure, split, splits, separation, separations, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, pay back, return, money, cheap, frugal, stingy, cheapskate, cheapskates

Flopsy wakes up one day and suddenly realizes why she never succeeded at anything.

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC133467
High Res:
4660x3276 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
flopsy, rabbit, rabbits, easter, easter bunny, easter bunnies, name, names, namesake, namesakes, flop, flops, flopping, what's in a name, whats in a name, succeed, succeeds, succeeding, success, unsuccessful, blame, blames, blaming, blame game, blame games, fate, fated, failure, failures, fail, fails, failing, career, careers, career arc, career arcs

"On the other hand, we've had a lot of wonderful years in the tourist business."

Artist:
Stevenson, James
Search ID:
CC38920
High Res:
2233x1929 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
business failure, business failures, fail, fails, failure, failures, tour, tours, tourist, tourists, tourism, broken business, closing down, closed, disaster, disasters, business, businesses, business partner, business partners

"Now what?"

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
Search ID:
CC124318
High Res:
4617x2879 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
ice age, the ice age, caveman, cavemen, cave dweller, cave dwellers, early man, the stone age, neanderthal, neanderthal, prehistory, mammoth, mammoths, woolly mammoth, woolly, mammoths, incompetent, incompetence, failure, failures, miscalculation, miscalculation s, underestimate, underestimation, hunting, hunter, hunters

"Bad dog!"

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
Search ID:
CC33425
High Res:
1962x1721 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
dog, dogs, puppy, puppies, pet dog, pet dogs, dog lover, dog lovers, pet, pets, dog owner, dog owners, mans best friend, man's best friend, disappointment, disappointments, bad relationship, bad relationships, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, bad dog, bad dogs, lazy, laziness, layabout, layabouts, failure, failures

"Sorry folks-it's not what you ordered, but everyone is getting fettucine until we fix the computer."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC22216
High Res:
1525x1207 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
restaurant, restaurants, eating out, dining out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, pasta, fettuccine, order, orders, ordering, pos system, pos systems, point of sale, system, systems, system failure, problem, problems, computer, computers, issue, issues, cooking, serving, kitchen, kitchens, chef, chefs, failure, failures, modern life, restaurant problems, restaurant issues, technology