Failures 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

"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

"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

"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

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

Sun crashing into sea foils rescue attempt.

Artist:
Cambon, Michel
Search ID:
CX305100
High Res:
1631x2316 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
desert island, desert islands, marooned, castaway, castaways, rescue, rescues, rescue attempt, rescue attempts, apocalypse, the apocalypse, end of days, the end of days, end of the world, the end of the world, condition red, sos, disappointment, disappointments, let down, let downs, so near yet so far, failure, failures, false hope, modern life, anxiety

All of my hopes and dreams, crushed, served on a bun.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC121313
High Res:
2000x2363 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
hot dog, hot dogs, hot dog stand, hot dog stands, vendor, vendors, street vendor, street vendors, working class, working classes, hopes and dreams, crushed, crushing, street cart, street carts, dirty water hot dog, dirty water hot dogs, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, ambitiousness, fail, fails, failure, failures

"I couldn't find a nail file, like you asked, so I brought you some nail polish and lip gloss instead."

Artist:
Kanin, Zachary
Search ID:
CC134967
High Res:
3006x2453 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
jail, jails, prison, prisons, incarceration, behind bars, imprisoned, prisoner, prisoners, inmate, inmates, convict, convicts, criminal, criminals, crime, punishment, punishments, visitation, visitor, visitors, kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, adult child, adult children, family, families, useless, pointless, unhelpful, foiled, failed, failure, failures, escape, escape plan, escape plans, jailbreak, jailbreaks, prison break, prison breaks, make-up, makeup, make up, nail polish, nail file, nail files, lip gloss, lipstick, lip stick, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, incompetent, incompetents, incompetence, ruined plan, ruined plans, innocent, naive, contraband, smuggling, tool, tools

"I thought I could be a more effective prison reform advocate on the outside."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CX303166
High Res:
4400x3400 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
jail, jails, prison, prisons, incarceration, behind bars, imprisoned, imprisonment, penitentiary, penitentiaries, correctional facility, correctional facilities, prisoner, prisoners, inmate, inmates, convict, convicts, criminal, criminals, crime, punishment, punishments, escaping, escapee, escapees, prison break, prison breaks, jailbreak, jailbreaks, prison reform, advocate, advocates, advocacy, prison guard, prison guards, guard, guards, caught, failed, failure, failures, excuse, excuses

"We planned to go out for a birthday dinner, but he's decided he'd rather celebrate by staying home and obsessing about what he's failed to accomplish over the past forty years."

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC146001
High Res:
5161x5446 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
middle-age, middle age, middle-aged, middle aged, mid-life crisis, midlife crisis, turning 40, over the hill, over-the hill, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting old, getting older, birthday, birthdays, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, depressed, depression, regret, regrets, obsessing, brooding, failure, failures, staying in, staying home, birthday dinner, birthday dinners, disappointment, bitter, lamenting, psychology, mental health

"I guess someone else with three wishes is wishing your three wishes don't come true."

Artist:
Harris, Sidney
Search ID:
NL700238
High Res:
1736x1988 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
wish, wishes, fairy, fairies, fairy godmother, fairy godmothers, three wishes, grant wishes, grants wishes, granting wishes, block, blocks, blocked, blocking, fail, fails, failure, failures, failing, failed, genie, genies, come true, comes true, coming true

"O.K., I'll explain it one more time. Sometimes even very successful careers come to an end, and you have to teach the things you were once paid to do in order to make rent."

Artist:
Katz, Farley
Search ID:
CC134868
High Res:
2970x2298 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
career, careers, career change, career changes, career day, career days, presentation, presentations, fail, fails, failure, failures, downgrade, downgrades, downgrading, wage, wages, cartoons, cartoon character, cartoon characters, superhero, superheroes, comic, comics, comic book, comic books, rent, make rent, makes rent, making rent, celebrity, b-list, c-list

"Well, I guess the bubble has burst over at Phillips Rodny Associates."

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
Search ID:
CC30294
High Res:
2122x1849 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
metaphor, metaphors, burst your bubble, business, businesses, bubble, bubbles, fail, failure, failures, failing, failed, failed business, men, businessmen, businessman, bankrupt, bankruptcy, financial bubble, finance, finances, financial, space, outer space, expression, saying, expressions, sayings, debt, debts, liquidation, liquidated, liquidate, insolvent, insolvency

"Lord knows we're given McCauley enough rope. Why hasn't he hung himself?"

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC46975
High Res:
2275x1537 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
expression, expressions, failure, failures, disappointed, disappointment, disappointments, success, succeed, hang, hung, hanged, boss, bosses, manager, managers, plenty of rope, enough rope, office, offices, businessman, businessmen, business, businesses, executive, executives

Sales Chart

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CX300524
High Res:
1813x1369 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
sales, sales figures, chart, charts, bar chart, bar charts, bar graph, bar graphs, suit, suits, business suit, business suits, colour coordination, colour co-ordination, competition, compete, competes, compare, comparison, comparisons, failed, failure, failures, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, pattern, patterns, mens fashion, mens fashions, men's fashion, men's fashions