Giving Up Cartoons

"Half Empty. Half Empty. Half Empty-"

Artist:
Mueller, P. S.
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"Your editor wants to know if you have enough flexibility to just give up."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
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"What do you want to be when you give up?"

Artist:
Dator, Joe
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"The reason I'm singing the national anthem, Steve, is that I'm signing off now."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
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"Come back—I can change!"

Artist:
Bliss, Harry
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, unhappy relationship, unhappy relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, girlfriend, girlfriend, boyfriend, boyfriends, partner, partners, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, divorce, divorces, divorcing, split, splits, splitting, separation, separations, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, leaving, giving up, rock, rocks, boulder, boulders, stone, stones, change, changes, changing, i can change, come back, return, pleading, begging, convincing, geology, geologist, geologists, science, unchanging, set in stone, rigid, fixed, set in their ways, stubborn, inflexible, obstinate

"We found we really missed going to the theatre and eating in nice restaurants, so we gave our kids away."

Artist:
Sipress, David
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CC43360
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"If, every time I say something, you say 'tell me something I don't already know' I'm just going to stop talking to you."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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god, gods, deity, deities, annoying, annoyed, annoyance, annoyances, insult, insults, impossible, impossibility, tell me something i dont already know.difficult people, difficult person, unfair, give up, given up, giving up, fed up, omniscient

"I can tell you're just hate-agreeing with me."

Artist:
Dator, Joe
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"My attorney feels it's unwise for me to continue to represent you."

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
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"'Well done' lulled him into complacency."

Artist:
Booth, George
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Then on the Eighth Day

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
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Two pictures of a crossword puzzle; one, labeled "Before", that is empty and one, labeled "After", that is a complete filled-in black square.

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
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"I, for one, have had it with arugala."

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
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"Your mother and I are feeling overwhelmed, so you'll have to bring yourselves up."

Artist:
Sipress, David
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"Screw it. I'm endangered anyways."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
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"I'm thinking about letting myself get old."

Artist:
Warp, Kim
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"Hello, I'm the bluebird of quiet resignation."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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"Well, we gave up on those chopsticks pretty quickly didn't we?"

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
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"Have it your way- I'm happier than you are."

Artist:
Roberts, Victoria
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"I don't care who's naughty or nice anymore-I only keep track of who's crossed me."

Artist:
Kanin, Zachary
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"You can wrap it up in a pretty package, but it's still life."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
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"The parking is terrible, so we decided to never do anything again."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
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"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

Artist:
Kurzweil, Amy
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"When I married your father, I stopped reading."

Artist:
Roberts, Victoria
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