History Cartoons

"We are neither hunters nor gatherers. We are accountants."

Artist:
Gross, Sam
Search ID:
CC24873
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2389x1788 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, accounting, money, history, stone age, hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers, hunting and gathering, caveman, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, accountant, accountants, money manager, money managers, accounts receivable, accounts payable

"I'll be performing the operation, and this is the anesthesiologist."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
Search ID:
CC124814
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9790x7550 pixels (unwatermarked)
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medicine, medical, doctor, doctors, anaesthesiology, anaesthesiologist, anaesthesiologists, operation, operations, surgery, surgeries, unconscious, club, clubs, hit, knock out, knocked out, knock-out, knocked-out, put to sleep, patient, patients, prehistoric, cavemen, caveman, cave, caves, history, prehistory, ancient

Inside One's Memory Bank

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC40938
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2503x3163 pixels (unwatermarked)
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memory banks, memory bank, memory, memories, middle-age, middle-aged, middle aged, middle age, old age, brain, brains, ageing, aging, science, medicine, doctors, history, fax machines, wood chips, heads, brainpower, knowledge, new knowledge, learning curve, learning curves, neurologist, neurologists, neurology

"Why can't you be more like little Hester Prynne? She's getting straight A's."

Artist:
Gross, Sam
Search ID:
CC39715
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1996x2216 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
hawthorne, nathaniel hawthorne, adultery, report cards, report card, grade, grades, bad grade, bad grades, english teacher, english teachers, teacher, teachers, literature, american literature, american lit, schools, the scarlet letter, puritans, education, children, parents, lust, history, olden days, puritan, adulterer, adulterers, jealous, jealousy, high standards, ambitious, ambitiousness, ambition, ambitions

"O.K., the third of July is out. How about the fourth?"

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC32987
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1391x1916 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
america, american, us, united states, american history, history, declaration of independence, independence day, fourth of july, 4th of july, holiday, holidays, celebrate, celebration, celebrations, founding fathers, scheduling, timetable, timetables, making a timetable, choosing a date, deciding on a date, difficult decisions, signing, signature, signatures, government, american government, politics, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, john adams

"We'll start out by speaking in simple declarative sentences."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC123995
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3691x4173 pixels (unwatermarked)
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language, languages, linguistic, linguistics, education, educate, educating, teach, teaching, history, historic, historical, learn, learning, speak, speaking, oral history, stone age, stone ages, iron age, iron ages, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo erectus, homo sapien, homo sapiens, caveman, cavemen, cave man, cave men, cave-man, cave-men, prehistory, prehistoric, cave, caves, declarative, simple, simplicity, complicate, complicated, complex, progress, progression, progressions, progressive

"Those who do not learn from the future are destined to make mistakes in it."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC36854
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2156x1943 pixels (unwatermarked)
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future, learn, learns, learning, learn from the past, those who do not learn from history, learning from history, history, history major, history majors, futurist, futurists, futurism, prediction, predictions, predict, predicting, mistake, mistakes, accident, accidents, lesson, lessons, life lesson, life lessons, professor, professors

The Brief collaboration Alfred Nobel And Thomas Edison

Artist:
Harris, Sidney
Search ID:
CC35248
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3277x2568 pixels (unwatermarked)
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alfred nobel, nobel, dynamite, gelignite, edison, thomas edison, blow up, detonate, detonating, science, invent, inventions, scientists, inventors, experiment, experiment, experiments, experimenting, collaboration, absurd, combine, combining, unrealistic, blow-up, bulb, light bulb, light-bulb, history, industrial revolution

"Thanks, guys. Looks great!"

Artist:
Twohy, Mike
Search ID:
CC28996
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2349x1817 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pyramids, pyramid, ancient pyramids, ancient pyramid, pyramid of giza, pyramids of giza, great pyramid of giza, great pyramids of giza, egyptians, egypt, ancient egypt, egyptian, slave, slaves, slavery, understatement, understated, slaver, slave driver, construction, construct, constructs, thank, thanking, thanks, building, build, consolation, history, old, historical, ancient, ancients, egyptology, egyptologist, egyptologists, pharaoh, pharaohs

"Our goal is to modernize it but retain the historical flavor."

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC35964
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4435x2957 pixels (unwatermarked)
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greece, rome, roman empire, greek, parthenon, history, historical flavor, remodernize, remodernization, remodernise, remodernising, remodernisation, modernise, modernising, modernize, modernizing, american, american influence, fix, fixes, fix up, fixes up, ruin, ruins, remodel, remodels, remodels, miss the point, missing the point, bottom line, architecture

"I get it!"

Artist:
Gross, Sam
Search ID:
CC27864
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2945x2097 pixels (unwatermarked)
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science, pseudo, animals, history, olden days, ancient, space, cat, cats, stonehenge, ancient technology, ancient technologies, wonder of the world, wonders of the world, druid, druids, pretend, pretends, pretending, pretender, pretenders, enlightenment, enlightened, get it, gets it, getting it, understanding, intelligence, animal intelligence

Romulus (left) and Remus

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC35344
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1987x1704 pixels (unwatermarked)
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romulus, remus, twin, twins, identical, identical twins, mother, portrait, mom, mothers, mum, wolf, wolves, raised by wolves, rome, roman, founder of rome, romans, first, founding of rome, founding, founder, city of rome, she-wolf, capitoline wolf, romulus and remus, myths, legends, myth, legend, history

"That's him—the one on the right."

Artist:
Hoey, Trevor
Search ID:
CC134436
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3016x2505 pixels (unwatermarked)
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evolve, evolved, evolves, evolution, evolutionary, line up, line-up, police lineup, lineup, police, policeman, cop, cops, police man, officer, officers, police officer, ape, apes, monkey, monkeys, prehistory, prehistoric, history, historical, science, theory, theory of evolution, darwin, darwinism, creation, creationism

"All I'm getting out of him is a lot of profanity."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC41448
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2000x1901 pixels (unwatermarked)
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torture, tortures, torturing, torturer, tortured, medieval, medieval times, history, historical, historically, profanity, swearing, swear, bad language, bad word, unlawful, unfair, unfairly, bad words, won't talk, lips are sealed, dungeon, dungeons, prison, prisons, prisoner, prisoners, manacles, chain, chained, hot poker, torture device, torture devices, what do you expect, violence, violent

"It's nice, but I never smile like that. I smile like this."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC22417
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1102x1506 pixels (unwatermarked)
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smile, smiling, mona lisa, monalisa, monna lisa, portrait, painting, portraits, paint, paints, italian renaissance, renaissance, italian, da vinci, leonardo da vinci, leonardo, louvre, contrast, contrasting, unrealistic, art, artist, artists, oil painting, lisa gherardini, florence, italy, italian, italians, grin, grinning, history, historical, duchy of florence, italy

"By the time we got there, all we wanted to do was raid their kitchen."

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC133032
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4603x2770 pixels (unwatermarked)
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knight, knights, soldier, soldiers, army, cavalry, horse, horses, armour, armor, commander, commander, captain, captains, spear, spears, weapon, weapons, stab, impale, medieval, history, raid, pillage, plunder, attack, kitchen, kitchens, food, eat, eating, steal, stole, stolen, hunger, hungry, starve, starving

"First of all, I would like to express my gratefulness to all those wonderful ancestors of mine who helped to make this glorious day possible."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC41989
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1849x1797 pixels (unwatermarked)
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crown, crowning, king, kings, monarch, monarchs, coronation, coronations, royal, royals, royalty, family, families, ancestor, ancestors, medieval, naive, naivety, undeserved, undeserving, history, historical, not responsible

"Truly a magnificent emperor! While Rome burns, Nero plays an instrument that hasn't been invented yet."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC41611
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1911x2021 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nero, emperor, emperors, roman, rome, romans, roman emperor, julio, claudian, julio-claudian, fiddle while rome burned, fiddle, fiddles, violin, violins, propoganda, flavia, flavian, fiddled while rome burned, rome burned, impressed, impressive, inaccurate, inaccuracy, historical, history, historical inaccuracy, fiddling, fiddling while rome burns, ancient rome, viola, toga, togas, ancient history

"Damn if I didn't start walking in this direction for a reason..."

Artist:
Lewis, Eric
Search ID:
CC131154
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4750x3266 pixels (unwatermarked)
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duel, duels, cowboy, cowboys, shoot, shoots, shootout, shootouts, gunslinger, gunslinging, gun slinger, gun slinging, ten paces, elderly, old, old age, older, draw, gun, guns, wild west, the west, old west, old men, old people, fight, fighting, paces, reason, forgot, forgotten, forget, forgets, forgetting, walking, the wild west, aging, forgetful, history, westward expansion

"It's not fair - they have a much bigger payroll!"

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC131545
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4599x3270 pixels (unwatermarked)
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king, kings, monarch, monarchs, medieval, defense, defence, castle, castles, fort, forts, attack, attacks, invade, invasion, invasions, invading, invaded, siege, sieges, besieged, fair, unfair, unjust, unbalanced, payroll, payrolls, corporate, corporation, business, businesses, games, games, salary, salaries, employee, employees, knight, knights, army, armies, soldier, soldiers, modern, history, contrast, comparison, comparing

"Before we begin, I think you should all know that I once smoked a reefer in 1935."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC36638
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2324x2060 pixels (unwatermarked)
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grandparent, grandparents, thanksgiving, thanksgivings, thanksgivings dinner, dinner, thanksgiving dinner, reefer, reefers, blunt, blunts, weed, cannabis, marijuana, scrutiny, clear, honest, history, forgotten, irrelevant, irrelevance, family, families, drug, drugs, election, elections, politicians, judges, media, environment, media environment, scrutinise, warning, scrutinize, judge, ridiculous, pointless

"This area has a long and rich history. First, the Indians lived here, then it was a plantation with slaves, then poor people lived here, and now it's a magnificent condo complex."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC31445
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2438x2164 pixels (unwatermarked)
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history, historical, respect, disrespectful, injustice, slaves, slavery, slavers, rich, out of touch, property, properties, real estate, estate agent, sell, selling, housing market, condo, condos, super-rich, super rich, one percent, top 1%, disrespect, rich history

"We could easily sell this place—it shows nicely."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC132293
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2932x3348 pixels (unwatermarked)
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real estate, estate, estate agent, estate agents, property, properties, hut, huts, house, houses, poor, poverty, sell, selling, housing market, farmer, farmers, medieval, medievals, home, homes, history, historical, modern, modernity, combination, combine, house sales, sale, sales

Sphinx cat and mummy mouse

Artist:
Mueller, P. S.
Search ID:
CC44113
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2819x1723 pixels (unwatermarked)
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sphinx, sphinxes, mummy, mummies, ancient egypt, ancient, egypt, egyptian, animal, animals, cat, cats, mouse, mice, rat, rats, pet, pets, myth, myths, legend, legends, tomb, dead, giza, statue, statues, sculpture, sculpture, return from the dead, bandage, bandages, wrapped, cat vs. mouse, cat vs. rat, history, ancient history

"And then Joel didn't come in today, soI had to do all his pillaging."

Artist:
Dator, Joe
Search ID:
CC126248
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3006x2552 pixels (unwatermarked)
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viking, vikings, raid, raiding, history, historical, histories, couple, couples, dinner, dinnertime, meal, meals, married, marriage, married life, plunder, plunders, plundering, pillage, pillages, pillaging, culture, cultural, culture shock, after work, work, working, day job, day jobs, employed, employment, employer, work life, office, offices