Language Cartoons

"A billion is a thousand million? Why wasn't I informed of this?"

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC32102
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4800x3786 pixels (unwatermarked)
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money, language, communication, incompetence, billion, billions, billionaire, billionaires, millionaire, millionaires, bad at math, math problem, math problems, dollar, dollars, rich people, idle rich, uninformed, lack of information, reliant, rely, relies, relying, underling, underlings, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, in the loop, out of the loop, mankoff

"Say what's on your mind, Harris - the language of dance has always eluded me."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC22701
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3205x2339 pixels (unwatermarked)
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dance, theater, communication, language, meetings, hierarchy, executives, business, interpretive dance, interpretive dances, communication, communication breakdown, communication breakdowns, dance, dances, dancing, dancer, dancers, language of dance, charade, charades, game of charades, mankoff

"Sir, the following paradigm shifts occurred while you were out."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC23400
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2849x2145 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, executives, receptionists, language, communications, clichés, modern life, paradigm shift, paradigm shifts, rate of change, rates of change, high rate of change, message, messages, business change, business changes, business world, business worlds, mankoff

The Emergence Of Language

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC22585
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1285x985 pixels (unwatermarked)
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stoneage, prehistoric, language, evolution of language, cavemen, caveman, cavewomen, cavewoman, relationship problem, relationship problems, husband, husbands, wife, wives, girlfriend, girlfriends, boyfriend, boyfriends, date, dates, prehistory, breakup, breakups, break-up, break-ups, battle of the sexes

"O.K., on my signal we're going to shift from pre-millennial to post-millennial thinking."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC40924
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1540x1050 pixels (unwatermarked)
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millennium, post-millennial thinking, meetings, executives, chairman of the board, think, thinking, language, communications, thought leader, thought leaders, leader, leaders, leadership, paradigm shift, paradigm shifts, out of the box, mankoff

"Relax, honey - change is good."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC25145
High Res:
2929x2949 pixels (unwatermarked)
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death, grim reaper, black humor, language, clichés, dark humor, dark humour, die, dies, dying, transition, transitions, change, changes, changing, positive change, positive changes, afterlife, afterlives, good change, good changes, married couple, married couples, old married couple, old married couples, mankoff

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

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC123995
High Res:
3691x4173 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
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

"Let's do it, let's fall in love."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC24017
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1207x952 pixels (unwatermarked)
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language, entertainment, music, lyrics, relationships, modern love, modern times, modern life, modern living, fall in love, falls in love, falling in love, business decision, business decisions, passionless, calculated, calculated decision, calculated decisions, business culture, businessman, businessmen, careerist, careerists, proposal, proposals, unromantic, mankoff

"I'll start thinking outside the box when the box is empty."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC120892
High Res:
3000x2310 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
word play, language, communication, cliché, cliches, think outside the box, creative, creativity, creative thought, creative thoughts, productivity, productive, necessity, necessities, need, needs, elite, elites, wealthy elite, wealthy elites, corporate jargon, jargon, mankoff

'Oxymoron'

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC43210
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1400x1683 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pun, puns, word play, play on words, linguistic, linguistics, language, languages, language joke, oxymoron, oxen, ox, cow, cows, cattle, animal, animals, farm, farming, moron, morons, explanation, explanatory, explanatory joke, stupidity, stupid, idiot, idiocy

M-Day

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC41314
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2297x2780 pixels (unwatermarked)
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parachutes, parachute, parachutist, paratrooper, paratroopers, mothers day, mother's sunday, mothers sunday, parachutists, mothers, m-day, mother's day, d day, language, word play, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, world war ii, allies, allied forces, world war two, second word war

In A Just World

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC42972
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1999x2151 pixels (unwatermarked)
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dunce caps, schools, teachers, language, word play, education, justice, just, dunce hat, dunce hats, dunce cap, school, teacher, classroom, classrooms, schooling, punishment, punishments, discipline, punishing

"Your vocabulary is enlarged."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC27945
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1508x1534 pixels (unwatermarked)
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lit, literature, literary, literatures, lit major, vocab, vocabulary, words, word, language, languages, brain, brains, smart, smarter, smartness, intelligent, intelligence, brain, brains, x-ray, xray, x ray, scan, scans, scanned, medical, doctor, doctors, consultant, consultants, surgery, surgeon, skull, skulls, exam, examination, appointment, word, words, play on words, word play

"We've decided that it will be better for his later development if we speak to him only in legalese."

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC125557
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5086x3356 pixels (unwatermarked)
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child, children, baby, babies, infant, infants, newborn, newborns, new baby, new babies, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, new parents, family, families, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, new mothers, new mom, new moms, new mum, new mums, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhood, new dad, new dads, new father, new fathers, raising a child, raising children, proud parent, proud parents, life lessons, learn, learning, teach, teaching, language, languages, fluent, fluency, bilingual, law, legalese, legal, lawyer, lawyers, career, careers, job, jobs, profession, professions, dream, dreams, ambition, ambitions, future career, future lawyer, maturity, grow up, growing up, develop, development

'100% Grammatically Correct Popular Tunes'

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC35074
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1833x1837 pixels (unwatermarked)
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language, languages, english, singing, album, albums, music, musical, musically, song, songs, songbook, tune, tunes, grammar, grammatical, grammatically, grammars, grammar rules, play on words, word play, word-play, cd, fuddy, fuddy duddy, killjoy, kill joy, modern, modern life, criticism, grammar nazi, grammar-nazi, grammarnazi, grammar nazis, grammar-nazis

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC36674
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1994x2669 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deconstruction, literary, literature, book, bookish, book worm, book lover, book lovers, book worms, books, read, reading, reader, modern lit, modern literature, derridian, derridean, text, textual, textuality, textualities, differance, difference, play on words, word play, word-play, language, linguistics, linguistic, structuralism, post-structuralism, french literature, literary theory, theory, theoretical, lit major, theories of literature, world literature, new criticism, philosophy, philosophical, preformative, preformative writing

Genius Grants and Recipients

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC25077
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796x2994 pixels (unwatermarked)
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money, grants, grant, academic, academia, academics, education, educational, higher education, government, governments, governmental, scientific research, research grant, research, research grants, science, scientific, scientist, scientists, scientifically, discovery, discover, experiments, experiment, experimental, experimenting, language, languages, cliche, cliches, clichés, cliché, blonde, blondes, woodchuck, wood chuck, gum

Friendly Offer or Hostile Bid? "What do you say to a movie and then we go get some Chinese?"

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC23889
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1267x1312 pixels (unwatermarked)
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offer, offers, friendly, friends, date, dating, dates, proposition, ask out, asking out, woman, man, relationship, relationships, business, business term, business terminology, term, terminology, deal, deals, business deal, business deals, jargon, jargons, merger, mergers, language, business merger, romance, romantic

"I, too, want to preserve the environment, just as it is: acid rain, holes in the ozone layer, lots of crap in the air."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC42221
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2000x2211 pixels (unwatermarked)
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environment, environmental issues, preserve, preserving, preservation, pollute, pollution, polluting, pollutes, pollutants, ecology, save the planet, global warming, climate change, environmental, acid rain, acidic rain, atmosphere, ozone layer, ozone layers, ozone-layer, party, conversation, conversations, missing the point, irritate, language, perspective, sarcastic, sarcasm, demeaning, condescending, businessman, business, businesses, big business, interest, interests

T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC28136
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2008x2339 pixels (unwatermarked)
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literature, literary, literary figures, modernist, modernism, slang, slangs, language, language game, linguistic, linguistics, register, lexicon, out of character, dialect, dialects, culture clash, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, beavis, butthead, animation, tv, t v, television, tv cartoon, tv cartoons, speech, speaking, sucks, poet, poetry, poets

Fenton School of Languages: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Creamy Italian.

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC31002
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1548x2032 pixels (unwatermarked)
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italian, italian dressing, creamy italian, creamy italian dressing, german, germans, french, french dressing, spanish, salad dressing, salad dressings, language, learn a language, learning a language, language teacher, language teachers, language teaching

"No, those people aren't anorexic. Those people are starving."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC39289
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1800x1593 pixels (unwatermarked)
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social, social commentary, commentary, comment, critic, critical, critique, critiques, fashion, fashion industry, fashions, model, models, modelling, third world, poverty, poor, hunger, hungry, famine, famines, body issues, body, bodies, weight, weight loss, anorexia, anorexic, nervosa, linguistics, language, word play, play on words, what's in a name, disaster, disasters, compassion fatigue, ignorance

Parenting Wonks

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC27846
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2041x2081 pixels (unwatermarked)
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wonk, wonks, parenting, parental, political terminology, civil terminology, terminology, terms, language, lexicon, register, out of character, mothers, fathers, mom, dad, dads, mum, mums, moms, policy, interest, excessive interest, interested, over bearing, over-bearing, detailed, details, detail oriented, sheltered, sheltering, worry, worried, protect, protective, protectively, protects, protected, independence, independent, policy wonk, policy wonks, health, piercing, piercings, teen, teens, kid, kids, child

"I like it - it's wonderfully editable."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC34447
High Res:
3056x2581 pixels (unwatermarked)
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language, books, writing, editor, editors, publisher, publishers, publishing, publishing house, publishing houses, edit, edits, editing, writer, writers, author, authors, novel, novels, manuscript, manuscripts, promising, potential, show potential, shows potential, showing potential, rough draft, rough drafts, draft, drafts, first draft, first drafts, professional writer, professional writers, mankoff

"Hi. I'm, I'm, I'm... You'll have to forgive me, I'm terrible with names."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC32468
High Res:
3110x2320 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
language, men, communication, bad with names, remember names, remembers names, remembering names, name, names, memory, memories, forget, forgets, forgetting, forgetful, forgetfulness, amnesia, amnesiac, amnesiacs, introduction, introductions, introduce, introduces, introducing, forgotten name, forgotten names, mankoff