Misery Cartoons

"I usually wake up screaming at six-thirty, and I'm in my office by nine."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC38604
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1500x1553 pixels (unwatermarked)
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wake, wakes, wake up, wakes up, waking up, scream, screams, screaming, stress, stressed out, stressing out, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, complain, complains, complaining, complaint, complaints, depression, depressed, unhappy, miserable, misery, miserable existence, businessman, businessmen, upper class, upper classes, upper crust, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, suburb, suburbs, suburban life, bored, boring, stressor, stressors, modern life, modern times, modern man, working man, working men

"This lovely car has not brought us happiness. You agree, Morris? That is why I am now thinking in terms of having the entire house recarpeted."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC38632
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2514x1847 pixels (unwatermarked)
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material, materialism, materialist, materialists, happiness, key to happiness, car, cars, consumer, consumers, consumerist, consumerism, new car, new cars, redecorate, redecorates, redecorating, interior designer, interior designers, misery, miserable, drive, drives, driver, drivers, human happiness, empty, emptiness

Greetings From Downer Beach.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC85481
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2235x1684 pixels (unwatermarked)
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downer, downers, beach, beaches, downer beach, seaside, shore, seashore, seasides, seashores, sand, sandy, pessimistic, pessimism, pessimist, depressing, depressed, warning, warns, warn, hazard, hazards, depression, disclaimer, disclaimers, miserable, misery, harm, harms, harmful, damage, damages, word play, play on words

Peter

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC132572
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2926x3008 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nursery rhymes, nursery rhyme, rhyme, rhymes, song, songs, kid, kids, modern, modern life, murphy's law, murphys law, sods law, sod's law, when it rains it pours, bad luck, misery, miserable, repossessed, foreclosure, foreclosed, repossess, debt, debts, adulthood, adult life, adult-life, pumpkin, house, houses, home, home owner, home owners, home ownership, real estate, recession, parody, parodied, parodies, spin off, spin-off, realism, realist

Prison on an airplane

Artist:
O'Brien, John
Search ID:
CC129386
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4506x4509 pixels (unwatermarked)
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prison, prisons, jail, jails, correctional facility, correctional facilities, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, flying, air travel, passenger, passengers, confined, stuck, cabin, cabins, locked up, trapped, miserable, misery, terrible, horrible, experience, experiences, modern life, travel, traveling, travelling, air, walls, wall, airline, airlines

Sad Eyes Street Art

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC36448
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2117x1905 pixels (unwatermarked)
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street art, street artist, street artists, sad eyes, sad face, sad faces, big sad eyes, sidewalk artist, sidewalk artists, pavement artist, pavement artists, painting, paintings, painter, painters, self-portrait, self-portraits, self portrait, self portrait, one trick pony, repetition, repetitive, sad, sadness, misery, miserable, beg, begging, beggar, beggars, big eyes, huge sad eyes

"My goodness, Marion. Our dishes are so spotless, I can see deep within my hollow, tormented soul!"

Artist:
Duffy, J. C.
Search ID:
CC41044
High Res:
1800x2080 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, unhappy, misery, miserable, depressed, depression, depressing, clinical depression, reflection, reflections, chore, chores, household chore, household chores, spotless, clean, cleans, cleaning, clean up, cleans up, cleaning up, torment, soul, souls, tormented, plate, plates, washing up, psychology, psychologist, psychologists, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychiatry, analysis, analyst, analysts, id, freud, freudian

"I'll be straight with you. I was put on this planet to make your life miserable."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC25389
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2905x2275 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, miserable, misery, unhappy, honest, honesty, alien, aliens, martian, martians, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrials, science fiction, sci-fi, earthling, earthlings, man, men

"Maybe I haven't suffered enough. Why don't you whip up some of your curried pork balls and refried rice for dinner?"

Artist:
Price, George
Search ID:
CC35806
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2899x2926 pixels (unwatermarked)
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art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painters, easel, easels, paint, paints, suffer, suffering, suffering artist, suffering artists, whip up, food, dinner, dinners, meal, meals, bad cook, bad cooks, homecooking, home chef, home chefs, pain, hardship, misery, difficult, difficulties, relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, insult, insults, insulting

"Isn't it nice, Harry, that we can sit here together for a whole evening and not feel we have to make conversation?"

Artist:
Tobey, Barney
Search ID:
CC76375
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1857x1548 pixels (unwatermarked)
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make conversation, making conversation, small talk, chat, chats, chatting, married life, married lives, marriage, marriages, long marriage, long marriages, wordless, wordlessness, drab, miserable, misery, bad marriage, bad marriages, somber, depressed, depressing, depression, quiet, unhappy, unhappiness, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, silence, sit in silence, sits in silence, sitting in silence, couple, couples, old couple, old couples

"So, are you here alone?"

Artist:
Bliss, Harry
Search ID:
CC52436
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1904x1478 pixels (unwatermarked)
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drunk, drunks, drinking, alcoholic, alcoholics, over the limit, drowning your sorrows, lonely, loneliness, single, singles, break up, break ups, breaking up, break-up, break-ups, split up, splitting up, split ups, split-up, split-ups, separation, separations, depressed, depression, misery, miserable

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC145746
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4537x5349 pixels (unwatermarked)
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melancholy, misery, miserable, sadness, sad, gloom, gloomy, depressed, depression, mental health, psychology, catalogue, catalogues, media, magazine, magazines, baseball, new york, new york city, ny, nyc, cleaning, detergent, washing, potato, potatoes, peanut, peanuts

"I take it you won't be joining the conga line."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC28649
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2055x1744 pixels (unwatermarked)
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business manager, business managers, conga, the conga, conga line, conga lines, dance, dancing, office party, office parties, killjoy, killjoys, misery, miseries, grump, grumps, grumpy guts, moody, spoilsport, spoilsports, aloof, aloofness, superior, superiority, hierarchy, hierarchies, office hierarchy, office hierarchies

Goodbye and Good Riddance

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
PB400327
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1750x3352 pixels (unwatermarked)
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goodbye, goodbyes, goodbye mat, goodbye mats, welcome mat, welcome mats, reverse, reverses, reversing, reversal, reversals, good riddance, depressing, depression, depressed, hate, hates, hatred, self-hatred, misery, miserable, sad, sadness, low

"I spent all day taking the edge off, but it's still there."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC137847
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4640x3598 pixels (unwatermarked)
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depressed, depressions, depressive, depressives, anxiety, anxiety disorder, anxious, anxiety disorders, mental health, mental health issue, mental health issues, mental health disorder, mental health disorders, mental health problem, mental health problems, taking the edge off, drink, drinking, drinker, drinkers, drunk, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, alcoholism, pain, pain medication, pain medication, pain control, misery, miserable

"The Garbers are people who have been through it all and survived."

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC40712
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3739x3081 pixels (unwatermarked)
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haunted, trauma, traumatised, traumatized, mental health, psychology, suffering, survival, surviving, survivor, survivors, bad luck, misfortune, unhappy, sad, misery, miserable, admiration, admiring

"You've made me very happy, but now I want to be miserable again."

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC45965
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2862x2634 pixels (unwatermarked)
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cliche, cliches, break up, break ups, breaking up, break-up, break-ups, split up, life choices, self sabotage, splitting up, split ups, split-up, split-ups, separation, separations, misery, miserable, couple, couples, boyfriend and girlfriend, boyfriends and girlfriends, reject, rejected, rejection, rejections

"It's a balloon reminder that all joy is fleeting."

Artist:
Flake, Emily
Search ID:
CC142235
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3088x3271 pixels (unwatermarked)
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street art, street artists, clown, clowns, circus clown, circus clowns, sad clown, sad clowns, balloon, balloons, party balloon, party balloons, ruined childhood, let down, let-down, child, kid, kids, childhood, childrens entertainers, children's entertainers, childrens entertainer, children's entertainer, part clown, part clowns, depression, depressed, misery, miserable, existential, existential crisis, birthday, birthdays, birthday party, birthday parties, joy is fleeting

"We were poor and had the good sense to be miserable."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CX302686
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4400x3400 pixels (unwatermarked)
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poor and happy, rich and miserable, money cant buy happiness, money can't buy happiness, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, poverty, poverty gap, social inequality, inequality, class divide, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, homeless, homelessness, sensible, good sense, miserable, misery, materialistic, materialism, materializm

Bagel Story

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC124843
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6816x4983 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bagel, bagels, street food, food cart, food carts, food trucks, food truck, consumerism, consumerist, consumerists, market, marketing, marketing tactic, marketing tactics, healthy eating, multigrain, multigrain bagel, life choices, life choice, unhappy, unhappiness, depressed, depression, depressive, depressives, mental health, mental health, mental health problem, mental health problems, mental health issue, mental health issues, reassess, reassessing, life goal, life goals, first world problems, misery, miserable, life cycle, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes

"He Does Have A Point."

Artist:
Crawford, Michael
Search ID:
CC131321
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3055x3374 pixels (unwatermarked)
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scream, screams, screaming, screamed, existential dread, existence, existence is pain, existential, existential crisis, classical art, classical, classics, classic art, art classics, art theory, art history, history of art, impressionism, expressionism, impressionist, expressionist, munch, edvard munch, international, norway, scandinavian, scandinavia, pop culture, pop culture reference, doom, doomed, misery

"How come I never see that smile?"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC136763
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4634x4307 pixels (unwatermarked)
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irony, ironic, couple, couples, artist, artists, art, self portrait, portrait, portraits, self-portrait, portraiture, paint, painter, painting, paints, smile, smiling, why do you think, stupid question, ask a stupid question, couples, couple, married life, marriage, fishwife, fish wife, miser, misers, misery, cranky, grumpy, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, unhappy, unhappy marriage, nag, nagging

The Zoo A Gated Community for Animals

Artist:
Sipress, David
Search ID:
CC39848
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3000x2733 pixels (unwatermarked)
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zoo, zoos, gated community, gated communities, privileged community, privileged communities, zoo animal, zoo animals, walled community, walled communities, housing estate, housing estate, modern life, modern times, class divide, wealth gap, wealth divide, exclusive, exclusivity, secure community, secure communities, security, secure, compete, competition, misery, miserable, properties, real estate

One-Martini Lunch

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC87834
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2100x2166 pixels (unwatermarked)
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lunch, lunches, martini lunches, martini lunch, businessman, businessmen, alcoholic, alcoholics, alcoholism, martini, martinis, martini glass, martini glasses, drink, drinks, drinking, drinker, drinkers, heavy drinker, heavy drinkers, heavy drinking, depressed, depression, depressing, drunk, drunks, drunkard, drunkards, inebriated, inebriation, misery, miserable, extra large, large size, large sizes, alcohol, hard alcohol, cocktail, cocktails

"Sir, please- you're crying into a 12 year old single malt whiskey."

Artist:
Downes, Nick
Search ID:
BA500504
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2550x3300 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bartender, bartenders, whiskey, whiskeys, priorities, bad priorities, wrong priorities, single malt, single malt whiskey, alcohol, alcohols, drinker, drinking, misery, miserable, drowning your sorry, unsympathetic, insensitive, insensitivity, crying, bar, pubs, at the bar, expensive alcohol