Optimism Cartoons

The Return of Guarded Optimism

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC23783
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1477x1135 pixels (unwatermarked)
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stock market, stock markets, optimism, optimistic, stock, stocks, investor, investors, investment, investments, confidence, market confidence, guarded optimism, cagey, caginess, worry, worries, worrying, bull market, bull markets, shaky, nerve, nerves, nervous, nervousness, anxious, anxiousness, anxiety, anxieties

"You tested positive for being negative."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
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CC132110
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4399x3603 pixels (unwatermarked)
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medicine, medical, doctor, doctors, nurse, nurses, patient, patients, test, testing, tests, test result, test results, result, results, positive, negative, optimist, pessimist, optimism, pessimism, unclear, over complicated, complicate, complicated, positive for being negative, mood, moods, grumpy, bad mood, negative outlook, outlook, pessimists

"Most of all, he'll be remembered for his irrepressible spirit."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
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CC32475
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1963x1748 pixels (unwatermarked)
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funeral, funerary, funerals, funeral service, burial, burials, death, dead, corpse, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour, mourn, mourning, family, rigor mortis, rigor, mortis, spirit, spirited, determination, determined, optimism, optimistic, glass half full, optimists, optimist, ok, okay, outlook, outlooks, positive outlook, positive outlooks

"My leaving Wilkins & Jennings was perfectly amicable. They felt that I should be fired, and I agreed."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
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CC37711
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firing, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, unemployed, unemployed, unemployment, employ, employment, employs, employment, hiring, hired, personnel, staff, amicable, optimistic, optimism, business, businesses, office, offices, spin, spinning, positive, positive spin, spins, job, jobs, fire, recruitment, recruiting, worker, workers, quit, quitting, quits

"Gee, I'm sorry this had to happen on our first date!"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC35662
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2407x2107 pixels (unwatermarked)
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date, dating, dates, first dates, first date, nature, natural disaster, disaster, disasters, explode, explosion, explosions, doomsday, doomsayer, end times, end of the world, apocalypse, apocalyptic, destruction, world ending, optimism, optimist, polite, politeness, etiquette, least of our worries, least of our problems, problem, problems, cataclysm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, catastrophic, death, dead, dying, died

"Couldn't I do a couple of hundred hours of community service instead?"

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC29900
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1635x2418 pixels (unwatermarked)
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community service, community services, punishment, punishes, punish, punished, death, reaper, reapers, grim reaper, grim reapers, deaths, cheating death, punishing, negotiating, negotiator, negotiates, community, services, law, legal, prison, prisons, alternative, unrealistic, optimistic, optimism

Abandon Hope/Resume Hope

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
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CC30302
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3109x1957 pixels (unwatermarked)
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urban, signs, stress, depression, hope, hope, sense of hope, optimism, sense of optimism, abandon hope, abandons hope, abandoning hope, resume, resumes, resuming, great depression, recession, recessions, great recession, great recessions, economic recovery, economic recoveries, recovery, recoveries, mankoff

"I don't get it."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC16964
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2970x1840 pixels (unwatermarked)
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philosophy, pessimism, optimism, psychology, theatre, entertainment, literary, drama, comedy, tragedy, mask, masks, sock and buskin, sock & buskin, joke, jokes, get a joke, getting a joke, obscure joke, obscure jokes, esoteric, esoteric jokes, theatre major, theatre majors, mankoff

"Well, Phil, after years of vague complaints and imaginary ailments, we finally have something to work with."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC16887
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3624x2696 pixels (unwatermarked)
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optimism, psychology, hypochondria, doctors, medical, hypochondriac, hypochondriac, bad news, deliver bad news, delivers bad news, delivering bad news, diagnosis, diagnoses, bedside manner, doctor, physician, physicians, imaginary, illness, illnesses, sickness, sicknesses, disease, diseases, paranoid, paranoia, paranoiac, paranoiacs, symptom, symptoms, vague symptom, vague symptoms, mankoff

"This will lighten your mood, Dick - every few minutes, a baby boomer turns fifty."

Artist:
Koren, Edward
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CC119246
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3000x2673 pixels (unwatermarked)
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baby boomer, baby boomers, middle age, middle aged, funeral, funerals, funeral home, funeral home, funeral director, funeral directors, lighten the mood, lightens the mood, lightening the mood, optimistic, optimism, booming business, booming businesses, windfall, windfalls, demand, market demand, growth industry, growth industries, grow old, grows old, growing old

Sisyphus Sawyer

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC125626
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sawyer, optimist, optimism, optimistic, optimistically, outlook, positive, positivity, positive outlook, positive outlooks, diet, diets, dieting, crash diet, yo yo diet, yo-yo diet, sisyphus, myth of sisyphus, myth, myths, mythical, mythological, mythology, boulder, boulders, punishment, punished, cycle, cyclical, vicious cycle, vicious circle, tom sawyer, camus, burger, burgers, calories, calorie, calorie counting, cico

Half Full/Half Empty

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
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CC88093
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3429x2743 pixels (unwatermarked)
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outlook, outlooks, attitude, attitudes, negative, negativity, positive, positivity, positive attitude, negative attitudes, glass, half-full, half full, half-empty, half empty, optimist, optimism, optimists, pessimist, pessimists, pessimism, gas tank, gas tanks, petrol tank petrol tanks, petrol, gas, gauge, gauges, driver, drivers

Pollyanna in Hell.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC44733
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1684x1057 pixels (unwatermarked)
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positive, optimist, optimists, optimism, pollyanna, happy, happiness, porter, elenor porter, elenor h porter, elenor h. porter, character, characters, book, books, literature, children, child, kid, kids, hell, hells, underworld, underworlds, netherworld, inferno, infernal, devil, devils

"Well, at least he didn't get Secretary of State."

Artist:
Kenseth, Lars
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CC143783
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2850x2875 pixels (unwatermarked)
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rome, roman, senate, senator, senators, secretary of state, secretaries, secretary, caligula, caligulas horse, horses, incitatus, emperor, emperors, ruler, rulers, ancient, ancient rome, history, historical, optimistic, optimism, animals, animal

“If I had known I could hold my breath so long I could have made money as a side show attraction instead of borrowing from the mob.”

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
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CC123434
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cement shoes, cement, mob, mobster, mobsters, mafia, mafias, mafia boss, russian mafia, italian mafia, drown, drowning, talent, talents, talented, optimism, optimist, skills, learning, learn, skilled, skill, water, underwater, borrow, borrowing, debt, debts, money, poverty, poor, sideshow, hidden talent, hidden talents, know your skills, know yourself, sideshows, sideshow attraction, employ, employee, employment, unemployment, hidden skill, hidden skills

The Conga Line of Past Selves.

Artist:
Finck, Liana
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CC142141
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4750x3096 pixels (unwatermarked)
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conga, congas, conga line, past, past life, life, lives, lived, memory, memories, identity, identities, remembered, remembering, reincarnation, dance, dancing, dances, danced, identify, nostalgia, reminisce, reminiscing, recall, recalling, danced, upbeat, optimistic, optimism

"Your sunny disposition may have been an asset when you were in sales, Nyman, but in the production department it gives everyone the pip."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
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CC38195
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2080x2140 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, businesses, businessman, sale, sales, marketing, markets, office, corporation, corporations, optimism, optimistic, optimist, overly optimistic, production, productions, input, output, manager, managers, boss, bosses, happy, happiest, pip, the pip, insult, insulting, annoy, annoying, annoyed, sunny, disposition, attitude, attitudes

Snowmen in denial

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC135878
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snow, snowmen, snowman, melt, melting, melted, spring, warm, getting warmer, global warming, climate change, denial, refuse to believe, disbelief, brushoff, brush-off, brush off, ignore, optimist, optimism

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
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CC37512
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business, commerce, economy, recover, recovering, recovers, recovery, recoveries, always, constantly, recession, recessions, financial crisis, stock market crash, depression, depressions, financial problems, financial issues, economic downturn, economic troubles, deflation, inflation, unemployment, employment, money, finances, financial sector, wall street, stagnation, news, newspaper, newspapers, modern life, politics, government, governments, economic policy, economic policies, politician, politicians, optimism, pessimism

"There are worse places to get shipwrecked."

Artist:
Stevenson, James
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CC29222
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island, islands, desert island, desert islands, middle of nowhere, stranded, shipwrecked, castaway, castaways, survivor, survivors, restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, animal, animals, alligator, alligators, crocodile, crocodiles, friendly, good luck, lucky, fortunate, positive thinking, optimism, optimist, optimists, optimistic

"On the bright side, ever since the layoff and my divorce it's been much easier to balance work and family."

Artist:
Smaller, Barbara
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CC134420
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business, businessman, businessmen, layoff, layoffs, laid off, laid-off, fired, out-of-work, unemployed, unemployment, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, divorce, divorces, divorcing, split, splits, splitting, separation, separations, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, family, families, kids, kids, child, children, work-life balance, bright side, looking on the bright side, optimism, optimist, optimists, optimistic, bad luck, misfortune

"And if what they say about global warming is true you should have year round use of the pool by 2075."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
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CX300357
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1745x1205 pixels (unwatermarked)
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real estate, real estate agent, real estate agents, real estate agency, real estate agencies, estate agent, estate agents, estate agency, estate agencies, property, properties, property agency, property agencies, property agent, property agents, buying a house, buying a home, house, houses, home, homes, pool, pools, swimming pool, swimming pools, outdoors, environment, environmental issues, nature, global warming, climate change, climate, weather, temperature, problem, problems, looking on the bright side, positive thinking, optimism, optimist, optimists, optimistic

"Watch out for his being better at boxing than you."

Artist:
Katzenstein, Jason Adam
Search ID:
CC143348
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3088x2291 pixels (unwatermarked)
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coach, coaches, coached, coaching, box, boxing, boxer, boxing ring, sport, sports, contact sport, competitive sport, physical, physical sport, contact, contact sport, this corner, red corner, blue corner, fighter, fighting, fight, fights, better, skill, unskilled, underskilled, bested, skill match, skill matched, match, boxing match, compete, competitive, positive, optimism, optimistic, advice, bad advice, vague, advise, advises, advising

"Well, thank heavens I can still laugh about it!"

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
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PB400425
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laugh, laughs, laughing, lauhgter, best medicine, tragedy, tragedies, positive attitude, positive attitudes, good attitude, good attitudes, hospital, hospitals, hospitalized, hopitalization, hospital stay, hospital stays, depressing, depression, cry, cries, crying, sob, sobs, sobbing, silver lining, silver linings, positive person, positive people, optimist, optimists, optimism

"I fully expect the third grade to hold plenty of difficulties, but I've had a restful summer and think I'm up to whatever challenges I encounter."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC33992
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interview, interviews, interviewer, reporter, reporters, journalist, journalists, news, news reporter, news reporters, news coverage, press, press coverage, press interview, man on the street, newscaster, newscasters, child, children, childhood, first day of school, first day back at school, summer vacation, summer break, elementary school, elementary schools, primary school, primary schools, third grade, optimism, optimistic, pre-game interview, pre-game interviews, challenges, overcoming challenges, gifted children, gifted student, gifted students, student, students, child, children, childhood, overachiever, overachievers