Pop Culture Reference Cartoons

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

The Lawyer of Oz

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC132381
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3660x4211 pixels (unwatermarked)
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oz, wizard, film, films, cinema, classic cinema, movie, movies, reference, referential, refer, pop culture, pop culture reference, law, lawyers, lawyer, protection, protectionism, protective, defend, defence, defense, defensive, sue, sued, suing, legal, legals, legality, out of place, parody, parodies, parodied, what if

The Tin Man Moves On

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC133852
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3023x2800 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nightmare fuel, nightmare, nightmares, tin man, tin men, girlfriend, girlfriends, new girlfriends, new girlfriend, significant other, significant others, coward, cowardly, cowardly lion, scarecrow, heart, heartless, pop culture, pop culture reference, date, dates, dating, dated, modern, modern life, parody, parodies, parodied, play on words, word play, word-play

CHANNEL THIRTEEN TAKES ON THE NETWORKS

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC28172
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2334x3120 pixels (unwatermarked)
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network television, tv, t v, television, networks, network, literature, literary, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, book worm, book worms, bookish, culture, cultural, pop culture, pop culture reference, susan sontag, sontag, literary theory, educational, education, educate, learning, learn, learning channel, acrostic, acrostics, program, programme, invertebrates, biology

"I hear he's huge in Japan."

Artist:
Noth, Paul
Search ID:
CC123480
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8646x8855 pixels (unwatermarked)
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japan, japanese, godzilla, kaiju, kaijus, monster, monsters, giant monster, giant monsters, battles, size, size joke, popular, popularity, pop culture, culture, pop culture reference, play on words, word play, word-play, regional, region, regions, movie, movies, hollywood, special effects, sfx, film, films

"No health or dental, no stock options, and no severance package. We do, however, provide free burial at sea."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC32947
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2240x1994 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain, capn, cap'n, hook, hooks, peg leg, wooden leg, sailor, sailors, rugged, shark, barracuda, benefit, benefits, medical, dental, insurance, insured, severance, free, freebies, bonus, bonuses, queequeg, burial, burial at sea, buried, dead, death, die, died, viking funeral, viking funerals

"Now you're just being a jerk!"

Artist:
Borchart, David
Search ID:
CC134299
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2944x2178 pixels (unwatermarked)
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literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, captain ahab, ahab, jerk, leg, peg leg, vindictive, nasty, mean, overkill, over kill, leg, my leg, legs

"You'll probably think this is just some opening line, but ... call me Ishmael."

Artist:
Duffy, J. C.
Search ID:
CC134756
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2857x2231 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, introductions, famous introductions, famous openers, famous openings, famous beginnings, opener, one liner, one liners, ishmael, social, socialise, socialising, pretentious, pick up, pick-up, pick up artist, pick-up artist, pick up line, pick-up line, pick up lines, pick-up lines, date, dates, dating

"Ye gods! Not another tedious and derivative top ten single!"

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC132673
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4632x2558 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pop, pop song, pop songs, pop music, pop musician, musical, musically, musician, musicians, personify, personification, personified, personifies, musical theory, music theory, note, notes, clef, treble, bar, bars, pop culture, pop culture reference, chart, charts, chart music, chart topper, derivative, derivatives, repetitive, repetition

The White Whale Mounted On The Wall

Artist:
Harris, Sidney
Search ID:
CC30458
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2884x1968 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, satisfy, satisfied, satisfying, satisfies, final, finally, happy, happiness, bliss, blissful, peace, peace, at last

Every Hour in the Untited States, People Eat Three Acres of Pizza.

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC31249
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2358x1997 pixels (unwatermarked)
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pizza, pizzas, challenge, challenges, overcome, improvise, adapt, adapting, obese, obesity, obesity epidemic, weight, weight loss, losing weight, lose weight, overweight, food, foodie, food blog, food blogger, food bloggers, food lover, food lovers, pizza lover, pizza lovers, picky, picky eater, picky eaters, america, americans, american, impossible task, impossible tasks, junk, junk food, italian, italian food, region, regional, pop culture reference, pop culture

Map Showing Great Distance Between Man And The Zeitgeist

Artist:
Toro, Tom
Search ID:
AB102173
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4560x5100 pixels (unwatermarked)
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behind the times, spirit of the moment, zeitgeist, culture, pop culture, behind the curve, out of date, outdated, growing, growing old, old, older, age, aged, ageing, pop culture reference, modern, modern world, advance, advancement, technology, politics, history, modern life, finding, finding a way, finding your way, map, maps, guide, guides, guiding, left behind, leaving, leaving behind, behind, past, future

Spaced-based Weapons We Need Today

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
Search ID:
CC51404
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2644x1964 pixels (unwatermarked)
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s.u.v, sport utility vehicle, sport utility vehicles, boy band, boy bands, hamptons, beach house, beach houses, pop culture, weapon, weapons, pop culture reference, pop culture references, counter culture, counter cultures, culture, counterculture, countercultures, misanthrope, misanthropic, misanthropes, hipster, hipsters, weapons system, weapons system

"We can do this the easy way or the Hitchcockian way."

Artist:
Toro, Tom
Search ID:
CC143458
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3088x2458 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bird, birds, horror, horror film, horror movie, movie, movies, film, cinema, classic cinema, black and white cinema, seagulls, sea gulls, gull, gulls, pest, pests, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, pop culture, pop culture reference, reference, beach, beaches, food, foodie, hazard, hazards, beach, beaches, picnic, picnics, coast, coastal, shore, sea, sea side, seaside, beachfront, beach front, hitchcock, hitchcockian

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

Artist:
Haefeli, William
Search ID:
CC137324
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2926x3116 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, print, print culture, e reader, e readers, e-reader, e-readers, digital, digital versus, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays

Chris O'Dowd

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
Search ID:
CC800031
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4400x6598 pixels (unwatermarked)
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chris, chris o'dowd, o'dowd, comedian, comedians, comedy, actor, actors, acting, television, tv, t v, films, film, movie, movies, viral, meme, memes, talk show, talk shows, stand up, stand-up, stand up comedian, stand-up comedian, award winning, award-winning, irish actor, irish actors, irish, ireland, irish accent, caricature, caricatures, celebrity, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, famous people, famous names, pop culture, pop culture reference

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
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CC800056
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4848x6422 pixels (unwatermarked)
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finland, finnish, caricature, caricatures, celebrity, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, famous people, famous names, pop culture, pop culture reference, composer, musician, musicians, music, classical, classical music, conductor

Joe Henry

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
Search ID:
CC800100
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4902x6580 pixels (unwatermarked)
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song, songs, singer, singers, songwriter, songwriters, band, bands, lead singer, frontman, front-man, front man, musical, musician, musicians, musically, music, acoustic, acoustics, guitar, guitarist, guitarists, celebrity, celeb, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, pop culture, pop culture reference, rock, rock music, classic rock, soft rock, music lover, music lovers, joe henry

T.S. Eliot lacks the courage to eat a peach.

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC118800
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1215x1401 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, poet, poem, poems, poetry, famous line, famous lines, publication, publications, publisher, publishing, quotes, eliot, peach, peaches, literal, literal joke, literal gag

"Happy?"

Artist:
Warp, Kim
Search ID:
CC141630
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3088x2471 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, satisfy, satisfied, satisfying, satisfies, final, finally, happy, happiness, bliss, blissful, peace, peace, at last

Dianne Reeves

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
Search ID:
CC800041
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4504x6200 pixels (unwatermarked)
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dianne, dianne reeves, song, songs, singer, singers, songwriter, songwriters, band, bands, lead singer, frontman, front-man, front man, musical, musician, musicians, musically, music, women, celebrity, celeb, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, pop culture, pop culture reference, jazz, jazz hits, classic jazz, jazz classics, music lover, music lovers

"I lost the hand to a shark, the leg to a barracuda, and the gallbladder to Dr. Steven Erlich."

Artist:
Schwartz, Benjamin
Search ID:
CC139261
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2982x3137 pixels (unwatermarked)
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain, capn, cap'n, amputee, amputate, amputated, amputations, amputation, hook, hooks, peg leg, wooden leg, sailor, sailors, rugged, shark, barracuda, doctor, doctors, get well soon, get well, surgeon, surgery

Bryan Ferry

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
Search ID:
CC800025
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5088x6518 pixels (unwatermarked)
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song, songs, singer, singers, songwriter, songwriters, band, bands, lead singer, frontman, front-man, front man, musical, musician, musicians, musically, music, crooner, croon, croons, crooning, celebrity, celeb, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, pop culture, pop culture reference, jazz, jazz hits, classic jazz, jazz classics, music lover, music lovers, bryan ferry

"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

Jane Krakowski

Artist:
Bachtell, Tom
Search ID:
CC800090
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4840x6580 pixels (unwatermarked)
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song, songs, singer, singers, songwriter, songwriters, band, bands, lead singer, frontman, front-man, front man, musical, musician, musicians, musically, women, celebrity, celeb, celebrities, fame, famous, famous figures, pop culture, pop culture reference, broadway, broadway musical, musical, musicals, lead role, leading lady, music lover, music lovers, jane krakowski, krakowski, theatre, theater