Pretentious Cartoons

"What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?"

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
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CC30909
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blake, william blake, tyger, the tyger, tiger, the tiger, poet, poets, poetry, cat, cats, cat lover, cat lovers, cat person, cat people, fearful symmetry, delusion, delusions, delusional, delusions of grandeur, self-important, pretentious, pretentiousness, overestimate, overestimates, self-esteem, high self-esteems, feline, felines, narcissist, narcissists, narcissism

"It's National Poetry Month, Marion, and by God we're gonna read some poetry."

Artist:
Sipress, David
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CC43620
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national poetry month, poet, poets, poetry, literature, high art, culture, cultured, sophisticate, sophisticates, sophisticated, force, forced, appreciation, appreciate, appreciating, pretentious, pretentiousness, unsophisticated, getting culture

"It's a game of power, speed, agility, and grace, but, most of all, Tom, it's a game of points."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
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CC38487
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football, american football, football player, football players, interview, interviews, interviewed, cliche, cliches, cliched, game, games, match, matches, point, points, score, scores, scoring, sports journalist, sports journalists, banal, banality, obvious, agile, test, tests, pretentious, pretentiousness, self-important, self-importance

"I just don't think a giant flaming blob of alien ectoplasm would say that."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
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CC43851
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writing, writer, writers, pretentious, realism, realistic, realistic expectations, screenplay, screenplays, scriptwriting, script-writing, script writing, film, films, movie, movies, cinema, hollywood, los angeles, la, scene, scenes, directors, director, producer, producers, science fiction, sci fi, scifi, sci-fi, alien, aliens

"I'm certain I speak for the entire legal profession when I say that the fee is reasonable and just."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC22583
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pretentious, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, law firm, law firms, legal firm, legal firms, legal fee, legal fees, client, clients, legal representative, legal representatives, legal advice, bill, bills, billing

The Specials

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC120703
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special, daily special, daily specials, mother, mom, moms, parent, parents, mothers, packed lunch, packed lunch, tuna salad sandwich, tuna salad, tuna salad sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pretentious, pretentiousness, description, descriptions, lunch special, lunch specials, fancy, fancy food, fancy foods

"Your meal will be out shortly. The salmon was a little wilder than we anticipated."

Artist:
Stevens, Mick
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CC124258
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meal, meals, salmon, wild salmon, fish, line-caught, ethically sourced, ethical sourcing, waiter, waiters, wait staff, server, servers, serving, fancy restaurant, fancy restaurants, pretentious, pretentious food

Reaching the Summit

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
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CC121169
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2000x1418 pixels (unwatermarked)
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hiking, hike, hikers, hiker, climb, climber, climbers, climbing, sport climbing, sport climbers, rambling, rambler, ramblers, exercise, exercising, skyscraper, skyscrapers, tall building, tall building, view, views, admire the view, admiring the view, enjoy the view, enjoying the view, cityscape, cityscapes, city landscape, city landscapes, new york, empire state building, success, achievement, achieve, reach the top, reach the summit, pretentious, pretension, false sense of achievement, false sense of accomplishment, urban landscape, urban landscapes, ambition, ambitious, new york city, nyc

"You're carrying a lot of pretension in your back."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
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CC119022
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pretension, pretensions, pretentious, pretentiousness, massage, massages, masseuse, masseuses, massage therapist, massage therapists, massaging, massage therapy, stress, stressed out, stressful, stressed, elitist, elitists, elitism, snob, snobs, snobbery, snobbish, snobbishness

The Ancient Tea Ceremony of Astoria

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC41931
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astoria, middle class, upper class, tea, teas, tea ceremony, tea ceremonies, new york, new york city, queens, queens district, borough, boroughs, make tea, making tea, tea drinker, tea drinkers, ceremony, ceremonies, ceremonial, pretentious, pretentiousness, astorian, astorians

"Excellent, but not fit for a king."

Artist:
Twohy, Mike
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CC32265
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wine, wines, tasting, snobby, snobbery, pretentious, wine snob, fit for a king, compliment, cliche, drink, drinks, royalty, cliche, cliches, royals, kings, monarchy, monarch, servant, standards, standard, high standards, tastes, wine tasting, wine tasters, wine taster, tastes, tasting, taste

"I've always had this vague curiosity about me."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
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CC124202
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curious, self, self interest, self-interest, selfish, self obsessed, curiosity, pretentious, ostentatious, vague, vague curiosity, oneself, deep, woke, dating, chatting, chat-up

"We do all our own parenting."

Artist:
Sipress, David
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CC42897
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parent, parents, parenting, self-congratulatory, self-congratulations, brag, brags, bragging, upper class, yuppie, yuppies, nanny, nannies, babysitter, babysitters, do-it-yourself, snob, snobs, snobby, judgmental, judgemental, pretentious, pretentiousness

Two More Poems from Ted Hughes

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC39010
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limerick, limericks, poetry, poet, poets, poem, poems, snob, snobbiness, snobs, snobby, writing, writer, writers, you should be writing, author, authors, pretentious, pretension, lyric, lyrics, rhyming, rhyme, rhymes, basic, basics, simple, simplicity, ted hughes, hughes, t hughes, t.hughes, modern poetry, literature, literary, sylvia plath, plath, s plath, s.plath, critic, critics, light, light relief, play on words, word-play, word play, unexpected

Young Professional Recipe Test

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC36413
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recipe, recipes, hipster, hipsters, young professional, young professionals, millennial, millennials, fancy food, fancy foods, vinegar, vinegars, fancy, pretentious, pretentiousness, expensive ingredient, expensive ingredients, ingredient, ingredients, cook, cooks, cooking, cookery

"Once, we were all bugs. Now suddenly she's an insect."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
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CC28916
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bug, bugs, insect, insects, bloodsucker, bloodsuckers, bloodsucking, status, status change, status changes, term, terms, terminology, politically correct, political correctness, entomologist, entomologists, entomology, study of bugs, biologist, biologists, biology, teacher, teachers, fancy, highfalutin, pretentious, pretentiousness, upper class, upper classes, snob, snobs, snobby

Now at the Farmers' Market

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC131579
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farmers market, farmers markets, snob, snobs, snobbery, expensive, pretentious, pretentiousness, goat cheese, upper class, upper classes, middle class, middle classes, rich, rich people, rich person, expensive food, expensive foods, artisan, artisans, artisanal

"When I left Princeton, I spent a summer briefcasing in Europe."

Artist:
Diffee, Matthew
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CC122819
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word play, backpack, backpacks, backpacking, europe, briefcase, briefcases, ivy league, princeton, ivy league university, ivy league universities, elite, elitist, elitists, businessman, businessmen, cliche, cliches, graduate, graduates, undergrad, undergrads, executive, executives, upper crust, fancy, pretentious

"I could tell you were French by your scarf!"

Artist:
Koren, Edward
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CC27711
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france, french, scarf, scarves, pretentious, pretentiousness, cocktail party, cocktail parties, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, overbearing, cocktail, cocktails, europe, european, europeans, fashion choice, fashion choices

Boho Bribes

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC134659
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bohemian, bohemians, boho, poem, poems, poet, poets, poetry, bribe, bribes, bribery, culture, cultural difference, cultural differences, interpretative dance, interpretative dances, interpretative dancer, art, artist, artists, artistic, pretentious, pretentiousness, game the system, gaming the system, parent, parents, parenting, cheat, cheats, cheating, cheater, cheaters, school admissions, private school, private schools, good school, good schools

"God, I hate theme dinners."

Artist:
Shaw, Michael
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CC133941
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theme, themes, dinner, dinners, thanksgiving, first thanksgiving, costume, costumes, dress up, dresses up, dressing up, turkey day, supper, suppers, insufferable, pretentious, pretentiousness, formal, formal dinner, formal dinners, dinner party, dinner parties, absurd, absurdity, awkward

"Not the Cape May lump blue-claw crab cake with crème fraîche, fried quail egg, osetra caviar, duck confit, and peach con frutti again?!!"

Artist:
Bliss, Harry
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CC135944
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dinner, dinners, supper, suppers, family dinner, family dinners, meal, meals, family meal, family meals, comfort food, favorite food, stagnant, stagnation, complain, complains, complaining, complaint, complaints, crab cake, crab cakes, quail egg, quail eggs, confit, pretentious, pretentiousness, elitist, elite, elites, caviar, upper class, upper classes, kid, kids, son, sons, child, children, picky eater, picky eaters, picky, repetition, repetitive, ingrate, ingrates, ungrateful, brat, brats, bratty

"Our chef specializes in atomic gastronomy."

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
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CC139715
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molecular gastronomy, gastronomy, atom bomb, atom bombs, atomic bomb, atomic bombs, test, tests, testing, pretentious, cook, cooks, chef, chefs, haute cuisine, fancy restaurant, fancy restaurants, experimental, specialize, specializes, specialist, specialists, specialization, specialise, specialising, specialisation, niche, niche market, niche markets, science experiment, science experiments

"In New York, we wouldn't call this quick."

Artist:
Walsh, Liam
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CC141793
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snob, snobs, new yorker, new yorkers, new york, new york city, quicksand, quicksands, annoying, annoyance, annoyances, brooklyn, hipster, hipsters, pretentious, pretentiousness, jungle, jungles, rainforest, east coast