Rejected Cartoons

Heaven- A Gated Community

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC33270
High Res:
2326x1859 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
heaven, gates of heaven, christianity, christian, judaism, gated community, gated communities, exclusive community, exclusive communities, sin, sins, sinners, denied entry, denied access, death, security, secure community, secure communities, wealth, privilege, property, properties, expensive property, expensive properties, exclusive property, expensive housing, exclusive housing, exclusive, exclusion, exclusive properties, unaffordable, unaffordable property, unaffordable properties, unaffordable housing, real estate, sign, signs, signage keep out, gate, gates, ornate gates, secure, protected, rejected, protect, protection, reject, rejection, pearly gates, pearly gate

Rejected Spice Girls.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC38686
High Res:
2100x1808 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
spice, music, musical, pop, pop music, pop-music, pop group, pop girl group, audition, auditions, auditioning, entertainment, entertain, celebrity, celebrities, problem, problems, issues, reject, rejects, rejected, rejects, singer, singers, artists

"Actually, the job calls for someone who is convex."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC28840
High Res:
2886x1871 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
concave, convex, shape, shapes, job, jobs, career, careers, job application, job applications, application, applications, reject, rejects, rejection, rejections, rejecting, bowl, bowls, qualification, qualifications, unqualified, job candidate, job candidates, candidate, candidates, disappointment, disappointments, rejected, hiring, hire, hires, hiring officer, hiring officers, geometry, geometric shape, geometric shapes

"He was a rescue."

Artist:
Hafeez, Kaamran
Search ID:
CC141136
High Res:
3088x2749 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
dog, balloon, animal, animals, clown, clowns, balloon dog, rescue, rescued, rescuing, rescue dog, helium balloon, pound, kennel, dog pound, animal rescue, kennels, dog pounds, circus, circuses, reject, rejected, pun, visual pun, puns

Eco-Friendliness Rebuffed

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC132082
High Res:
4450x5217 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
environment, nature, green, eco, eco-friendly, ecofriendly, eco-friendly, environmentally friendly, tree, trees, cloud, clouds, flower, flowers, depressed, sad, lonely, alone, no friends, friendless, friend-less, rebuffed, rejected, isolated, outcast, unfriendly, rude, making friends

"It's made entirely out of rejected resumes."

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
Search ID:
CC123574
High Res:
3290x2954 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
big boss, exec, executive, executives, desk, desks, diy, career, careers, resume, resume skills, good resume, resumes, cv, c v, good cv, cv skills, recruitment, recruiting, hire, hired, hiring, employment, employed, unemployed, unemployment, job, jobs, job application, job applicant, job interview, interview skills, interview skill, interviewee, applicant, application, reject, rejected, harsh, hard, human resources, human resource, hr, h r, school of hard knocks, world of work, hiring officer, hiring officers

"We can't imagine what a spider thinks, Louisa, because it's a whole different life style."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC31331
High Res:
1885x1885 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
parent, parents, mother, mothers, mum, mums, mom, moms, parenting, parenthood, child, kid, kids, child, daughter, childhood, spider, spiders, spiders web, spiders webs, spider's webs, spider's webs, life style, life styles, daughter, daughters, imagine, imagination, let down, let-down, reject, rejected, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, insect, insects, arachnid, arachnids, identity, individual identity, identities, sociology, theory of mind, levels of mind, empathy, empathize, empathise, empathizing, empathising, relate, relating

"Never!"

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
Search ID:
CC28625
High Res:
2120x1919 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
dragon, dragons, damsel, damsels, damsel in distress, damsels in distress, valentine, valentines, valentine's day, valentines daybe my valentine, reject, rejection, fairy story, fairy stories, fairy tale, fairy tales, valentines card, valentines cards, valentine's card, valentine's card, gift, gift, big question, big questions, ask out, asking out, boyfriend and girlfriend, boyfriends and girlfriends, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, kidnapper, kidnappers, rejected, unlikely couple, unlikely couples

"Little bastard played you like a video game."

Artist:
Shanahan, Danny
Search ID:
CC46869
High Res:
2800x2354 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
boyfriend, boyfriends, sweetheart, sweethearts, crush, crushes, growing up, child rearing, kid, kids, child, getting played, video game, video games, reject, rejects, rejected, rejection, rejections, computer game, computer games modern kid, modern kids, modern child, modern children, played me like a fiddle, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions

Gentlemen Without Caps Will Not be Served

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC30236
High Res:
2389x1860 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
diner, diners, diner car, diner cars, eating out, dining out, dress code, cress codes, black tie, black tie event, black tie events, fashions, trend, trends, following trends, cap, caps, baseball cap, baseball caps, refuse, refused, reject, rejected, rejection, rejections, modern life, modern times modern attitudes, cloths, clothing, dressing up, dress up, dress-up

"Well, who's it from? I don't take blind submissions."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC32146
High Res:
3061x2435 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
spoilt child, spoilt children, spoilt kid, spoilt kids, present, presents, gift, gifts, birthday present, birthday presents, birthday gift, birthday gifts, blind submission, blind submissions, reject, rejecting, rejected, rejection, bias, biased, prejudicial, prejudice, prejudiced

"Oh, I'll give you that- we had a few laughs."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC68650
High Res:
3000x2417 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
break up, break ups, breaking up, break-up, boyfirend and girlfirend, boyfriends and girlfriends, break-ups, split up, splitting up, split ups, split-up, split-ups, jack in the box, jack-in-the-box, jack in a box, reject, rejected, rejection, rejections, jack-in-a-box, separation, separations, toy, toys, traditional toy, traditional toys, bad relationship, bad relationships

"I appreciate your offer, but I was really hoping to marry a doctor."

Artist:
Gerberg, Mort
Search ID:
CX300267
High Res:
1667x1455 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
fairytale, fairytales, fairy tale, fairy tales, children's story, children's stories, story, stories, literature, children's literature character, characters, fictional character, fictional characters, prince charming, prince, princes, royal, royalty, cinderella, glass slipper, proposing, proposal, proposals, marriage proposal, marriage proposals, rejected, rejection, marriage, marriages, doctor, doctors, career, job, jobs, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, holding out, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, shallow, hard to please

"Opportunity knocking? Can you hold?"

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CX300437
High Res:
2707x2011 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
opportunity knocks, opportunity knocking, receptionist, receptionists, on hold, put on hold, wait, waiting, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, reject, rejected, rejection, rejections, phonecall, phonecalls, phone call, phone calls, business call, business calls

Quality Control

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC24197
High Res:
1497x1161 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
factory, factories, factory worker, factory workers, quality control, dolls, doll, duplicate, duplication, repeat, repetition, imitate, imitation, fashions, vanity, vain, gender issues, gender issue, gender inequality, sexism, misogyny, misogynist, psychology, womens issuess, women's issues, role models, role models, conditioning, condition, social conditioning, misfit, misfits, outcast, outcasts, imperfect, imperfection imperfections, reject, rejected, rejects, offcut, offcuts, body image

"It's a remarkable write, but not an irresistible read."

Artist:
Stevenson, James
Search ID:
CC36284
High Res:
2314x1998 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
publisher, publishers, writer, writers, read, reading, writing, write, reader, readers, author, authors, literary, literacy, literature, book, books, novel, novels, reject, rejection, rejected

"Fine, ignore me—that's cool! I'm no stranger to unwanted advances myself."

Artist:
Crawford, Michael
Search ID:
CC134795
High Res:
2989x2118 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
gender issue, gender issues, gender inequality, sexism, sexist, sexists, misogyny, misogynist, misogynists, sunbather, sunbathers, sunbathing, unwanted advances, unwanted advance, chat up, chat-up, chatting up, intrude, intruding, intrusion, intrusions, annoy, annoying, annoyance, interrupt, interrupting, interruption, interruptions, reject, rejections, rejected, rejection, male entitlement, male ego, harass, harassment, harassing, sexual harassment, toxic masculinity

"No, I don't want to play strip poker."

Artist:
Hancock, Malcolm
Search ID:
PB401089
High Res:
1441x1116 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
poker, poker player, poker player, playing poker, strip poker, stripping, reject, rejected, rejection, rejections, hat, hats, hat lover, hat lovers, hat collection, hat, preparation, prepared, coming prepared, overprepared, over-prepared, over prepared, plan ahead, planning ahead

"'Thank you for sending us your manuscript,' she exclaimed. 'You're welcome,' I retorted. 'Unfortunately, it's not what we are looking for,' she opined. 'How disappointing,' I remarked."

Artist:
Steed, Edward
Search ID:
CC143360
High Res:
4749x4341 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worm, book, books, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, book lover, book lovers, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, critic, everyone's a critic, critical, criticise, criticize, rejection, rejected, reject, rejects, purple prose

"You know very well what subscription forms."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC25177
High Res:
3130x2143 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
subscription, subscriptions, subscription form, subscription forms, magazine, magazines, advert, adverts, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertising, guilt, guilty, caught red handed, unwanted, undesirable, reject, rejected, rejecting, charity leaflet, charity leaflets, charity subscription, charity subscriptions, charitable donation, charitable donations

"Fear Factor" Rejectees

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC70991
High Res:
2004x1880 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
television show, television shows, tv show, tv shows, t.v. show, t.v. shows, telly, reality television, competition tv, reality tv, competition television, television casting, casting, cast, casting rejects, rejects, rejected, reject, contestant, contestants, fear, fears, afraid, phobia, phobias, anxiety, anxieties, fearful, gerontophobia, hexaphobia, numerophobia, hypercondria, irrational fears, irrational fear, paranoid

"I was sent down to the minors and from there to Europe, and one thing just led to another."

Artist:
Woodman, Bill
Search ID:
CC29713
High Res:
2473x1852 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
gondola, gondolas, gondolier, gondoliers, boat, boats, italy, italian, venice, river, rivers, tourist, tourists, tourism, baseball, baseballs, baseball player, baseball players, washed up, reject, rejected, didn't make the cut, career, careers

"Unfortunately, due to the sheer volume of submissions, we're unable to personally insult every author."

Artist:
Rolli
Search ID:
CX304948
High Res:
1740x1405 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
publisher, publishers, office, offices, businessman, businessmen, business, businesses, executive, executives, publishing, author, authors, writer, writers, writing, high demand, rejection, rejections, rejecting, rejected