Terminal Cartoons

"I'd have been here sooner if it hadn't been for early detection."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC43822
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2240x2060 pixels (unwatermarked)
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early detection, diagnosis, diagnoses, medical advance, medical advances, terminal, terminal illness, terminal illnesses, uncurable, condition, conditions, pearly gates, afterlife, st. peter, saint peter, heaven, heaven's gate, rare disease, rare diseases, disease, diseases, illness, illnesses, sickness, sick, prolonging life

"This will buy you four months.

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC120868
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3000x2495 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, shot, shots, injection, injections, drug, drugs, pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, big pharma, prescription, prescriptions, medical problem, medical problems, disease, diseases, illness, illnesses, booster, booster shot, booster shots, vaccine, vaccines, vaccination, vaccinations, buy time, buys time, buying time, terminal, terminal illness, terminal illnesses, diagnosis, prognosis, prognoses, diagnoses, physician, physicians, comfort, comforting, bedside manner

"We find pizza softens the blow of bad news."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC125601
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2902x3154 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bad, bad news, bearer of bad news, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, hospital, hospitals, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, death, dead, black humor, black humour, comfort food, comforting, comfort, food, pizza, pizzas, dark humor, dark humour, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, died, dying, terminal, terminal illness, medical, medicine

"And don't go auctioning off my stuff."

Artist:
Frascino, Edward
Search ID:
CC32789
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2355x1784 pixels (unwatermarked)
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death, dying, dies, dead, deathbed, death bed, auction, auctioning, auctions, sell, selling, jackie kennedy onassis, greed, greedy, wealthy, wealth, old age, aging, family, families, relative, relatives, dying wish, dying wishes, last wish, last wishes, final wish, final wishes, ill, terminal, order, instruction, stern

"I'm afraid you have only three minutes to live."

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
Search ID:
CC28963
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1924x1797 pixels (unwatermarked)
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egg, eggs, boil, boiled, boiled egg, hard boiled, doctor, doctors, medicine, medical, live, to live, food, foods, humpty dumpty, humpty dumpty sat on a wall, nursery rhyme, rhyme, nursery rhymes, eat, eating, eats, medicines, prognosis, diagnosis, terminal, eggy, personified, through the looking glass, myths, myth, cook, cooking, cooked, cooks

"There's a cure—but it's light-years away."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC132147
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2964x2502 pixels (unwatermarked)
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alien, aliens, time, time travel, science fiction, sci fi, scifi, sci-fi, science-fiction, doctor, doctors, cure, cures, medical, medicals, surgery, surgeon, ill, illness, illnesses, patient, patients, get well, get well soon, terminal, disease, diseases, diseased, health, healthy, healthcare, health care, medicare, medi care, obamacare, obama care, doctor doctor

"There's a cure—but it's light-years away."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC132147
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2964x2712 pixels (unwatermarked)
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alien, aliens, time, time travel, science fiction, sci fi, scifi, sci-fi, science-fiction, doctor, doctors, cure, cures, medical, medicals, surgery, surgeon, ill, illness, illnesses, patient, patients, get well, get well soon, terminal, disease, diseases, diseased, health, healthy, healthcare, health care, medicare, medi care, obamacare, obama care, doctor doctor

"My dying wish is that you all take off your clothes and get in bed with me."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC32246
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2369x1944 pixels (unwatermarked)
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old, old age, older, elder, elderly, oap, o.a.p., o a p, old coot, coot, death, dying, dead, died, dying wish, wishes, wish, family, families, surprise, surprised, shock, shocked, racy, old man, old men, death bed, terminal, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies

"The doctor didn't make it."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC141790
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3088x2746 pixels (unwatermarked)
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operate, operating, operation, operations, surgery, surgeon, surgeries, illness, illnesses, disease, diseases, unhealthy, ill health, get well, get well soon, healthy, health, medical, medicine, medicines, doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, healthcare, terminal, dark humor, reversal, role reversal, dark humour, black humor, black humour, gown

"O.K., let's just have a look-see at this pre-mortem."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC134974
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4608x3644 pixels (unwatermarked)
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hospital, doctor, patient, hypochondriac, hypochondriacs, postmortem, post-mortem, patients, cavalier, problem, problems, problem to be solved, problems to be solved, non-entity, non-entities, diagnose, diagnoses, diagnosing, physician, physicians, die, dies, dying, terminal, terminal illness, terminal illnesses, bad news, mankoff

"But why not be happy about all the diseases you don't have?"

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC135370
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4850x4416 pixels (unwatermarked)
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husband, wife, doctor, sick, illness, couch, worry, medical, disease, diseases, appreciate, appreciates, appreciation, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, hypochondriac, hypochondriacs, terminal, terminal illness, terminal illnesses, diagnosis, diagnoses, sick, sicknesses, concern, concerns, concerned, mankoff

"He didn't have any last words. He just sang the national anthem and then went blank."

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC39532
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2391x1976 pixels (unwatermarked)
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national anthem, last word, last words, final words, deathbed, deathbeds, patriot, patriots, patriotism, star-spangled banner, usa, america, american, last rites, death bed, death beds, hospital, hospitals, terminal, terminal condition, anthem, anthems, national anthem, god save the queen, god save the king, united kingdom, elder, elders, elderly

Everyday Hospice

Artist:
Chast, Roz
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CC142266
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hospice, hospice care, hospice worker, hospice workers, palliative care, end of life, end of life care, free reign, given free reign, terminal, incurable, diagnosis, diagnoses, illness, illnesses, cancer, disease, diseases, live it up, living it up, freedom, freedoms, free up, frees up, freeing up, end of life, last days

I can't believe I ate all that kale for nothing.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC143356
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3088x2752 pixels (unwatermarked)
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kale, healthy food, healthy foods, healthy lifestyle, healthy lifestyles, lifestyle, exercise, exercises, exercising, salad, salads, inevitable, inevitability, graveyard, graveyards, cemetery, cemeteries, tombstone, tombstones, epitaph, epitaphs, die, dies, dying, terminal, dietitian, dietitians, nutrition, nutritious, nutritiousness, greens, eat your greens, eating your greens, nutritionist, nutritionists

"The good news is it's the size of a baseball."

Artist:
Weyant, Christopher
Search ID:
CC124808
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3610x3711 pixels (unwatermarked)
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tumour, tumours, tumor, tumors, baseball, baseballs, sport, sports, sportsman, sporting, base ball, the game, last inning, final inning, terminal, doctor, doctors, medicine, medicines, good news, bad news, good news and bad news, apt, appropriate, hospital, hospitals, gallows humor, black humor, dark humor, gallows humour, black humour, dark humour, get well, get well soon

"You don't look anything like your pictures."

Artist:
Frascino, Edward
Search ID:
CC28233
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2278x2131 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deathbed, terminal, death, dead, die, died, dying, dies, heaven, heavenly, heavens, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after seeing is believing, expectations, never meet your heroes, expect, unexpected, not what you expected, death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, expectation vs reality, reality, versus

"You're not so much crying on the inside as severely hemorrhaging."

Artist:
Noth, Paul
Search ID:
CC123432
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8070x7269 pixels (unwatermarked)
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doctor, doctors, patient, patients, death, dead, dying, die, dies, clown, clowns, sad clown, circus, carny, carnie, carnies, sick, sickness, ill, illness, healthy, health scare, get well, get well soon, terminal, terminally, examination, examining, consultant, hospital, hospitals, clinic, clinics, hemorrhaging, hemorrhage, crying inside, smile, smiling, smiles

"Wiles of the Devil or not, someone's gotta pay for these pies."

Artist:
Diffee, Matthew
Search ID:
CC123503
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3023x3294 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deathbed, terminal, death, dead, die, died, dying, dies, heaven, heavenly, heavens, heavenly gates, pearly gates, st peter, peter, saint, saints, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, st. peter, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, pizza, pizzas, pizza boy, pizza man, prank, pranks, prank call, wiles, wiles of the devil, the devil, devil, deliver, delivery, takeout, take-out, take out, delivered, take away, takeaway, take-away

"If it's any consolation, he seemed like a bit of a jerk."

Artist:
Lewis, Eric
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CC120923
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3000x2419 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bad news, good news, death, dead, die, died, dying, doctor, doctors, bearer of bad news, be the bearer, communication, bedside, bedside manner, manners, jerk, jerks, surgeon, surgery, surgeons, terminal, lost him, hospital, hospitals, waiting room, waiting rooms, tact, tactless, tactful, no loss, no big deal, married, marriage, get well, get well soon

Man Crosses Finish Line At Heaven's Pearly Gates

Artist:
Warp, Kim
Search ID:
CC123913
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3695x2479 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deathbed, terminal, death, dead, die, died, dying, dies, heaven, heavenly, heavens, heavenly gates, pearly gates, st peter, peter, saint, saints, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, st. peter, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, race, races, race of life, life, win, winning, finish, finished, chequered flag, checkered flag, marathon, marathons, running, run, runs

"He's from Texas."

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC27871
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2000x1366 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deathbed, terminal, death, dead, die, died, dying, dies, religious, god, religions, religious imagery, hell, hellish, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, underworld, under world, under-world, hades, demon, demonic, horn, horns, horned, texas, texan, bigger in texas, do it big in texas, big, bigger is better, cowboy, cow boys, southern, southerners, deep south, region, regions, regional, south america, america

"We even tried a visit from a celebrity."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC47905
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1916x2136 pixels (unwatermarked)
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medical treatment, medical treatments, celeb, celebs, celebrity, celebrities, celebrity visit, celebrity visits, hospital, hospitals, patient, patients, healthcare, health-care, medical care, patient care, intensive care, widow, widows, bad news, terminal, terminal case, terminal cases

The Eight Original Dwarves

Artist:
Leighton, Robert
Search ID:
RC602122
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2397x2874 pixels (unwatermarked)
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dwarves, dwarf, little people, princess, malignancy, malignant, tumor, tumour, cancer, cancerous, dead, death, dying, died, die, passed, passed away, malignant tumor, malignant tumour, brothers grimm, brothers grim, german, germany, fairy tale, fairytale, fairy-tale, unhappy ending, magic, magic mirror, poison, poisonous, poisoned apple, evil, evil witch, witch, dark humor, dark humour, black humor, black humour, aggressive cancer, terminal, terminal cancer

"Here he is, folks, straight from his deathbed in Jersey City, a beautiful guy—let's hear a nice round of applause for . . ."

Artist:
Ziegler, Jack
Search ID:
CC120058
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2000x1703 pixels (unwatermarked)
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deathbed, terminal, death, dead, die, died, dying, dies, heaven, heavenly, heavens, heavenly gates, pearly gates, st peter, peter, saint, saints, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, st. peter, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, introducing, introduction, introductions, introduce, introduced, audience, applause, applaud, applauded, applauding, applauds

"But think of all the things you're not going to die of."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC121410
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3250x2391 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bearer, bearer of bad news, bad news, terminal, terminally, terminal illness, illness, ill, sick, sickness, healthy, medically, doctor, doctors, consultant, consulting, depressed, depressing, depression, mortality, mortal, get well, get well soon, morbid, morbidly, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, dying, die, died, die of, hospital, hospitals, clinic, clinics, check up, check-up, appointment