Unemployment Cartoons

"I think I should warn you that the flip side of our generous bonus-incentive program is capital punishment."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC32849
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3205x2347 pixels (unwatermarked)
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unemployment, capital punishment, carrot and stick, carrots and sticks, bonus, bonuses, bonus-incentive program, bonus-incentive programs, incentive, incentives, monetary incentive, monetary incentives, flip side, flip sides, dark side, dark sides, mankoff

"Hi, Dad. Investment banking wasn't that great after all."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC34480
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1641x2433 pixels (unwatermarked)
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family, families, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, father, fatherhood, son, sons, return home, returning home, empty nester, empty nesters, living with parents, career, failed career, difficult career, job, work, unemployment, investment banking, business, bank, banks, money, welcome home, suitcase, suitcases, luggage, baggage, doorstep, family home

"Apparently, fifty is the new unemployed."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC131072
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3001x2925 pixels (unwatermarked)
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ageism, ageist, ageists, unemployment, unemployed, fired, fire, fires, firing, sack, sacks, sacked, sacking, redundancy, redundancies, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, fifty, fifties, 50s, employment, employments, workplace prejudice, employment prejudice, hr, human resources, personnel

"Sometimes I wish you had taken that job in New York."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC119302
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2000x1723 pixels (unwatermarked)
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country, countries, relationship, relationships, unemployment, humble, poor, unemployed, problem, problems, lonely, new york, job, jobs, moving away, contrast, contrasts, move, move house, discuss, discussing, regret, regrets, regretting, regretful

"I may have something rather outside your field. Would you consider indentured servitude?"

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
Search ID:
CC23881
High Res:
1405x1288 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
unemployed, unemployment, employment, indentured servant, indentured servants, indentured servitude, career change, career changes, career, careers, employment officer, employment officers, unemployment office, unemployment offices, slave, slaves, slavery

Suggested Delivery Methods During U.P.S. Strike.

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC35644
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1946x1526 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, unemployment, animals, entertainment, celebrities, writing, characters, maps, easter bunny, strikes, pickets, picket lines, unions, christmas, santa claus, tooth fairy, united parcel service, stork, post office, courier, couriers, parcel, parcels, package, packages, delivery, deliveries, delivery men, delivery man, strike, strikes, industrial action, industrial dispute, industrial disputes

"Will work for 18 across"

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC133960
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4618x2875 pixels (unwatermarked)
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homeless, homelessness, homeless man, panhandler, panhandlers, panhandling, hobo, hobos, beggar, beggars, sign, signs, poor, unemployed, unemployment, out of work, out-of-work, crossword, crosswords, crossword puzzles, crossword puzzles, answer, answers, puzzle, puzzles, grid, grids, grid puzzle, grid puzzles, across, down

Coming Soon to an Office Near You: Invaders From the Planet of the Recent College Graduates

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC28002
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1673x1633 pixels (unwatermarked)
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graduates, younger generation, generation gap, youth, young, younger, young people, hiring, hire, new hire, new hires, graduate, college grad, grad, grads, college grads, unemployment, unemployed, laid off, lay off, downsizing, cut, cuts, cutting costs, cutting cost, world of work, working world, millennial, millennial, baby boomer, baby boomers, age, ageing

"I'm afraid your M.B.A. loses some of its lustre in light of the fact that you were home-schooled."

Artist:
Gregory, Alex
Search ID:
CC119395
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3000x2068 pixels (unwatermarked)
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m.b.a., mba, degree, degrees, master of business of administration, home school, homeschool, homeschooling, home schooling, homeschooled, home schooled, homeschooling problems, home schooling problems, education, education level, education levels, student, students, job interview, interviewer, interviewers, recruit, recruiter, recruiters, human resources, hr, h.r., employer, employers, employee, employees, manager, managers, job hunting, job search, job, jobs, work, career, careers, unemployed, unemployment, unemployable, resume, cv, c.v., proud parent, proud parents, exaggeration, exaggerated, embellishment, embellish, hyperbole, false, fake, business, business degree, university, university degree, university degrees, college, college degree, college degrees, hire, hiring, achievement, achievements

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

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC37711
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2146x1774 pixels (unwatermarked)
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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

"Outsourcing? First door on your right."

Artist:
Shaw, Michael
Search ID:
CC121017
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3000x2440 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
outsource, outsources, outsourcing, unemployment, unemployed, unemployment office, globalist, globalists, globalism, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, layoff, layoffs, laid off, laying off, employee, employees, work, worker, workers, depression, firing, firings, job loss, job losses, economic contraction, shrinking economy, downsize, downsizes, downsizing

"It means taking a healthy pay cut, but my dad has decided to stay at home and lock himself in the basement."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC120886
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2000x1790 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
family, families, work, world of work, unemployed, unemployment, job search, pay, gallows humour, dark humour, dark humor, black humor, black humour, gallows humor, pink slip, laid off, quit job, resign, resignation, resign from work, recession, children, basement, hermit, mid life crisis, hide, neet, home office, home offices, depression, depressions, depressing, mid-life crises

"I've decided to pursue a profession where religion doesn't play such an important role."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC121216
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2000x2969 pixels (unwatermarked)
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religion, religious, problem, problems, religious issues, unemployed, unemployment, crisis of faith, faith, having faith, man of faith, spiritual, spirituality, monks, monk, habit, monastic, monastery, monasteries, christian, christianity, career change, careers, career goals, career planning, workplace, work place, comfortable in the work place, values, value, church, churches, the church

"I suppose you're worried about your little peasant benefits."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC128346
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3006x2817 pixels (unwatermarked)
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peasant, peasants, serf, serfs, historical, serfdom, peasant's uprising, revolt, peasant's revolt, tyler, wat tyler, wat, monarchy, monarchs, monarchies, royal, royalty, court, royal court, royal courts, medieval, dark age, dark ages, medieval times, ye olde, benefit, benefits, dole, hand out, handouts, government benefit, government benefits, government, king, kings, cuts, benefit cut, benefits cuts, government cuts, cut, cuts, critical, critique, critic, social critique, criticism, criticisms, welfare, welfare cuts, welfare system, welfare systems, unemployment, unemployed, food stamps, food stamp, unemployment benefit, plea, plead, pleading

For Today's Dad

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC36843
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1536x3036 pixels (unwatermarked)
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bitter, bitterness, bitterly, daddy issues, daddy problems, fatherhood, fathers, fathers and sons, dad, dads, parent, parents, parenting, redundancy, redundant, competitive, competitively, cards, card, unemployed, unemployment, complex, oedipal complex, oedipus complex, patronise, patronising, patronised, patronises, retired, retires, retire, retiree, modern, modern family, unhappy families, family matters, modern life, greetings cards, greeting cards, father's day, fathers day

"Brodman, after giving it much thought, I've decided to let you go for no apparent reason."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC122044
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5000x4074 pixels (unwatermarked)
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unemployment, business, management, fire, fires, firing, firing culture, unemployed, office worker, office workers, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, white collar job, white collar jobs, white collar, business executive, business executive, manager, managers, boss, bosses, big boss, big bosses, mankoff

"Oh, I know He works in mysterious ways, but if I worked that mysteriously I'd get fired."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC119380
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3000x2778 pixels (unwatermarked)
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religion, unemployment, business, management, unemployed, mysterious ways, god, creator, creators, divine creator, divine creators, skeptic, skeptics, skepticism, skeptical, sceptic, sceptics, sceptical, scepticism, priest, priests, minister, ministers, vicar, vicars, atheist, atheists, atheism, agnostic, agnosticism, agnostics, mankoff

Opp'y of a Lifetime

Artist:
Chast, Roz
Search ID:
CC24984
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1131x4011 pixels (unwatermarked)
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business, personnel, incompetents, unemployment, advertising, job ad, job ads, job listing, job listings, qualification, qualifications, job qualification, job qualifications, unreasonable, skill, skills, skilled, skilled worker, skilled workers, job hunt, job hunts, job seeker, job seekers

"Oh them - they're just the ghosts of all the people we've terminated."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC131159
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3143x3016 pixels (unwatermarked)
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fire, fired, employment, financial crisis, economy, money, executives, business, office, spirits, death, unemployment, ghost, ghosts, firings, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, apparition, apparitions, ominous, ominous sign, ominous signs, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, business executive, business executives, mankoff

"Hey, I'm unemployed, but I'm having fun with it."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC132107
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4487x4373 pixels (unwatermarked)
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unemployment, fired, barrels, dress up, positive attitude, monkeys, barrel of monkeys, barrels of monkeys, expression, expressions, idiom, idioms, more fun, have fun, having fun, has fun, unemployed, fired, sacked, laid off, out of work, enjoy life, enjoys life, enjoying life, mankoff

“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.
Search ID:
CC123434
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3290x2688 pixels (unwatermarked)
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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

"We have very little need these days to employ a cudgel."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC140959
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3088x2266 pixels (unwatermarked)
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nomad, nomads, nomadic, modern, modernity, modern life, culture shock, wander, wanderer, hobo, hobos, homeless, interview, resume, cv, cvs, resumes, job, jobs, hob interview, work, working, job search, employ, employed, employment, employs, employer, employee, employers, employees, hr, h r, human resources, human resource, interview, interviews, interviewee, training, trainer, trainee, cudgel, cudgels, h r nightmare, unemployed, unemployment, job search, out of work, technology, old fashioned

Vernon Trunick with the 3 O'Clock Report

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC36015
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2283x1625 pixels (unwatermarked)
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tv, t.v.news, media, medias, report, reporting, television, televisions, booth, booths, panhandle, panhandling, panhandles, panhandles, pan handling, pan handle, pan handling, begging, busking, busks, newsstand, newstand, news stand, reports, tip cup, tips, unemployed, commentary, telly, post-truth, alternative facts, unemployed, unemployment

"This is a very impressive manifesto."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC33026
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2156x1646 pixels (unwatermarked)
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job, jobs, work, worker, working, employ, employed, employment, employee, employer, employs, unemployed, unemployment, job search, application, applied, apply, job application, resume, resumes, cv, cv, good cv, good resume, bad resume, bad cv, what not to do, not to do, hr, h r, human resources, human resource, personnel, manifesto, manifestos, politics, political, political manifesto, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, recruits, recruiter

"Oh, hiring's O.K., but firing provides a real sense of closure."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC28217
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2889x2851 pixels (unwatermarked)
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hierarchy, unemployment, business, executives, offices, businessmen, hiring, hirings, firing, firings, corporate culture, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, closure, sense of closure, gain closure, gaining closure, preference, preferences, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, middle manager, middle managers, mankoff