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Tag / The New Yorker

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Meathead

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  • comics, The New Yorker
  • 16 Comments

meat

Not the gag itself; but is there some significance to the fact that the customer is drawn in a normal manner, while the butcher’s face looks like the work of a 6-year-old with a crayon?

May 14, 2020May 13, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Simulation

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, humor, Lars Kenseth, The New Yorker
  • 16 Comments

simulation

(This is from this week’s New Yorker, so presumably references the current sorry state of the world)

May 10, 2020May 9, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, May 10, 2020

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  • 8 Comments
cooking

Funny because it’s true!

friendmother NYeryaff200309

And one more on The Arlo Page

May 6, 2020 by CIDU Bill

It would be funny if I’d already posted this…

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  • (Not a Cidu), LOL
  • Bill Bickel, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Ellis Rosen, humor, The New Yorker
  • 26 Comments

past future

May 3, 2020May 2, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, May 3, 2020

  • LOL
  • Beetle Bailey, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Ellis Rosen, humor, Junk Drawer, Liana Finck, Mort Walker, The New Yorker
  • 16 Comments

beetle artillLiana Finck EggNYer magician
goodbye junk

May 1, 2020April 30, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Graduation Day

  • Bill Bickel
  • Coronavirus, school, The New Yorker
  • 29 Comments

Camden graduation lol

Bonus cartoon in honor of my nephew, Camden Bickel, whose graduation ceremony from Northeastern University was supposed to have taken place today.

And in honor of all the other students around the world who did the work, achieved the achievements, but didn’t get the ceremony.

April 26, 2020April 25, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, April 26, 2020

  • LOL
  • Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, humor, Jimmy Johnson, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, The New Yorker, XKCD
  • 14 Comments
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Submitted by Corona Cat

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sad laugh charles

Charles: A sad laugh

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Submitted by Janice

April 24, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Speaking of…

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, Coronavirus, humor, Jason Adam Katzenstein (J.A.K.), The New Yorker
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speaking Jason Adam Katzenstein

April 16, 2020 by CIDU Bill

I’m curious why the other guys is being arrested

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  • Benjamin Schwartz, Bill Bickel, comics, Curious George, humor, The New Yorker
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April16 curious

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Did I already post this one?

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, The New Yorker
  • 8 Comments

April08 life itself

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