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This Cartoonist Makes Single-Panel Comics That Are Both Absurd And Relatable (66 Pics)
If you’ve ever walked away from a family gathering thinking “Well, that felt… weird,” or sat through a polite conversation that somehow felt like a small-scale hostage situation, David Sipress’ cartoons will feel uncomfortably familiar.
Sipress highlights the absurdity, contradictions, and discomfort that we all experience in our lives by amplifying the absurdity of everyday situations to the maximum—little social misfires, forced smiles, and the kind of blunt honesty that slips out right after someone says, “So anyway…” His work is visually simple, but the socio-cultural and political discussions underlying the punchlines are far from that.
A dinner table becomes a diplomatic crisis. A routine checkup turns into a moment of clarity nobody asked for. Couples negotiate the unspoken rules of long relationships, coworkers stumble through office etiquette, and holiday traditions unravel in real time. Even when the setup is absurd, the emotional logic is painfully real, which is why the punch lands.
A big part of the appeal is that even when the jokes are painfully obvious, they invite a level of contextual knowledge of the world and current events for one to be able to fully grasp the implications. This makes sense when you realize Sipress has been honing this observational style for decades, including a long run at The New Yorker, where his cartoons have become a go-to snapshot of everyday social and political friction.
And if you’re curious how a mind like this gets built, Sipress’ memoir What’s So Funny? offers some context without spoiling the magic. But the cartoons are the main event. They’re the kind of funny that makes you laugh first, then wince a second later, because you’ve absolutely been there.
You can learn more about Sipress on his website and check out more of his cartoons on his Instagram page.
More info: Instagram | davidsipress.com | Facebook | x.com
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TotallyNOTAFox 2 days ago (edited)
Whatto read anyways, it's always the same best described as SNAFU
Nicole Weymann 2 days ago (edited)
Mine has been outmatched since sometime in 2020/2021 - and not because of the virus, bud because of the side effects (covidiots, anti-vaxxers, and their ilk)
Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Couldn't even watch clips from the Golden Globes without hearing about how the USA is going to hell in a handbasket. There's just no escape from the fear and despair so many people are enduring.
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TotallyNOTAFox 2 days ago (edited)
Because that can end people up in prison very fast if the government deemed it the wrong thing to want in some places
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Lotekguy 2 days ago
This could be from 2000 - 2008; 2016 - 20; 2025 to Doomsday.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
I got onboard Twitter early in the game. Even attempted to stick with it after that disgusting nitwit took it over since I really enjoyed many of the posts. But that was then and this is now, and I can't visit that site any longer.
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Kelly H. Wilder 2 days ago
That one night the BBC had nothing to report so played music instead
Janissary35680 2 days ago
🍾🎶I get all the news I need on the weather report. I can gather all the news I need on the weather report 🎶🎵
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
"No, I'm just going to relax and enjoy myself the entire vacation - AND after I get *back* from vacation!"
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Ayep. Plenty of red meat and whole fat milk. I'm 100% onboard with removing processed and ultra-processed foods from our diets, but flipping the food pyramid is beyond ridiculous - it's dangerous. Same age as that dingbat RFK jr. but I don't look like a used saddle bag that's been left out in the sun.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
A few of my cats would watch me clean the litter boxes, then promptly use them. Their unique way of showing appreciation.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
"Now, where are the tourist traps?" "... in exactly *what* sense do you mean that?"
Riley Quinn 2 days ago
All those ports that those monstrous cruise ships dock at, unleashing idiot tourists upon the locals.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Say what you will funny man, but I'm still agile and flexible in my old age due to years of standing on one leg with my arms over my head and other yoga poses.
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Auntriarch 2 days ago (edited)
Never in so many words, but I did get the message. The tables turned a couple of years ago though...
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
This is Wisconsin. If you're not into quilting, then grab a rod and go ice fishing whether the weather is kind or not.
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Rahb in Oz 2 days ago
Climate change deniers are about as smart as dinosaurs weren't.
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Proof humans haven't really evolved bc there are too many who think the damage from eating micro-plastic, breathing toxins, and eating ultra-processed foods will be corrected by scientists soon. Oh wait, there probably won't be any scientists left if the USA keeps dismantling the institutions.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
Generally, I have to agree. But there was the odd bright spot here and there. I found a new job, and my family got to experience an honest-to-God, joyous, unvarnished, Christmas Miracle.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Something tells me this cartoon will find its place for Thanksgiving 2026. The only thanks I'll be giving is when Trump and his goons are gone.
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cecilia kilian 2 days ago
European news outlets are referring to Renee Good's dEath as mµrder, as it should be.
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BrunoVI 2 days ago
M****r rate down 20%; Official today, 2025's inflation rate is the lowest since... the last time Trump was in office; Wages up relative to inflation the most since... the last time Trump was in office; $600 billion slashed from the deficit; Last month was the lowest trade deficit this century (outside of the global trade collapse of May, 2009); Peace in Gaza, Rwanda-Congo, Myanmar, Yemen, Azerbaijan-Armenia and good riddance to Nicolas Maduro; 1.5 million jobs formerly held by illegal aliens now held by 'Merkins; What a GREAT year!!!
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
Something just seems so ... wrong ... about a pack of wolves singing *barbershop*.
Riley Quinn 2 days ago
The coyotes who frequented the pond every evening would howl and giggle (that's what it sounded like). You'd hear their howls being acknowledged from another pack about a half mile away.
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pandamonium 2 days ago
It's an outline of a sketch for a proposal about an idea for a concept.
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And this is why I have little faith in committees. So much wasted time talking in circles and getting very little accomplished.
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Auntriarch 2 days ago (edited)
My brother in law's phone bingled a news alert last week, my sister in law and I simultaneously said "oh god what's he done now"
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
If professionals want to continue this way, they're adults making decisions. It's when parents get their little kids involved that freaks me out. How stupid and irresponsible is that parental decision?
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Hey, we here on BP know what a euphemism is. We're forced to use them to get around the Puritanical censors. I wonder if the staff choosing this cartoon even saw the irony.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
'Banned from the Trump Center'? Don't threaten me with a good time!
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Eugene the Jeep 2 days ago
Oops, somebody mistook S. Gross for Sipress. Similar styles, though.
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TotallyNOTAFox 2 days ago
Germany when it comes to pensions and social security if the idiot party in our current goverment gets through with their ideas
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And now that he's the acting President of Venezuela (ck his Wikipedia page), he'll be reaping in more.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Just another whacko predicting climate change and the death of the planet. /s
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Bad fitting suit, but not bad enough to represent the biggest getter in the Oval Office. Plus, the tie isn't covering his micro-mushroom.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
Yeah, well, Beelzebub ain't exactly bragging about knowing YOU, Donnie!
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
Pre-Thanksgiving, everyone in the building was chatting about celebrating the holiday. But since this was my attitude, I stayed home and enjoyed my delicious meal in peace.
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
Can I get one of those cute little mini-giraffes? You know, the tiny ones they serve on airliners?
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cecilia kilian 2 days ago
As long as it is not red, with a certain four letter logo, I would say let Old Frank be.
Giles McArdell 2 days ago (edited)
Don't let 'em get to you Frank! Be a dou chebag right up to the end.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
My ex used to make the most incredible open-faced sandwich with avocados, a special sauce, and lots of Brie. I still regret not getting the sauce recipe in the divorce settlement.
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Janissary35680 2 days ago
IMAGE: artist's impression of what wooly mammoths may have looked like
Dave Nalesnik 2 days ago
Just like all artists, you won't get any respect until you're long dead...
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
I hadn't scroll far enough to see the script, so my immediate thought - it's about a mother and her spawn in public.
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Riley Quinn 2 days ago
I hate marshmallows, and when I see something I love desecrated with those little blobs of an abomination, I have to let the rage out.
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