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Created by Doug Hill, the cartoonist behind "Laughing Hippo Studio", "Potpourri" is a long-running single-panel comic series built around sharp observational humor and everyday absurdities. Hill frequently draws inspiration from medicine and healthcare, a setting ripe with awkward conversations, power imbalances, and bureaucratic frustration.

His cartoons exaggerate familiar scenarios just enough to expose their underlying truth: rushed doctors, confusing diagnoses, impersonal systems, and patients left navigating anxiety with very little clarity. By distilling these moments into a single visual gag, Hill captures the strange mix of fear, confusion, and resignation that many people associate with medical visits.

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    #6

    Cartoonist depicts doctor visits with dark humor, showing an uneasy conversation in a surgery waiting area.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell us what country this is in without telling us what country this is in.

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    #9

    Cartoon of a doctor consulting a sick banana, illustrating darkly funny and relatable doctor visit therapy sessions.

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    Moltar
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some kind of banana for scale joke

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    #15

    Cartoon of a doctor and patient humorously discussing weight during a darkly funny therapy session at a doctor visit.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My scales tells me the proportion of fat in my body. It's probably cheese retention.

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    #18

    Patient in hospital bed talking to nurse in a cartoon, depicting darkly funny doctor visits and therapy sessions.

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    S Bow
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always hated when they ask "how are we feeling today?". Why do they say that?

    #22

    Cartoonist depicts doctor visits as darkly funny therapy sessions with relatable patient and doctor interaction.

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    USA! USA! We're number 1!!!!!!!!!!!

    #25

    Cartoon doctor visit showing a pregnant woman in an exam room, highlighting darkly funny therapy sessions.

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    Bear Hall
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You got the Egyptian illness. You are a Mumy."

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