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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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Cartoon of a doctor talking to a mermaid patient in a clinic, illustrating darkly funny doctor visits and therapy sessions.

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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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    4 weeks 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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    #7

    Cartoonist’s darkly funny comic shows a scarecrow at doctor visit humorously diagnosed with hay fever.

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    Cartoonist’s darkly funny comic shows a melting snowman in a doctor’s office, turning doctor visits into relatable therapy sessions.

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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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    4 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some kind of banana for scale joke

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    #10

    Cartoon of doctor visit turning into a darkly funny therapy session with a skeleton patient in a clinic setting.

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    Cartoon doctor visit with Pinocchio as patient, blending dark humor and relatable therapy session moments.

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    Cartoonist’s darkly funny doctor visit comic showing a child tied up during a therapy session in a clinic room.

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    Cartoonist’s darkly funny comic showing a doctor and senior patient in an eye exam therapy session.

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    #14

    Cartoon of a doctor visit with a c*****d Humpty Dumpty patient, highlighting darkly funny therapy sessions.

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    Lotekguy
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    4 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the horses weren't much help, either.

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    #16

    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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    4 weeks 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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    Cartoon showing a doctor delivering darkly funny diagnosis during a relatable doctor visit therapy session.

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    Cartoon of dogs in a doctor visit turning an office into a darkly funny therapy session, showing relatable humor.

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    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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    4 weeks 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?

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    Cartoon of a doctor and elderly patient in a humorous therapy session about Medicare in a clinic setting.

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    #21

    Cartoon doctor visit showing darkly funny therapy session with patient wearing a black eye and red shirt sitting on exam table.

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    Victoria Silvas
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    3 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG how f*****g big does your b***s need to be!? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

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    #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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    4 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    #23

    Cartoon of a doctor visit turning into a darkly funny therapy session with a clown slipping on a banana peel.

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    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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    4 weeks 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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    #26

    Cartoon of a doctor checking a patient at a stop smoking clinic, showing darkly funny doctor visits and therapy sessions.

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    #27

    Cartoon showing a pregnant woman reading a presentation to a teacher, depicting darkly funny doctor visit therapy sessions.

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    Bear Hall
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    4 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "There's such thing like too much fun."

    #28

    Cartoonist’s darkly funny comic shows dog characters in a doctor visit, creating uncomfortably relatable therapy moments.

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    Auntriarch
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    4 weeks ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he deserves a bone-us.

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    Cartoonist’s darkly funny doctor visit comic showing a turkey hearing terminal diagnosis in a clinical setting.

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    #30

    Cartoonist turns doctor visits into darkly funny therapy comics depicting relatable medical moments and patient humor.

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