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Achaz von Hardenberg, known as Hard Toons, is a German cartoonist who grew up in Italy and recently moved back after eight years in England. His clever cartoons have appeared in magazines and newspapers across the UK, Ireland, and the US. When he’s not drawing, he’s an Associate Professor of Zoology at the University of Pavia—proof that brains and humor can go hand in hand.

Hard Toons specializes in one-panel cartoons that perfectly capture the absurdities of everyday life. In this article, we’re sharing some of his funniest and most thought-provoking work, where a single image says it all.

More info: Instagram | hardtoons.co.uk | x.com

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Black and white funny one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a raccoon dressed as a bat standing on a tree branch at night.

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    #4

    One-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a biblical figure questioning Comic Sans font on stone tablets.

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    Joe Bloe
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's really funny how people can get angry over fonts!! Mostly because other people told them to. Seriously, who had an opinion on fonts before this comic sans meme?

    Toggaph de Dratersi
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never understood the hatred towards this font. I suspect it's just because people were told to hate it.

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    #5

    Black and white one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a man awkwardly talking to a woman about mansplaining life’s absurdities.

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    Joe Bloe
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She could womansplain it to him?

    Jaya
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The woman's face, lol

    #6

    Black and white one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing three people at a party with a joke about publishing AI prompts.

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    #7

    Black cat with a checklist of funny New Year’s resolutions in a one-panel comic by Hard Toons capturing life’s absurdities.

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    Jaya
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    1 month ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how "catch the red laser dot" is the one box that hasn't been ticked yet.

    #8

    Cartoon of a Loch Ness wiener dog with front and back legs above water, a funny one-panel comic by Hard Toons.

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    #10

    Black and white one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a child in bed with monsters underneath, depicting life's absurdities.

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    Man with gun aiming at giant phone music box playing Vivaldi, woman watching, funny one-panel comics about life’s absurdities.

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    #13

    Black and white one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a frustrated centaur and a woman discussing the school run.

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    #14

    Two castaways sit under a palm tree on a tiny island in a funny one-panel comic about life’s absurdities.

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    #15

    Chess pieces in a funny one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a rook complaining about queue-jumping on the board.

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

    He's been horsing around like that all knight.

    #16

    One-panel comic by Hard Toons showing King Arthur and knights stuck in a roundabout near Camelot, highlighting life’s absurdities.

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    #18

    Doctors at the World Health Organization discussing a funny monkeypox renaming poll in a one-panel comic.

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    Black and white funny one-panel comic showing Alexander Graham Bell on his deathbed regretting time spent on the phone.

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    Stardust she/her
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the fact that a device meant only for two-way transmitting of live audio is now a tiny device that contains the sum of human knowledge and does a variety of tasks other than calling someone.

    Arthur Waite
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was asked to do an on-line survey about the cellphone. It gave about ten things to use the device for, and I was supposed to tick off what I used. Fair enough. I was surprised that 'making phone calls' wasn't on the list! I put it in under 'other'.

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    #22

    Santa Claus drying pink underwear and a Santa hat outside a snow-covered cabin in a funny one-panel comic by Hard Toons.

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

    Guess which elf will be reassigned to cleaning the floor of the reindeer stable?

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    One-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a couple debating between love and enjoying a tub of ice cream alone.

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    Jesse
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buy two tubs of ice cream, problem solved

    Khavrinen
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about a relationship with a man who will bring you the ice cream?

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

    It's a real challenge to compete with ice cream.

    #24

    Funny one-panel comic showing chained workers pulling a giant pyramid with ancient pyramids in the background.

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    #26

    Two people lying on a hill looking at a Starlink satellite constellation in a funny one-panel comic about life’s absurdities.

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    Chich the witch
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But then you remember you aren't a twatbasket and its OK

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    #27

    Funny one-panel comic by Hard Toons showing two babies in high chairs, one with exaggeratedly long legs, highlighting life’s absurdities.

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    #28

    One-panel comic by Hard Toons showing a man with a badge confronting a crying girl and her mother at an amusement park.

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    Jaya
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't get this one. The original on instagram didn't have an explanation n'either, but it did have the hashtag SpyBalloons, so I guess it's that the CIA dude fears her balloon is actually a balloon from Chinese spies?

    Lene
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for an attempted explanation.

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