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Pretty much anything can become material for one of Joseph Nowak’s cartoons. Animals behave according to their own wonderfully questionable logic, everyday expressions are taken a little too literally, familiar characters find themselves in ridiculous situations, and even darker subjects can become the setup for an unexpectedly silly joke. The result is a collection in which figuring out what could happen next is part of the fun.

The artist has described his work as “silly,” and that simple word fits his comics surprisingly well. Rather than relying on much dialogue, Nowak often takes an ordinary scenario and changes one small detail until the whole thing becomes absurd. Many of his cartoons require no words at all, because the visual subject itself is the joke, drawn to be the satirical, absurd, or just downright weird version of the real thing. Joseph’s work should already be familiar to longtime Bored Panda readers, as we’ve featured his comics numerous times before, which just goes to show how much comedic talent he has.

Scroll down to enjoy the latest batch of comics, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that made you laugh the most.

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#1

Single-panel comics by Joseph Novak: Two flies in fencing gear duel with fly swatters.

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BarkingSquirell
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1 month ago

En guarde!

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    #2

    A comic of Moses splitting the sea, with fish cut in half, from Joseph Novak's best jokes.

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    BarkingSquirell
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    1 month ago

    How am I feeling remorse for a cartoon?

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    #3

    A comic showing Jesus drinking from a #1 Son mug, highlighting the weirdest ideas for best jokes.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 month ago

    Charlie Chan bought one for one of his boys.

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    #4

    A comic showing hooded figures playing Jenga, with one person standing on the blocks. Joseph Novak comics.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    It's cruel, but hardly unusual ...

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    #5

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak with a sinking ark and a man thinking about termites. Best jokes.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Who knew that just two termites could breed so fast ?

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    #6

    A comic depicting a baby kangaroo in its mothers pouch, while the mother says it's time to move out. Joseph Novak comics.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Note to medics. Under no circumstances should this cartoon be shown in a maternity ward.

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    #7

    Single-panel comics by Joseph Novak: A knight climbing a wall, reaching for Rapunzel's still-growing braid.

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    Ashley Bijingni
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    1 month ago

    Sir, you have a horse.

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    #8

    A comic by Joseph Novak illustrating a woman in an avocado dress asking if she looks fat, to which a friend replies, Sure, but it's the good kind of fat.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago (edited)

    She does look stónéd, though ...

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    #9

    Single-panel comics by Joseph Novak: Matches reacting to a burnt matchstick under a low clearance sign.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    1 month ago

    Oh no!!!!

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    #10

    A Joseph Novak comic features Jesus on a cloud, and people below mishearing his message, a great joke.

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    Giles McArdell
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    "'Blessed are the cheesemakers?' What's so special about them?"

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    #11

    A comic by Joseph Novak showing two astronauts, one with a CO2 tank, discussing a mistaken oxygen pack.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    First space-going Ent !

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    #12

    A comic by Joseph Novak depicting a game of rock, paper, scissors in an arena setting.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    but ... where's Spock ?

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    #13

    A comic by Joseph Novak featuring matryoshka dolls sneezing and one saying Gesundheit, illustrating funny ideas.

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    Judith Y.
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    1 month ago

    Very clever.

    #14

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak depicting oil tycoons admiring a statue and wanting to smash it, a funny idea.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    To them, 'Appreciate' is no more than a Financial term.

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    #15

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak depicting a rainbow-colored chicken sitting on a nest of decorated Easter eggs.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Tie-Dyed Chickens were a very popular fad back in the late 60s.

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    #16

    Single-panel comics by Joseph Novak: A man with a haircut resembling a mail envelope on his bald head.

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    HF
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Letterhead!

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    #17

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak showing a rainbow coming from a cloud with Noah's Ark on a mountain.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    1 month ago

    Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #18

    A comic by Joseph Novak shows the Grim Reaper reading obituaries with his son, praising his first day's work.

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    Demdumpin
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    He just about met the de-adline for the day

    #19

    A single-panel comic featuring a stone knight statue covered in birds next to a stone toilet. Joseph Novak comics.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    More fun that way

    #20

    A comic by Joseph Novak with two men plugging their ears to an ice cream vendor as a siren, a single-panel comic.

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    BarkingSquirell
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    There is something in the song of ice cream trucks that make me suddenly crave ice cream.

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    #21

    A Joseph Novak comic showing two men discussing Covid and taste, a single-panel comic.

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    Rali Meyer
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    1 month ago

    tasteless...

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    #22

    A comic by Joseph Novak showing a sea otter in a raft in the middle of the ocean next to a sign that reads YOU ARE HERE.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Has to be a management consultant came up with this one.

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    #23

    Joseph Novak's single-panel comic shows two snowmen next to a melted snowman with a lightbulb, a funny idea.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 month ago

    The Icarus Factor.

    #24

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak showing an alien brushing its teeth, illustrating a funny idea.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Well, *you* try getting a dentist on the Large Magellanic Cloud !

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    #25

    A comic of Judas unfollowing Jesus Christ on a smartphone, part of Joseph Novak's best jokes.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Reverend Details asks - wasn't it 13 ?

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    #26

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak featuring Noah watching a lion picking which lioness to eat. Best jokes.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe, Larry, Curly...

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    #27

    A comic of Moses dropping stone tablets with commandments, showcasing Novak's weirdest ideas for jokes.

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    Amelia Erhardt
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    So this must've come from History of the World, Part 1 by Mel Brooks, when he comes back down from the mountain with 15 commandments before dropping one tablet.

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    #28

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak depicting God holding a dripping Earth, thinking I've made a huge mistake. Best jokes.

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    Capn Cack
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    He was doing fine until he invented humans. It all went downhill from there.

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    #29

    A single-panel comic with two alien creatures, one frustrated with a universal TV remote. Joseph Novak comics.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    In Klingon, that translates as an anagram of "Gotcha, sucker"

    #30

    Single-panel comics by Joseph Novak: A collection of pinned caterpillars in a display case.

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    Whiskers
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Ha!

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    #31

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak of an angel, a devil, and a man next to a Wheel of Fortune-style wheel.

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    Elwood Schwartz (it/that)
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Shouldn't "Utah" be "West Virginia?"

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    #32

    A Joseph Novak comic depicts D***h on a riding mower next to an elderly woman with a walker, offering a unique joke.

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    Ariana Graen
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Not worth it. Gas prices are too high

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    #33

    A comic by Joseph Novak depicting tiny books being dropped into a jar with brains, a single-panel comic.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Yep.

    #34

    A comic of Jesus healing sick people, part of the best jokes by Joseph Novak.

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    Took me way too long to realize he wasn't offering turds

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    #35

    A comic by Joseph Novak featuring two turtles discussing plastic pollution as single-panel comics.

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    Capn Cack
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    1 month ago

    This makes me want to cry. Humans are a f*****g cancer on this planet.

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    #36

    A Joseph Novak comic where parents discuss their baby's unusual name for a Twitter handle, a single-panel comic.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Johnny Cash finally decided to go with "Sue" as he couldn't pronounce "Xyptrk". But both kids got a terrible amount of bullying at school, anyway ...

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    #37

    A comic by Joseph Novak where a man offers a boy a ladder, asking Psst, kid. Looking to get high?

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    He's too young for that - he's only a lad. Er ...

    #38

    A comic of a yellow alien mowing intricate crop circles into a field using a riding lawnmower. Joseph Novak comics.

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    Andrew Keir
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    ... and now we know the Arcturan for "Up Yours!"

    #39

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak portraying God deleting the Earth project from a computer with an old monitor.

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    Silberwolf
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    1 month ago

    Perhaps a reboot of evolution.exe will do.

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    #40

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak where Adam breaks up with a gorilla named Petunia for Eve. Best jokes.

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    Andrew Keir
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    1 month ago

    Men haven't changed much in all that time, have they ?

    #41

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak showing a cartoon Mary holding soap and pointing to a child in a tub.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    1 month ago

    What? We don't get to see the Baby Jesus' ‍b‍u‍m‍?!?!?!?!?!?!

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    #42

    A Joseph Novak comic shows a student with headphones getting an F on a test, highlighting weird ideas.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Oh, Well Played!

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    #43

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak showing an angel asking God for the Wi-Fi password. Best jokes.

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    BarkingSquirell
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Accurate.

    #44

    Funny single-panel comic by Joseph Novak showing Jesus performing a card trick, astonishing a man.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    1 month ago

    The Trinity! 🤣

    #45

    A single-panel comic by Joseph Novak with a person tapping maple syrup from a tree to make pancakes, a funny idea.

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    #46

    Amusing single-panel comic by Joseph Novak illustrating Zeus cooking up a storm in a pot.

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    Demdumpin
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    1 month ago

    "I am the God of hellfire and I give you ...."

    #47

    Relatable single-panel comic by Joseph Novak of Jesus turning water into wine, to the dismay of a man.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    That Jesus was a trickster!

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    #48

    A funny single-panel comic by Joseph Novak shows LEGO figures regretting playing strip poker.

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    #49

    Humorous single-panel comic by Joseph Novak depicting God being blow-dried, causing global warming.

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    #50

    Clever single-panel comic by Joseph Novak with Adam and Eve discussing zodiac signs in the Garden of Eden.

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    Ralph Van Loton
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    1 month ago

    Navels?

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