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Everyday life can be strange enough on its own, but cartoonist Dahlia Gallin Ramirez has a knack for pushing it just a little further into the absurd. Her single-panel comics, which we’ve featured before on Bored Panda, mix dry humor, surreal twists, clever wordplay, and the kind of oddly specific thoughts that might cross your mind but rarely make it into conversation.

Dahlia knows how to take one ridiculous premise and follow it to its perfectly illogical conclusion. The resulting jokes are unpredictable, delightfully weird, and often surprisingly relatable. Her minimalist black-and-white style keeps the focus firmly on each punchline, while expressive characters and awkward conversations help build a world where just about anything can happen. Some cartoons poke fun at modern life and relationships, others drift into existential territory, and plenty simply embrace the joy of asking “What if?” and seeing how strange the answer can get.

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

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#1

A one-panel comic shows two people discussing boring statistics, highlighting humor in mundane everyday thoughts.

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

For example: if you live half of the year in Manhattan, and half in Los Angeles, on average you live in Kansas.

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    #2

    One-panel comics humorously depicts a person on a date with a stack of turtles, finding humor in mundane thoughts.

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

    But if they're on a date, who's holding up the Earth??

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    #9

    A one-panel comic featuring a dog reading a book titled How to have a beautiful bark, finding humor in everyday thoughts.

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

    He was terribly disappointed when he discovered that the book was written for trees.

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    #10

    A one-panel comic: two PEZ dispensers with human heads, facing each other, exchanging PEZ candies, labeled PEZ Couple Arguing.

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    Lotekguy
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like she's winning.

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    #13

    A one-panel comic shows a person talking to the Grim Reaper, who explains how he got his nickname in college.

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

    Then the problem came when he switched majors from agriculture to human anatomy

    #16

    A one-panel comic of a mortuary with a humorous sign, finding humor in mundane everyday thoughts.

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

    ... and not one of them has ever uttered a complaint.

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    #18

    A one-panel comic with a woman introducing her baby and a vampire nanny, finding humor in everyday thoughts.

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    Lotekguy
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, Vlad lost the job when they realized he could only work from sunset to sunrise.

    #19

    A one-panel comic illustrates a humorous guide on How to Find the Perfect Man by hiding him under couch cushions.

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    David Paterson
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a version that goes like this. Question: "where do you find a good husband?" Answer: "exactly where you left him".

    #20

    A one-panel comic titled Forensic Paleo Reconstruction My Way shows a skeleton in a robe with humorous labels for its features.

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    David Paterson
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "a female wouldn't be caught deaded ...". LOL. I like the sloping forehead, long arms and long toes by the way. Erectus?

    #22

    One-panel comics humorously shows a man with 'rad tats' of commandments, finding humor in everyday thoughts.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait! I thought that there was something in the Bible about no tats, rad or otherwise.

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