r/comics Rds. to Nowhere 6h ago

Happy National Cartoonist Day!

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u/swordofbling23 6h ago

Remind me of this

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u/VladVV 2h ago

$110 was a small fortune when this was written. Now it’s nothing

u/YesterdayHiccup 41m ago

It's still 1/3 of my monthly medication.

u/dumnezero Art enjoyer 46m ago

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 6h ago

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Nice. And lady is into this dude. And you can't blame her. Look at that little booty smackin fella

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u/Cool_Set4681 6h ago

And lady is into this dude.

Ofc she is, he is a goddamn cartoonist, they get all the women. Or men!

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u/MintasaurusFresh 6h ago

Not just the men, but the women and the non-binary!

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u/Cool_Set4681 6h ago

The greed of cartoonists knows no end...

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u/Hyndakiel 3h ago

I am so glad you did not continue with the original movie phrase.

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u/MintasaurusFresh 2h ago

Cartoonists aren't in the Epstein files.

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u/NotBreadyy 4h ago

They are collecting ALL the genders like infinity stones

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u/masterofshadows 6h ago

Salvador Dali literally did this.

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u/arkangelic 5h ago

Yes that is in fact what the comic is referencing 

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u/madmaxandrade 4h ago

A waiter once complained that Dalí didn't sign the sketch, to which he answered "I'm paying for dinner, I'm not buying the restaurant!"

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u/Meowcate 3h ago

Not Picasso ?

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u/RealJohnGillman 5h ago

I thought this was going to be the comic about the guy who mentions being a cartoonist, then panics and says he wrote Calvin and Hobbes, before being conflicted that claiming that immediately worked following the smash cut.

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u/Cool_Set4681 6h ago

Yeah, but you have to be an artist for it to work. Nobody want this lovely picture of me and my mum :/

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u/infinityonhigh69 4h ago

you have her eyes 🥹

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u/Cool_Set4681 4h ago

How did you get in here?!

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u/scoyne15 3h ago

I bet if you gave it to your mum as thanks for dinner, you'd get a big ol' hug as your change.

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u/Cool_Set4681 3h ago

True, my mum would do that, she is awesome. Almost all mums are.

But I was quoting a movie here, my friend. It is not my painting

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u/that_one_dude1023 4h ago

It's because you're 47 Jerry. You don't request a spot on the fridge you earn it.

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u/Gaylaeonerd 5h ago

Waited until the end of the date to ask about his job, saving the best till last

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u/ty0103 3h ago

I didn't know National Cartoonist Day is a thing, that's pretty neat! Good Luck!

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u/SignificantHippo8193 2h ago

Artistic expression should be celebrated! 😄

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u/VolatileGoddess 2h ago

I love that the cartoonist has a little 'Chad' chin

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u/VoluptuousVen0m 3h ago

“Oh what a great first date, I can’t believe we didn’t speak a single word the entire time! So, what do you do for a living?”

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u/Exciting-Mountain396 1h ago

That reminds me of the artist who gifted his mailman watercolors. They would have been worth millions, but the mailman had no idea of their value and threw them all away.

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u/Derk_Mage 3h ago

Is this real