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Cartoonist(s): Jim Toomey
Comic/Cartoon: Sherman's Lagoon
Viewable Date: 2012-04-04 Pub. Date: 2012-04-04
Image Number: 78000
Caption: Hawthorne, I think your new exercise routine is destined to fail. And besides, do you really want longevity and health? Wouldn’t society be better off if we all lived shorter lives? I'm beginning to see why others avoid you at social gatherings. You can't handle the truth!
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2.  
Cartoonist(s): Mike Luckovich
Comic/Cartoon: Mike Luckovich's Editorial Cartoons
Viewable Date: 2012-03-28 Pub. Date: 2007-09-07
Image Number: 18521
Caption: We're 100% sure we're doomed. Wall St. I've never seen investor confidence higher.
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3.  
Cartoonist(s): Berkeley Breathed
Comic/Cartoon: Opus
Viewable Date: 2011-12-19 Pub. Date: 2005-10-23
Image Number: 11984
Caption: Oo, lookit that baby! A triple! Speaking of tripling … What are you sl @*#% happy about? Gas is three bucks! Yeah but bubbles are still cheap. Housing bubble's gonna burst. I can always afford a little tutti-frutti! Tutti-frutti's are getting' married! Sign! So are Angelina and Brad Pitt! My hairline is in the pits. Good news! They're getting hair plugs from bottoms now. My wife's bottom is gettin' fa --- NOW JUST HOLD ON! STOP BEING POSITIVE ON MY NEGATIVITY! THE WORLD'S GETTIN' WORSE!! Makes ya wonder if anything makes that half of humanity happy.
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4.  
Cartoonist(s): Chris Browne
Comic/Cartoon: Hagar The Horrible
Viewable Date: 2011-12-18 Pub. Date: 2011-12-18
Image Number: 73659
Caption: In a way, this isn't so bad, Hagar … … We get to hang out together! What rotten luck! We're prisoners in the King's dungeon during the holiday season! It's cold and it's damp! … And we have little food or water! Oh, well … We should celebrate the holiday season anyway! Why don't we both rattle out chains and sing "Jingle Bells"?
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5.  
Cartoonist(s): Jerry Van Amerongen
Comic/Cartoon: Ballard Street
Viewable Date: 2011-12-05 Pub. Date: 2011-12-05
Image Number: 73592
Caption: Terrific! Terrific! Terrific! Terrific! Terrific! Terrific! Terrific! Peggy is having negative thoughts about positive reinforcement.
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6.  
Cartoonist(s): Jim Toomey
Comic/Cartoon: Sherman's Lagoon
Viewable Date: 2011-11-27 Pub. Date: 2011-11-27
Image Number: 72878
Caption: O wise turtle, would you say that life is a meritocracy? No … Life's not fair like that. Do we live in a sharkocracy? No. The world's not fair for sharks either. Is it a turtleocracy? Definitely not. He's the only one who always seems to come out on top. So, life is a crabocracy. You don't get it. The world belongs to those who know what they want and are willing to step on others to get it. So, life's a jerkocracy. No, it's not that bad.
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7.  
Cartoonist(s): Hilary Price
Comic/Cartoon: Rhymes with Orange
Viewable Date: 2011-10-16 Pub. Date: 2011-10-16
Image Number: 66378
Caption: Why should I get up and greet a brand-new day when I can sleep in and say "hey" to a slightly used one?
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8.  
Cartoonist(s): Jim Borgman
Jerry Scott
Comic/Cartoon: Zits
Viewable Date: 2011-08-04 Pub. Date: 2011-08-04
Image Number: 63988
Caption: Jeremy, your attitude is poisoning the atmosphere in here! Then why don't you just put a wet towel over your head and crawl toward the nearest exit? Mom's mad at me for offering helpful advice.
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9.  
Cartoonist(s): Darrin Bell
Comic/Cartoon: Candorville
Viewable Date: 2011-06-16 Pub. Date: 2011-06-16
Image Number: 62126
Caption: What's wrong? The world is over. I’m ruined. I'm going to lose my job. I'm going to lose custody of my son. I'm going to lose everyone's respect. It can't be that bad, Lemont. I may have sort of … accidentally … tweeted a picture of my junk. It's never as bad as we ... say what?
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10.  
Cartoonist(s): Hilary Price
Comic/Cartoon: Rhymes with Orange
Viewable Date: 2011-06-04 Pub. Date: 2011-06-04
Image Number: 61497
Caption: The Bluebird of Gloom. Half empty. Yes -- One day we'll be food for worms. Must you always bring that up?
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11.  
Cartoonist(s): Dave Coverly
Comic/Cartoon: Speed Bump
Viewable Date: 2011-05-17 Pub. Date: 2011-05-17
Image Number: 60970
Caption: Ok, then, I'll meet you at the Optimists Club unless I get his by a bus or something.
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12.  
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2010-10-26 Pub. Date: 2010-10-26
Image Number: 53479
Caption: Which three words might sum up your philosophy of life, Randolph? We're doomed. That's only two. We're all doomed. That's more like it.
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13.  
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2010-07-09 Pub. Date: 2010-07-09
Image Number: 49267
Caption: Good Doc, Bad Doc … Fortunately, the tests were negative. You're gonna die! Die!!!
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14.  
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2010-06-26 Pub. Date: 2010-06-26
Image Number: 48752
Caption: I've always seen the glass as half empty, not half full … I also see the happy hour clock as twenty-three twenty-fourths unhappy. Happy Hour 5-6 p.m.
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15.  
Cartoonist(s): Bob Thaves
Tom Thaves
Comic/Cartoon: Frank and Ernest
Viewable Date: 2010-05-02 Pub. Date: 2010-05-02
Image Number: 47102
Caption: Take this exit, Frank! Exit 18. View. Life if pointless. Everybody is out to cheat you. Altruism is just a means to gain some selfish benefit later. Let's go, Ernie. You need to read the map more carefully --- That was a "cynic view," not a "scenic view."
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16.  
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2010-04-16 Pub. Date: 2010-04-16
Image Number: 46256
Caption: After fighting off pessimism his entire life, Lance Fusco finally managed to see the glass as half full. However, he realized he saw the moon as half empty.
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17.  
Cartoonist(s): John Hambrock
Comic/Cartoon: The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
Viewable Date: 2010-04-15 Pub. Date: 2010-04-15
Image Number: 46191
Caption: So, do you have anything at all prepared for the science fair? Of course! Sheesh! I have my award acceptance speech, autographed 8 X 10 photos of me . . . Autobiographical pamphlets . . . Do you have an actual project in there too? The glass is always half-empty for you, isn't it?
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18.  
Cartoonist(s): Bob Thaves
Tom Thaves
Comic/Cartoon: Frank and Ernest
Viewable Date: 2010-04-15 Pub. Date: 2010-04-15
Image Number: 46387
Caption: World ends today. World ends tomorrow. Like lots of people, those two are having a tough time making ends meet.
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19.  
Cartoonist(s): Jerry Van Amerongen
Comic/Cartoon: Ballard Street
Viewable Date: 2010-04-12 Pub. Date: 2010-04-12
Image Number: 46089
Caption: Be happy, damn it!
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20.  
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2010-04-07 Pub. Date: 2010-04-07
Image Number: 45968
Caption: Al, do you see the glass as half full or half empty? Half full … of horse manure.
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