Secret Still

Swedish artist Andreas Englund has a good sense of humor, or at least his paintings do, so I assume that, by the transitive property, he’s also a laugh riot. What I think I enjoy the most is his exploration of mortality and the everyday beauty in the mundane. And fortunately all of that is wrapped up in a humorous amplification through fictional characters. This is probably the same sort of catharsis that really great authors derive from writing that one, perfect, 3-dimensional character that they can control and pretend to be. Hell, that’s why we read them. Maybe an active fantasy life is what we all really need to get some closure on our various neuroses. Time to bring back that imaginary friend, kids.

Andreas Englund

Without the fat, orange cat this comic strip is nothing short of amazing. I never realized how much of an existential journey it was. Who knew Garfield was just fucking up the brilliance all along?

Garfield Minus Garfield

Joey Comeau, one half of the brilliant duo behind A Softer World (over there in the sidebar), has a project titled Overqualified, where he sends resumes with the most hilariously depraved cover letters to various companies and organizations. You only have to read one to understand what I’m talking about. You will not be able to read just one. My favorite point so far is when he refers to women’s vaginas as “unflushable pink toilets”. I want him to speak at my wedding.

Overqualified.

A cute story about the New Genesis. The illustrations are awesome, and the rhythm is perfect. Plus there’s a lot of cartoon wang…for the ladies.

Adam’s Apple

While I’ve got you reading things today I thought I might direct your eyes to an article written by Michael Lewis for Slate Magazine about getting a vasectomy. It’s not only funny, but I have to respect anyone that can get their testes tied and keep a light heart about it. Having someone else shave the stepchildren could be a nice change though. I never have the right angle for a thorough job. And now the whole internet knows that. Great.

Dad Never Again: The Nutcracker Suite by Michael Lewis.

Warren Ellis drops the Three Laws of Robotics as written by robots instead of humans. Hilarious. It’s good to know that they hate us since they’re already in our blood. Now we wait for our mechanical overlords to kill us in our sleep.

Three Laws of Robotics

Cracked Magazine finally does something funny, and not awkward funny like they usually strive for. Unless you’re a devout Christian, then it will definitely be awkward. But so is peeing for you guys, so…

9 Most Badass Bible Verses

Frederator, creators of some of my favorite cartoons, have a site called Channel Frederator devoted to all the animated short videos that they love. You might have seen the series The Meth Minute 39 around the old information superhighway. If you have some free time or, more likely, you’re avoiding doing something then spend some time enjoying their content.

Channel Frederator

Married to the Sea is a daily comic site that combines found illustrations with hilarious captions. Made by Drew and Natalie. It usually makes me smile. Can’t ask for more than that.

Married to the Sea

Clever bastard.

Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre