40 Single Panel Comics By Tadhg Ferry That Feel Too Real

Updated on December 20, 2025

I was packing tomorrow’s lunch like a competent grown-up—fruit, snack, a little “you’ve got this” note—when I caught myself hiding three cupcakes in the back like they were contraband. That’s when I decided I deserved single panel comics by Tadhg Ferry: quick, perfect bites of humor with zero cleanup.

December has that end-of-year buzz where everyone’s “resting” but also stress-refreshing their brains. I’ve been hoarding New Yorker cartoons the way kids hoard stickers, and Tadhg Ferry keeps delivering those funny cartoons that feel like a warm hug and a gentle roast at the same time. Also, cartoon captions are basically my love language right now.

40 Single Panel Comics For When Your Brain Needs A Snack

You’ve already met the whales negotiating spoon logistics, and honestly? Relationship goals. “Enormous spoon” is the kind of phrase that makes you laugh first, then immediately text your partner, then immediately regret texting your partner.

The stroller babies side-eyeing their moms’ phone addiction hit me right in the parenting guilt, but in a way that felt… oddly soothing? Like, yes, I see you, tiny judge, now let me scroll in peace for thirty seconds.

Godzilla casually using Airbnb to destroy cities is the exact modern nightmare that shouldn’t be funny, but absolutely is. It’s the kind of joke that makes you laugh, then stare into the middle distance like, “Wait. Is that… plausible?” New Yorker cartoons excel at that tiny existential tap on the shoulder.

And the waiter asking if you want to keep your eighty-seven tabs open? That one felt like a personal attack delivered with a cloth napkin. I could practically hear my laptop fan whisper, “Let me go,” while I insist I still need a recipe from 2018 and one article about how to fold fitted sheets (lies).

The moon fry machine, the Hamburglar getting nailed for taxes, and a doctor solemnly diagnosing cooties—these are all ridiculous in the best way. The cartoon captions do so much heavy lifting that you barely notice you’re learning something about yourself. Mostly that you laugh at nonsense because the world is loud.

Also: the pirate telling Mark he spotted his ex and the football huddle “this could have been an email.” Those are the kinds of funny cartoons you save for the group chat with the friend who hates meetings and loves wordplay.

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Katie Rodriguez writes like a cheerful fridge-note with a wink—equal parts cozy encouragement and “okay but why are we like this?”