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1. Comic Strip Jerry Van Amerongen Ballard Street 2017-08-18 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Jerry Van Amerongen
Comic/Cartoon: Ballard Street
Viewable Date: 2017-08-18 Pub. Date: 2017-08-18
Image Number: 161101
Caption: Wait! Was that a downer thought just now?
     
2. Comic Strip Darrin Bell Candorville 2017-08-02 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Darrin Bell
Comic/Cartoon: Candorville
Viewable Date: 2017-08-02 Pub. Date: 2017-08-02
Image Number: 161032
Caption: You look happy. I AM happy. The sun's shining, there's a warm breeze and a great view. I mean, sure, someday I'll be too old or sick to enjoy any of that … and sure, someday, I'll be lying on my deathbed, realizing I'll never enjoy any of that again, but ... Um ... Forget I told you you look happy. Thanks a lot, Susan.
     
3. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2017-05-13 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2017-05-13 Pub. Date: 2017-05-13
Image Number: 157657
Caption: What's the point in being pessimistic rather than optimistic? I'm never disappointed, and occasionally I'm pleasantly surprised. He's got a point. But is it a good point or just a point?
     
4. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2017-05-12 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2017-05-12 Pub. Date: 2017-05-12
Image Number: 157656
Caption: Why are you so pessimistic, Stan? What's the point being optimistic? It's more joyous. Unless, of course, you derive more joy from saying "I told you so."
     
5. Comic Strip Alex Hallatt Arctic Circle 2017-04-28 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Alex Hallatt
Comic/Cartoon: Arctic Circle
Viewable Date: 2017-04-28 Pub. Date: 2017-04-28
Image Number: 157041
Caption: Gordo, would you say my beer glass is half full or half empty? I'm an opportunist.
     
6. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2017-04-17 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2017-04-17 Pub. Date: 2017-04-17
Image Number: 156842
Caption: You're morose, Stan. I am not! I only SEEM morose when I'm compared to you, Sophie. And that's because you're interminably optimistic and upbeat. Ah! You can dish it out, but you can't take it.
     
7. Comic Strip Dan Piraro Bizarro 2016-12-03 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Dan Piraro
Comic/Cartoon: Bizarro
Viewable Date: 2016-12-03 Pub. Date: 2016-12-03
Image Number: 151362
Caption: Here. I found some beautiful things and killed them so you could watch them decay.
     
8. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2016-11-26 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2016-11-26 Pub. Date: 2016-11-26
Image Number: 151149
Caption: I'm sorry I've been a bit moody lately. A bit moody?! Lately?! So much turmoil and uncertainty … I feel that Armageddon is upon us. A bit moody?! Lately?!
     
9. Comic Strip Bob Thaves King Baloo 1990-01-01 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Bob Thaves
Comic/Cartoon: King Baloo
Viewable Date: 2016-09-13 Pub. Date: 1990-01-01
Image Number: 5884
Caption: I'm glad Hamlet's gone. Nothing cheers that guy up.
     
10. Comic Strip Bob Thaves Tom Thaves Frank and Ernest 2016-08-04 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Bob Thaves Tom Thaves
Comic/Cartoon: Frank and Ernest
Viewable Date: 2016-08-04 Pub. Date: 2016-08-04
Image Number: 147264
Caption: The extreme pessimist. Not only is it half empty, I'll bet it's watered down!
     
11. Comic Strip Jim Toomey Sherman's Lagoon 2016-06-11 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Jim Toomey
Comic/Cartoon: Sherman's Lagoon
Viewable Date: 2016-06-11 Pub. Date: 2016-06-11
Image Number: 144046
Caption: See! They're loading Hawthorne into that red car! Can you read the license plate number? Why? Then we can find their address, and I'll go rescue him! From their underwater home? Always so negative.
     
12. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2016-04-15 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2016-04-15 Pub. Date: 2016-04-15
Image Number: 141619
Caption: The world's in a terrible state and it can only get worse. BEFORE it gets better? Sure … why not.
     
13. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2016-04-04 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2016-04-04 Pub. Date: 2016-04-04
Image Number: 141235
Caption: If I were of a pessimistic nature, I'd say we're all doomed. As I'm of an optimistic nature, I'll say we're all doomed. See? It's all about delivery.
     
14. Comic Strip J.C. Duffy Fusco Brothers 2016-01-18 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2016-01-18 Pub. Date: 2016-01-18
Image Number: 136232
Caption: What'll it be? It'll probably be a long, sad, lonely life, followed by a slow, lingering death. That's why I think I'll start with something from the bar. Menu.
     
15. Comic Strip Dan Piraro Bizarro 2016-01-01 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Dan Piraro
Comic/Cartoon: Bizarro
Viewable Date: 2016-01-01 Pub. Date: 2016-01-01
Image Number: 136825
Caption: Immigrants & refugees are coming to get you! If assault weapons are outlawed, you won't be able to defend yourself against the government! Watch out for that pillow, it could suffocate you! Alarmist clock.
     
16. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2015-12-30 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2015-12-30 Pub. Date: 2015-12-30
Image Number: 136890
Caption: The world's going to hell in a handbasket. Mmm. I thought you'd try to convince me otherwise. Don't rush me.
     
17. Comic Strip Dan Piraro Bizarro 2015-11-09 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Dan Piraro
Comic/Cartoon: Bizarro
Viewable Date: 2015-11-09 Pub. Date: 2015-11-09
Image Number: 134715
Caption: Half empty. Half full. Drug-peddling, criminal liquid from south of the border stealing the job of American water.
     
18. Comic Strip Brian Walker Greg Walker Mort Walker Beetle Bailey 2015-10-05 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Brian Walker Greg Walker Mort Walker
Comic/Cartoon: Beetle Bailey
Viewable Date: 2015-10-05 Pub. Date: 2015-10-05
Image Number: 133067
Caption: You need a new battery in your jeep. There's a broken window in your room. Our team lost the game. What ELSE could go wrong? Now that you mention it, look at that toe!
     
19. Comic Strip Kieran Meehan Pros & Cons 2015-09-23 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): Kieran Meehan
Comic/Cartoon: Pros & Cons
Viewable Date: 2015-09-23 Pub. Date: 2015-09-23
Image Number: 132578
Caption: I'm very pessimistic about the future. Can you be more specific? I'll try. 2017 to 2025.
     
20. Comic Strip J.C. Duffy Fusco Brothers 2015-07-30 pessimistic 
Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy
Comic/Cartoon: Fusco Brothers
Viewable Date: 2015-07-30 Pub. Date: 2015-07-30
Image Number: 129297
Caption: It's always darkest before the dawn, Al. Unfortunately, it's broad daylight, so things will be getting a lot darker.
     
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