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2026-09

Cartoon beaver slumped at a diner table, chin on paw, staring glumly at a tall glass of orange mac-and-cheese soda with a curly striped straw.
Betrayed Beaver Faces Mac and Cheese Soda
Smug raccoon in sunglasses soaking chest-deep in a curbside sewer grate like a hot tub.
Raccoon Soaks in Sewer Grate Hot Tub
A floating island with a smug face, cabin and pine tree drifts past a baffled park ranger with a clipboard.
Smug Floating Island Migrates Nineteen Miles
Three-panel cartoon: a man tosses the furniture manual aside, builds the shelf wrong, then proudly presents the crooked result with a neat row of leftover screws.
Some Assembly Required
Cheerful dad with glasses proudly holding a label maker, surrounded by household objects wearing blank white labels: couch, remote, toaster, plant, and a patient dog; the label maker itself is also labeled.; the dog's collar tag reads 'DOG'.
New Label Maker, Day One
Host ceremoniously unrolling an absurdly long parchment scroll across the living room floor while a bemused guest holds a smartphone; the scroll has a dangling wax seal.
Guest Asks for the Wi-Fi Password
Dale stands proudly beside a barbecue grill with its lid closed and a wisp of smoke curling from the lid gap, presenting a handful of leftover screws and parts while his orange cat supervises; speech bubble reads 'It's a smoker now.'
Dale Assembles the Barbecue
Small toddler in red overalls standing back like a gallery artist, admiring a living room wall covered floor-to-ceiling in BLUE marker scribbles, a blue marker and cap on the floor; a parent's frozen legs and dropped bag in the doorway.
Toddler, Marker, One Unsupervised Minute
Person in rumpled pajamas frozen in the glow of an open refrigerator at 2 AM, caught holding a slice of leftover pizza, a cat watching from the shadows.
Opening the Fridge at 2 A.M.
Weary goose driving instructor with a clipboard riding shotgun in a small red car.
The Instructor Has Seen Things - Driving School Goose
Moose in a hi-vis vest writing a parking ticket beside a small bush plane on a mountain road.
Parking Enforcement - Moose Writes the Ticket
Bush plane parked on a mountain highway shoulder with its cowling open and a toolbox out, Rockies behind.
Pulled Over, Eh - Bush Plane Roadside Repair in the Rockies
Bush plane propped on cinder blocks with tools scattered around it on a mountain highway, engine cowling off.
Bush Plane Up On Blocks - Roadside Repair, Rockies Edition
Moose in an orange hi-vis vest marshalling a bush plane with glowing wands on a runway.
Traffic Control, Eh - Moose Ground Crew
Smug robot holding a championship belt over its head inside a chain-link cage.
We Taught It Everything - Robot Champion
Cheerful drone hosing down a soaked, long-suffering tricolor dog.
Clean Mode: Dog - Helpful Drone
Bush plane with a yellow student-driver diamond on its tail, stuck in highway traffic between a minivan and a pickup truck.
Student Driver - Bush Plane Stuck in Mountain Traffic