The Smashing Cartoons (Archive)
Smashing Cartoons is a new regular section on Smashing Magazine. Every Friday we will be publishing a new cartoon created by Ricardo Gimenes, the creative mind of Behind the Websites. The cartoon will be dedicated to design and web development, but also have a comic twist about everything happening around the Web and give you some insights behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine. Also, on this page we will be collecting all issues of the Smashing Cartoon for your convenience. You will also find the latest cartoon on the sidebar of our pages.
We are looking forward to your feedback and your ideas!
Cartoon #39: Web Battle
Cartoon #38: Designer’s Conscience
Cartoon #37: Modern Jobs
Cartoon #36: Back to work
Cartoon #35: Happy New Year
Cartoon #34: Wishes
Cartoon #33: The Beatles
Cartoon #32: iPhone 4, White
Cartoon #31: Cookies
Cartoon #30: Children
Cartoon #29: Search III
Cartoon #28: Search II
Cartoon #27: Search
Cartoon #26: New Experiences
Cartoon #25: Evolution (Some Things Never Change)
Cartoon #24: Food Delivery
Cartoon #23: Ping Without Pong
Cartoon #22: Open Standard Live Streaming
Cartoon #21: Face and Places
Cartoon #20: The Smashing Cartoons
Cartoon #19: Forbidden Apps
Cartoon #18: Twitter Birds II
Cartoon #17: Twitter Birds
Cartoon #16: Crime Scene
Cartoon #15: Hell’s Meeting
Cartoon #14b: Summer Holiday
Cartoon #14: Summer Holiday
Cartoon #13: How To Choose a Smartphone
Cartoon #12: Comments
Cartoon #11: The Flash Guy
Cartoon #10: Adobe vs. Apple
Cartoon #9: Jessica Talk Show (Cont.)
Cartoon #8: Jessica Talk Show
Cartoon #7: Smashing Team and Ricardo Gimenes
Cartoon #6: The Intern
Cartoon #5: The Intern
Cartoon #4: How to make money from iPad
Cartoon #3: iPhone OS 4
Cartoon #2: iPad
Cartoon #1
Pilot
The Smashing Editorial loves high-quality content and cares about little details. We also believe that content and design are crafts worth sharpening.
-
1
Oh, God, WHEN WILL YOUR COMICS MAKE SENSE??
Comic: “Fleaty is a geek bug.”
I’m thinking, “Okay, so this is a comic about software bugs.”
Comic: “Fleaty loves technology.”
Brain: “Okay, I’m sorta with you. More advanced tech means harder-to-understand bugs. Oh, look, IE9 is there. I guess they’re saying there are bugs in IE9. Somehow the bug is supposed to be endearing.”
Comic: “Unfortunately, technology hates him.” [IE9 spraying poison at him and I guess killing him.]
Brain: “Okay… Um… okay….. Um…. WTF. IE9 eliminates bugs? IE9 eliminates geeks? IE9 eliminates the wrong bugs? IE9 is somehow exclusionary? Using the transitive property, IE9 is anti-technology because it is anti-technology-bugs?? AHHH!!!! WHY DO YOU MAKE MY BRAIN EXPLODE???”
Please hire someone who can tell a simple story, because try as I might, I can’t ever make heads or tails of your comics. I can’t even tell if they’re supposed to be funny. I can’t tell if they make a point remotely, and if so, what that point might possibly be. The best I can say about Smashing Magazine comics is that they are horrible, incomprehensible stories drawn pretty well. Sort of like a never-ending repetition of Waterworld, only with 250% more Kevin Costner.
-
2
no one’s forcing you to read them…
-
3
wow…
cant remember when last I spent 15 minutes on a single page.
Well done guys!
-
4
the last ones are really a waste of time. they’re not funny at all.
Make funny ones again or leave it.thanks
-
5
hehehe, that was a good one: brazil -> netherlands…
-
6
I assume Spain will kick the Dutch back to Holland.
-
7
This is absolutely brilliant! Love it… and I’m sad Brazil got sent home, but happy that Spain rules.
cheers
-
8
worst post ever
-
9
They are just amazing! :D
-
10
Any chance of a cartoon showing how much thought, pain and re-design goes into pleasing the users that don’t care or notice anything :0)
-
11
Gosh these comics are lame. Great animation, awful, awful, content.
-
12
now..now… i just think you guys are germany fans (you should! :p)
ok, this is my prediction:
holland will go to the final against Spanish.
and let see then….^^ -
13
Norman: I agree, a link to a news article of some sort would be nice.
Basically Apple livestreamed their “event” (Salespitch) in a way that the only devices able to see it were theirs.
“Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS® X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an iPhone® or iPod touch® running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad™.”
Note the “Based on Open Standards”-bit. That’s a bit like what they say on “Orange Juice” packaging.
-
14
“Worst post ever!”
:o)
I love it all and cry laughing with some :D
-
15
Amazing! :-)
-
16
pretty funny joke cartoon..
i love it !
-
17
I second Brock Peters. You guys are great illustrators, but your writing leaves much to be desired. Some comics don’t even make sense. #39. Web Battle? What’s the battle in the comic? I mean, I know the Flash/HTML5 reference, but how does the comic represent battling with the somersaults? Is it saying Flash has had to do a lot? Is it saying Flash is confused with the squiggly lines? What does the fading Flash logo mean? And then disappearing and re-appearing? Did Flash leave and then return? Does it mean HTML is not prepared? Or capable? Dear God, WHAT DOES IT MEAN??
Hire a writer. Better yet, hire a comedic writer. Better yet, a comedic writer who makes comics. Like Axe Cop.
-
18
Great style, very well done, but sadly there are at most 2 or 3 that actually made me laugh…
-
19
Amazing…will buy these artworks in a book form if it comes out…
-
20
MOM DAD WHERE DID I COM FROM ?
Cool
-
21
“Worst post ever” Do you remember this? Yes, yes you remember!! hahaha ohhh!! It was you!
-
22
nicely drawn but you guys need a writer, they are not funny even in the slightest.
-
23
yup, totally agree! the execution is nice, but the humour… seldom…..
Indeed Mr.Winters is so much better & so much funnier. -
24
For wooden-headed individuals
The flash comic is supposed to mean that we ve all seen what flash can do in terms of features and ease of use proved by the numerous examples all over the web (flash ads not included)
so lets see how how html5 responds..
-
25
still waiting for HTML 5′s response.. grrr come on now don’t leave a dude hanging.. and #39 was COMPLETELY understandable.. just sayin..
-
26
…if you want to get beat up.
-
27
I see nothing funny guys, sorry.
-
28
Thanks for the advice, James. Designing for a 1024 pixel width monitor is pretty standard. Many people still use that size monitor. Especially on laptops and netbooks. For a site that specializes in web design, it’s kind of a silly mistake to make. Telling people to buy things to fix the website’s problem is a lazy snob’s excuse – it’s the same as a web designer ignoring their IE users and telling them to install FF.
And I’m in agreement with the majority of readers here – the comic’s not even funny!
-
29
ok.. i am still searching for the funny-ness here :(
-
30
Lol… The little IE character is funny… “WHAT!?”
Can’t wait for the series…
Leave a Comment
Yay! You've decided to leave a comment. That's fantastic! Please keep in mind that comments are moderated and rel="nofollow" is in use. So, please do not use a spammy keyword or a domain as your name, or it will be deleted. Let's have a personal and meaningful conversation instead. Thanks for dropping by!
dave
April 22nd, 2010 4:42 pmI will not drink the Koolaid.
Sorry, just not that funny to me.
angeloff
April 23rd, 2010 12:59 amAwesome !
Girish
April 23rd, 2010 1:48 amok.. i am still searching for the funny-ness here :(
Dainis Graveris (1stwebdesigner)
April 23rd, 2010 1:50 amuh this will be such a big success! :) I love those cute illustrations!
emilio
April 23rd, 2010 6:54 amCartoon #5: The Intern RULZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!
Curmudgeon
April 23rd, 2010 8:24 amPainfully hackneyed and childish.
Ricardo Gimenes
April 23rd, 2010 8:30 amops…sorry, here’s a good one for you http://bit.ly/15BmKa
Rolando S. Bouza
April 29th, 2010 11:11 amHahahaha!!!
Manuel
April 23rd, 2010 8:49 amThese cartoons do not seem to pull me in.
They are far to plain in style and execution.
Sudeep Bhaumick
April 23rd, 2010 11:41 amHehehe… nice…
dedide
April 23rd, 2010 7:51 pmlol definitely
Cybertoos
April 24th, 2010 3:44 amThanks guys.I must say comparing to well known,ancient(!!!) and powerful web comics such as xkcd and dilbertDaily ,this is just a try.We needed cartoons in smashmag and now we have it,but it needs much more work.Analyzing first feedbacks could direct “The Smashing Cartoons” to an ideal point.
And special thanks to Ricardo.
S
April 24th, 2010 11:54 amI don’t get the fifth one…
Eddie
April 24th, 2010 7:48 pmVery entertaining and creative. Keep up the good work!
Sam
April 24th, 2010 8:46 pmGood Work. Like the first one. Waiting for its next version.
paul
April 25th, 2010 9:33 pmwahaha :D witty and funny…
Jeff
April 26th, 2010 3:18 pmI think these cartoons are horrible. They are not even funny to me. Nice drawings, but that is about it.
Ricardo Gimenes
April 27th, 2010 7:10 amJeff, thanks for your “nice drawings” words, this is my job :) I promise that, these cartoons will be more agreeable for you…I’ll try…anyway, I concluded it is impossible, I’ll not try.
Paulina
April 27th, 2010 11:07 amLOVE this comic!! Definitely just hit the bookmark button on my toolbar :)
Ahmed
April 27th, 2010 9:24 pmInteresting Cartoon… Good Job.
M.Omair
April 28th, 2010 8:14 amhahaha awesome
Weezy
April 28th, 2010 10:51 amThese are awesome.
TtoJ
April 28th, 2010 8:45 pmLol .. so funny and very nice : )
Prabhakaran.G
April 28th, 2010 9:35 pmI really like all the concept, especially buying SM book through iPad, its really OSM, keep doing more.
Daze
April 30th, 2010 12:47 amiAbsolutely fantastiquement & georgeously love it ^^,
True reality designers’ point of view ^^,
and fresh !
Kat Durrant
April 30th, 2010 4:40 amNew strip looks brilliant, as they all do :)
Maximiliano Bazan
April 30th, 2010 4:42 amYes I want a free caricature! I really love it!
Best!!
Max
woony
April 30th, 2010 5:12 amHaha, I love them :)
@woonyOstend
Johan K. Jensen
April 30th, 2010 5:18 amI have been following “Behind the Websites” in quite a few months now (8+ I think) and I enjoy nearly every single one.
Now a combination of Behind the Websites and SmashingMagazine… That can only be great. =)
Thanks for the first 6 comics. :)
Cheers,
– Johan K. Jensen // @Josso000 (Twitter)
Eric
April 30th, 2010 5:21 amFantastic work! You truly capture their personalities in a humorous and disturbingly accurate way! :)
Julia May
April 30th, 2010 5:53 amLovely cartoons indeed. But the last one confused me a bit – is it going to be as complicated as LOST? :)
Freddy
April 30th, 2010 7:17 amVery creative. Thanks for sharing.
Mark Lee
April 30th, 2010 7:30 amDoes it really say ШНАТ?
Alex Yule
April 30th, 2010 8:27 amKeep em coming :)
Thiago Araújo
April 30th, 2010 8:49 amKeep up with the good work! \o
Elton Minetto
April 30th, 2010 12:44 pmCool cartoons :D
Fernanda Saboia
May 1st, 2010 6:34 pmHis work is pretty amazing. I’m a big fan. :)
Chi
May 1st, 2010 8:14 pmGreat Stuff, very nicely done.
马大力
May 2nd, 2010 6:23 am你们好，我叫马大亨，你听说过吗？
Ricardo Gimenes
May 2nd, 2010 7:00 am是的，我可以听到你
Filipe Guimarães
May 2nd, 2010 8:56 amI’ve been following “Behind The Websites” since almost the beginning of it, and now I’m loving the comics too! Good job, Ricardo!
Carlos Pecuch
May 3rd, 2010 10:17 amhahaha awesome! great work! congrats ; )
Guillaume Deliancourt
May 3rd, 2010 10:19 amAwesome stuff!
Reginald Harrison
May 3rd, 2010 10:20 amIt’s VERY refreshing to see that good design can still be treated as relevant and…important! With all the different programs out there and the emergence of do-it-yourself’ers, it’s seems like the respect and reverence of actual talent is being lost. So Kudos to SmashingMag and Ricardo Gimenes. And THANKS!
-@coldfinger
Roc
May 3rd, 2010 10:29 amGreat stuff Ricardo! very funny!
Banana nao tem carozo mais tem filamento grossoooo!!!
Max Luzuriaga
May 3rd, 2010 11:38 amAwesome caricatures!
karlyn
May 3rd, 2010 11:40 amnice work! loving the futbol theme of the latest cartoon :)
Pinto
May 3rd, 2010 1:58 pmKeep the cartoons alive! They are awesome!
Luis
May 3rd, 2010 9:10 pmNice, I have a jersey form Brasil, would that be a good reason to win the cartoon Ricardo? ….
Oopss I forgot these guys are from Germany :)
jeprie
May 3rd, 2010 11:43 pmI’m sorry guys, I just don’t get it. I prefer weekly comic from http://webdesignerdepot. That’s easier to understand. Anyway, I love the first part, pilot. That’s cute, but I dont like the other.
andrew
May 4th, 2010 12:50 amnicestuffguys!
gustavo lamounier
May 4th, 2010 5:50 amI would love to win the cartoon! great idea!
ProofMaster
May 4th, 2010 7:17 amMeu muito fera as caricaturas, parabéns excelente trabalho!
My very beast cartoons, congratulations great work!
Bruno
May 4th, 2010 7:21 amMuito legal!
Eu quero ser caricaturado também!
Andréa
May 4th, 2010 7:25 amI loved your work! So criative and, of course, I would love to win my caricature!
I want, I want, I want ;-))
Renato
May 4th, 2010 7:28 amCartoons Very funny and very smart! Congratulations…
rodrigo
May 4th, 2010 7:33 amI REALLY would like to be caricaturized by @behindcadi and @smashingmag
;-)
Great job!
Daphyne
May 4th, 2010 7:40 amCongratulations, very good!
lol
Rayanne Leal
May 4th, 2010 8:00 amAdorei o trabalho de vocês, as caricaturas são incríveis e o humor ótimo !
Já estou seguindo vocês no twitter e vou acompanhar sempre os cartoons =)
Já tinha visto o trabalho do Ricardo Gimenes no layout do twitter do marcelotas e me encantei !
Adoraria de ser caricaturada por vocês, quero muito.
beijos, sucesso.
@Smasty
May 4th, 2010 8:39 amNice one ;-)
Leandro
May 4th, 2010 8:44 amfunny, creative, intelligent and clean…. awesome !
Raphaelzero
May 4th, 2010 2:33 pmNice cartoons, this so creative! Congrats!
Marcelo
May 4th, 2010 2:52 pmHey, Ricardo Gimenes, Nice Job man.!!
I’m, Brazilian so..” Bom trabalho”!
André H.
May 4th, 2010 4:02 pmSooo good !
Ayen
May 5th, 2010 10:39 amHaha! I seriously love this section.
Kunal
May 5th, 2010 9:09 pmIt’s really awesome
so creative with the different concept
i love it
Thank you so much to share with us this kind of creativity to us which gives inspiration to develop such creative stuff always
Ramesh Vishwakarma
May 5th, 2010 10:37 pmhey… ! really nice….awesome.
carolina french
May 6th, 2010 8:17 amquero a minha caricatura tb!!
Erick Jones
May 6th, 2010 6:17 pmGreat, very nice and funny comics!
Alex
May 7th, 2010 10:10 amNice graphics..great job guys.
rob
May 7th, 2010 10:35 amoh man, this keeps getting worse and worse…..
but hey you can’t say anything negative, because the ego of the “artists” gets hurt….
Ricardo Gimenes
May 7th, 2010 12:13 pmThanks Rob, my “artist” ego is very sensitive.
rob
May 10th, 2010 1:29 pmoh man you are just like the a-holes of QBN.com
wouldn’t be a surprise that you post on there too…..
ByColor
May 7th, 2010 11:13 amNice graphics but not funny at all.
Luke
May 7th, 2010 3:36 pmMaybe for those of us “on the outside” of these inside jokes you should include liner notes, or even a blog entry, about the topic that the cartoon is trying to make a satire out of. It could be an interesting way of creative a productive conversation and discourse about topics in web development, or just a way for your readers to be in on the joke. I personally don’t get the “Jessica Talk Show” one with the Cat snatching the twitter bird away at all. :(… I don’t like being on the outside.
Binhpm
May 7th, 2010 5:33 pmso funny , i like it
manu
May 8th, 2010 9:40 ampiracy makes poor people happy, the blue bird makes a poor cat happy. You are very positive!
beebig
May 8th, 2010 11:11 amjust gr8. the ipad one is awsome! good job! keep them coming!!
Maciek
May 8th, 2010 11:11 amI don’t get the Jessica strip. Is the punchline just the fact that the Twitter bird gets eaten by the cat and it didn’t have time to say anything?
Thor
May 9th, 2010 6:10 amLay off, they’re web developers, not comedians
Danny
May 10th, 2010 3:12 am@Thor
While that is a good point, surely these are supposed to be comedy? And so should be reviewed as such. If web developers don’t want criticism of their comedy – good or bad – they should stick to web developing, and avoid cartoons.
Chris
May 18th, 2010 7:44 pm“they should stick to web developing, and avoid cartoons” – KAPOWWW -
Thanks for clarifying Thor’s point.
wpCanyon
May 10th, 2010 1:03 pmThis is how i see the twitter comic, same as how myspace was eaten by facebook that’s how twitter will be eaten by something else. Stuff comes and goes, nothing lasts forever. That’s why the “…next” in the last slide is there…
I might be wrong, but that’s what i think the creator had in mind when he created this comic.
Ayen
May 10th, 2010 8:50 pm@wpCanyon that’s what I got out of that twitter comic too.
wpCanyon
May 11th, 2010 7:29 amI wonder what will be in the next one since this one is “to be continued” :)
Remus
May 12th, 2010 5:08 amCartoon #8: Jessica Talk Show
BONJOUR !!!!!!!!! because in french ?
I like your work :)
Rolando Peralta
May 12th, 2010 9:18 amLOL! fantastic, Ricardo Gimenes is amazing. This is the perfect combination with SM!
I love this cartoon now and waiting to see more!!
cheers,
@RolandoPeralta
Windo
May 12th, 2010 10:46 pmNice and funny., clean cartoon. personally I like it, even there’s some pictures I don’t understand, strangely the cartoons made me feel comfortable to be in this site., what software you’re using to draw it Ricardo?
Regards,
Windo
Ricardo Gimenes
May 13th, 2010 2:46 amthanks. Illustrator CS4
freelancejo
May 13th, 2010 1:31 amfrom JORDAN, Awesome
endart
May 14th, 2010 1:41 amGreat…..very good. Thanks…
winterface
May 14th, 2010 4:20 amMore Busty Blonde cartoons!
g0dkar
May 14th, 2010 6:06 amWhere are their arms?! OMG! Other than that, they’re pretty good =)
Wahidin Wong
May 15th, 2010 9:13 amPretty funny… LOL :)
S-I
May 18th, 2010 4:28 pmPlease, make a animated version of this Cartoons!
It’d be so cool! :-D
Richie
May 28th, 2010 6:54 amI can’t agree with you more. Ricardo is the best artist with the funniest sense of humor x-) Keep going, Ric… You are the best!!
Erick Jones
May 19th, 2010 8:36 pmProssssssto……………o4en krutoi!
jmk
May 19th, 2010 11:37 pmthey’d be better with arms. i know artist like to add their “thing” that sets them apart, “oh, that’s the guy that draws characters without arms”, but it just doesn’t work. the boobs on the boss lady look like her missing arms are crossed most of the times. just always include the arms and it’ll be much better, trust me brother :)
Tom
May 20th, 2010 8:07 amUNBELIEVABLE!
You’ve got extreme skill man! You can make a guide – how to draw so awesome characters and comics – I would like to learn it :)
Your fan,
Tom.
Fateema
May 21st, 2010 5:20 amfunny, creative and full of great illustration skills.
Thanku
Mladen
May 21st, 2010 10:15 amReally funny and very cool 8)
Martins
May 21st, 2010 10:24 amSo funny :D
Dan
May 21st, 2010 11:44 amThe artist can remain, but whoever is writing these things needs to be replaced.
chandan ray
May 21st, 2010 10:55 pmWow……!!!
creative with Funny :-)
David
May 22nd, 2010 10:10 amWhat’s wrong with using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer?
Manny
May 31st, 2010 8:59 pmOh you! :p
Stephan Wetzl
May 23rd, 2010 3:57 amJust love it ;)
Raicho Nikolov
May 23rd, 2010 1:53 pmIt will be good to put every picture on a separate page. Thus people can comment every single cartoon and also will be easier to share a specific cartoon via Facebook or Twitter.
JesLuna
May 24th, 2010 7:33 pmThat’s right
Michael Hendrickx
May 24th, 2010 9:38 amAwesome, I love them!
Pouriya
May 25th, 2010 12:35 amExcellent & so funny!!! :-))
meBaze
May 25th, 2010 1:04 amCool Comic Stuff. Great Smashing :)
el jefe
May 25th, 2010 6:38 ami like how you hide the arms and hand so you dont need to draw them if you dont “need” to draw them, NOT. thats pretty lazy and it doesnt look good. plus i dont think these are very funny at all
naveed
May 28th, 2010 1:53 amhahahah they are all really funny and hats off to those who did all of em :)
thanks for sharing :D
el dongo
May 28th, 2010 5:50 amdo you get money from apple for these cartoons? ]> (
hans wurst
May 29th, 2010 3:20 amyes, i´m sure they get some grants for this…bad publicity is better than no publicity.