Cartoons

Cartoons about ebooks, digital publishing, and the future of books.

  • 50 clever cartoons for people who love books and reading

    50 clever cartoons for people who love books and reading

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    Just like books, these clever cartoons will help you reduce stress – and provide refreshing, and uncommon reasons to read even more books.

  • Stages of the reader (cartoon)

    Stages of the reader (cartoon)

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    Here’s a great new story from our favorite cartoonist Grant Snider. It’s included in his new book, The Shape of Ideas, which is also available for the Kindle & ComiXology. What stage are you on? More cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”cartoons”]

  • Reading Quirks is an awesome webcomic about odd things book lovers do

    Reading Quirks is an awesome webcomic about odd things book lovers do

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    Reading Quirks is a new, funny and insightful webcomic every book lover can relate to.

  • How to encourage kids to read (cartoon)

    How to encourage kids to read (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share this cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Get the embed code from below: [ef-embed] More cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • Abridged versions of classic novels for people who don’t have time (cartoons)

    Abridged versions of classic novels for people who don’t have time (cartoons)

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    Ottawa-based cartoonist John Atkinson has created funny versions of classic novels for the Twitter-era readers. Via Metro, Petr Olly. More cartoons: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”cartoons”]

  • Reading positions: 15 fabulous pictures and cartoons

    Reading positions: 15 fabulous pictures and cartoons

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    These pictures and cartoons hilariously define the body language every book reader can identify with.

  • Who writes novels (cartoon)

    Who writes novels (cartoon)

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    Tom Gauld’s new cartoon about who, besides the writers, writes novels. Commissioned for The New Yorker, brilliant as always. Via You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack. More cartoons to explore: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”cartoons”]

  • The many roles of the 21st century library (infographic)

    The many roles of the 21st century library (infographic)

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    21st century creates for libraries more possibilities than ever before. Librarians from California State Library have developed a smart infographic that in a form of a cartoon analyzes all the possible roles a public library can take in the coming years and decades. Click or tap on the image to see it in full resolution. It’s…

  • Creative ways to bookmark a page in a book (cartoon)

    Creative ways to bookmark a page in a book (cartoon)

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    Hilarious cartoon by Grant Snider to help you find ways to mark a page in a book, if you don’t have a bookmark at hand. Via Incidental Comics. Other cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”cartoons”]

  • 35 funniest cartoons about ebooks and digital reading

    35 funniest cartoons about ebooks and digital reading

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    A list of the funniest comic strips and cartoons about ebooks, e-readers, and reading in the digital times.

  • iPhone 6 is causing new first world problems (cartoon)

    iPhone 6 is causing new first world problems (cartoon)

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    Introduction of the iPhone 6 can cause severe 1st world problems.

  • Which color dominates in your library? (cartoon)

    Which color dominates in your library? (cartoon)

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    A fresh new cartoon by Tom Gauld is a funny summary on everyone’s personal library. Via You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack. More cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”cartoons”]

  • One night they came for your books (cartoon)

    One night they came for your books (cartoon)

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    Here is another fantstic comic by Grant Snider. Burning books these days turns out to be less effective. I wonder if the oven was a part of the Internet of Things, and tweeted “Hey, I’m trying to burn some books here.” Via Incidental Comics. Keep on having fun. We’ve got many more cartoons about books,…

  • 20 insightful cartoons about the future of books

    20 insightful cartoons about the future of books

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    The bright future of books and libraries in cartoons by Tom Gauld, Grant Snider, John Atkinson, Jeff Koterba, Jim Benton, and Piotr Kowalczyk.

  • Gifting a book in 2033 (cartoon)

    Gifting a book in 2033 (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Embed this one – copy the code: [ef-embed] More cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • 7 types of e-reader users (picture)

    7 types of e-reader users (picture)

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    Had lots of fun creating this cartoon. Which type of the e-reader owner are you? I’m between a gizmologist and Mr. Proper:-) If you liked the cartoon, feel free to share it (Creative Commons licence). Just copy the code from below: [ef-embed] More Ebook Friendly cartoons to check out (have fun!): [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons” ]

  • A difference between tablet and e-reader (cartoon)

    A difference between tablet and e-reader (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Embed this one – copy the code: [ef-embed] More cartoons: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • Ebook genres: suspense (cartoon)

    Ebook genres: suspense (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Copy the code from below: [ef-embed] More cartoons to check out: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • These new books (cartoon)

    These new books (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Embed this one – copy the code: [ef-embed] More cartoons: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • 25 library cartoons, comic strips, and pictures

    25 library cartoons, comic strips, and pictures

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    A collection of the best cartoons and comics showing the daily life of a library near you.

  • 10th generation Kindle (cartoon)

    10th generation Kindle (cartoon)

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    For some time, there are rumors circulating that Kindles will be offered for free very soon. Add to that an enormous effort from producers of ebook apps and devices to imitate the paper book feel, and you can expect that one day there will be no one to complain about electronic books. Well, not exactly.…

  • Buying a device to read ebooks (cartoon)

    Buying a device to read ebooks (cartoon)

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    The frontline doesn’t lie between print books and ebooks. The real, serious, and deadly fight is between reading and watching. The digital generation is looking for ways to watch videos, and for excuses not to read books. Am I wrong? Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Embed this one…

  • Viruses hate ebooks (cartoon)

    Viruses hate ebooks (cartoon)

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    Feel free to share the cartoon on your site (Creative Commons licence). Embed this one – copy the code: [ef-embed] More cartoons: [ef-archive number=5 tag=”ebook-friendly-cartoons”]

  • Why I don’t like ebooks (cartoon)

    Why I don’t like ebooks (cartoon)

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    This pie chart is pretty obvious. The biggest emotional problem people have with ebooks is the lack of smell. The thing is that for many readers the smell means just way too much, and simply becomes an excuse not to read books at all. Books are food for the mind, not for the nose. Feel…