Batch Rejection: Life in a Single Panel
by Garey McKeeGarey McKee provides a cross-section of modern life in these Batch Rejection cartoons he's chosen for us, with a few thoughts on each one.
Everything we do is on our phones these days. We clutch them desperately. It's even more disturbing when I see children clutching them.
People are such snobs with their writing journals. Here I am rolling into a coffee shop with my store brand spiral notebook. Wide ruled.
If I ever met someone who smelled of Febreze and Spring Mint Listerine, I'd marry them.
Whether they're allowing you to be in their presence or taking a revenge poop on the carpet, cats are great, ain't they?
I always like those fancy bound classics you can buy at the bookstore. Those works are mostly in the public domain, so why am I spending as much or more for them than a contemporary work? Nobody's paying royalties to anyone for them.
The entire movie industry seems to be in existential crisis. Franchise films are dragged beyond their time and the results are usually lackluster at best.
This cartoon was actually part of a larger conversation between myself and cartoonist Amanda El-Dweek of Amanda the Great, so perhaps it may be a bit esoteric. But I always like sentences that have a clever or funny turn of a phrase to them like this caption does. Bringing out a hair style as one might bring out a fancy platter struck me as cartoon-worthy.
I'm always surprised by the various states of dress at traditionally formal occasions. Your best friend's wedding? Better get out the fancy hoodie!
My sister is a cat owner. When birthdays and holidays roll around and she gifts me a shirt or sweater (which I love and appreciate), I always have to take a lint roller to them.
My father always read Luke, Chapter 2 out loud to us on Christmas Eve. I still carry this tradition on in my own home. Most people, when they read Luke, probably hear Linus' voice in their head. I always hear my father's voice.
