When Optimus Prime orders his Autobots to transform, he comes across as bold and commanding. He speaks like a leader decisively addressing challenges that they face. But he's actually being conflict avoidant. It's a form...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/08/Autobots-Change/Ellis Rosen is my favorite New Yorker cartoonist.... ...has the upper hand. You can find a collection of cartoons developing this storyline here.
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/09/12/Evil-Squirrel-and-Mr-Ruffles-Secret-Agent/An understanding of the rhetorical situation in which a communicator is situated considers the intersection of speaker/author, audience, and the subject. The exigence--the motivation--of the speaker/author and the purpos...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/03/15/Know-Your-Audience/Happy Thanksgiving, everyturkey. Stay safe out there. Cartoonist Tyson Cole reminds us that the humans are on the hunt this day. It's like a Purge. So stay inside, lock your doors, and keep your mind clear of the horror...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/28/Turkey-Slasher/Sometimes, if I'm unable to sleep in the middle of the night, I wake up and login to X to help me get back in the right head space to sleep. Does it work?I'll get back to you on that. For now, let's keep in mind that doo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/26/Old-School-Doomscrolling/The Difficult Chair is, well difficult. The Easy Chair is easy and thus has certain advantages. But as one Instagram commenter notes, you really need to experience the Difficult Chair to appreciate the Easy Chair.So, ins...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/21/Good-Times-Create-Weak-Men/Cartoonist Mark Parisi illustrates the proliferation of tipping as a practice for services that do not traditionally solicit tips. This dog really hopes that you wil click "Custom".In the past year or so, I've seen autom...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/21/Tipping-Culture-Is-Out-Of-Control/I Am Not Big Foot by Vincent TrinidadWhat would pop culture be without all of our favorite characters? They're the life blood of every story, the heroes we root for and the villains we hiss at whenever they step into the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/12/19/Take-Your-Favorite-Pop-Culture-Characters-With-You-Wherever-You-Go-On-A-NeatoShop-T-Shirt/Bojack Horseman is a dark and delightful show that is as hilarious as it is depressing. It's no wonder then that the Gallery 1988 show based on the Netflix original features such original, fascinating and downright melon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/27/Gallery-1988s-Epic-Bojack-Horseman-Art-Show/Pickle Rick is a pretty intense and very scary guy once he gets his rat suit legs, but before that, he's pretty darn helpless -which means he's in the perfect condition to force him to go to family therapy. Just pop him...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/03/Bring-Pickle-Rick-to-Your-Family-Therapy-Sessions-With-This-Awesome-Plush/

