{"id":3599,"date":"2015-04-27T01:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T01:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2022-10-19T03:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:46:27","slug":"comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office","title":{"rendered":"7 Comic Strips for Hump Day at the Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone who&#8217;s ever worked in an office has at least one hilarious, ridiculous and downright ludicrous work story that sometimes makes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/advice\/2015\/04\/7-office-based-sitcoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">office life seem like a sitcom<\/a><\/strong>. When it comes to drawing a clear picture of workplace shenanigans, comics capture just how, well, comical it can get in the office. Here are some cartoon strips about office life that can give your workday some much-needed comic relief.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#Dilbert_by_Scott_Adams\" title=\"Dilbert by Scott Adams\">Dilbert by Scott Adams<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#Cathy_by_Cathy_Guisewite\" title=\"Cathy by Cathy Guisewite\">Cathy by Cathy Guisewite<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#Working_Daze_by_John_Zakour_and_Scott_Roberts\" title=\"Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts\">Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#xkcd_by_Randall_Munroe\" title=\"xkcd by Randall Munroe\">xkcd by Randall Munroe<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#Toothpaste_for_Dinner_by_Drew\" title=\"Toothpaste for Dinner by Drew\">Toothpaste for Dinner by Drew<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#Baltic_Co_by_Roni_Santiago\" title=\"Baltic &amp; Co. by Roni Santiago\">Baltic &amp; Co. by Roni Santiago<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office\/#News_Hardcore_by_Manix_Abrera\" title=\"News Hardcore by Manix Abrera\">News Hardcore by Manix Abrera<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dilbert_by_Scott_Adams\"><\/span><strong>Dilbert by Scott Adams<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dilbert is a brilliant but socially awkward engineer in Silicon Valley, whose best friend is Dogbert\u2014his pet dog who is probably even smarter than his owner. Though not exactly a headturner and definitely not a social butterfly, Dilbert is a competent employee who is often unrecognized by his bosses. Not surprisingly, he also struggles with his lovelife. If all these sound familiar to you, don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s a Dilbert in all of us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3600\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office.jpg 599w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cathy_by_Cathy_Guisewite\"><\/span><strong>Cathy by Cathy Guisewite<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cathy is a modern woman who struggles with the &#8220;four basic guilt groups&#8221; of life\u2014food, love, family, and work. The strip ran for an amazing 34 years, probably because so many women were a Cathy too. Besides balancing her career and her social life, Cathy also has to contend with her well-meaning mother\u2019s constant nagging to get married. When life becomes too much to handle, Cathy does what anyone in her shoes would: go shoe-shopping and eat chocolates for her feels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-1-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Working_Daze_by_John_Zakour_and_Scott_Roberts\"><\/span><strong>Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Working Daze revolves around the comical interactions of the geeks\u00a0at MacroMicroMedia, a giant, software company. The characters Jay the everyman programmer, Dana the overworked office admin, Rita the evil manager, and Ed the lazy veteran \u2013 are as fun (and annoying) as the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/advice\/2015\/03\/6-types-officemates-you-meet-everyday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0co-workers you would typically meet in the office<\/a>. Except that some of them have magic powers you probably wish you had, like Roy the computer expert who has mastered the Vulcan nerve pinch and Jedi Mind Trick!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3604\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-2.jpg 268w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-2-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"xkcd_by_Randall_Munroe\"><\/span><strong>xkcd by Randall Munroe<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cxkcd\u201d doesn&#8217;t really stand for anything &#8211; its creator Munroe says it&#8217;s just a word with no phonetic.\u00a0Though not strictly set in the office, this \u201cwebcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language&#8221; pokes fun at scientists, engineers, mathematicians, university teachers and students, and that thing that science can\u2019t fully explain: love. It\u2019s witty and geeky to the highest rocket science level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3606\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-6.png 650w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-6-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Toothpaste_for_Dinner_by_Drew\"><\/span><strong>Toothpaste for Dinner by Drew<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Toothpaste for Dinner deals with social commentary, cynicism, and schadenfreude at the workplace, but the comic strip is at its best when taking a funny look at the mundane concerns of office life: making presentations, Googling, and malfunctioning computers, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-3.png 600w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Baltic_Co_by_Roni_Santiago\"><\/span><strong>Baltic &amp; Co. by Roni Santiago<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From the creator of local hit comics\u00a0<em>Planet op di Eyps\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Kuyug<\/em>, this office-based cartoon revolves around a quick-tempered boss and his crazy bunch of employees. Besides workplace comedy, the comics also tackle married life, socio-political issues, and other uniquely Pinoy worker concerns such as riding the bus or train to work, flooding, or even our country\u2019s crazy summer heat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3610\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-4.jpg 639w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-4-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_Hardcore_by_Manix_Abrera\"><\/span><strong>News Hardcore by Manix Abrera<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This comic strip may revolve around writers, reporters, graphic designers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/advice\/2015\/03\/problems-only-filipino-freelancers-understand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freelancers<\/a>, and anyone working in the media. Its on-point depiction of life as an employee gives it a distinctly Pinoy flavor and universal appeal to anyone who has ever worked, no matter what field they may be from.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3612\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-5.jpg 954w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-5-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/comic-strips-for-hump-day-at-the-office-5-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just like TV and movies, comics make the colorful episodes of our daily grind seem even funnier. If you can, why not laugh about it? Even the most serious workplace has some room for humor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Sign up on Kalibrr<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0today and find the right job for you. You can also\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/i\/77238488FF110D6D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>subscribe<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight from your inbox.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone who&#8217;s ever worked in an office has at least one hilarious, ridiculous and downright ludicrous work story that sometimes makes\u00a0office life seem like a sitcom. When it comes to drawing a clear picture of workplace shenanigans, comics capture just how, well, comical it can get in the office. 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