35 Darkly Funny One-Panel Comics About Existential Dread And Modern Life

Cartoonist Joe Lennon draws single-panel comics about everyday frustrations, aging badly, technology that betrays you, and the low-key existential dread of being alive. The humor is dry and absurd in a way that feels like your own internal monologue but funnier.

These comics capture the resigned disappointment of modern existence without being dramatic about it. Just quiet observations about how nothing quite works and that’s fine, probably. If you’ve ever had a thought at 2am that you’d never say out loud, Joe Lennon probably drew it. Scroll and enjoy the relatable despair.

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