From Facebook friends, this John Bell cartoon:
(#1)
A wonderful double pun, on stroke (‘brushstroke’ or ‘cerebrovascular accident’) and brush (‘implement for painting etc.’ or ‘light and fleeting touch’).
John Bell, on his own website:
I have been working in the graphic arts field for over 25 years. My art career has been multifacted, working mainly as a freelance art director and graphic designer, as well as an illustrator and cartoonist.
#1 is from his series The Bell Curve. Many of the cartoons there are linguistically playful. Two more:
(#2)
Pun on isle / aisle.
(#3)
A pun on pole ‘extremity’ in either of two specialized uses: ‘extreme emotional state’ in bipolar ‘manic-depressive’ or ‘geographical extremity’ as in “North Pole and South Pole’. The bear in #3 hangs out at both geographical poles.
