The Smashing Cartoons
Smashing Cartoons was a regular section on Smashing Magazine in which we used to publish a new cartoon every Friday illustrated by the one and only Ricardo Gimenes.
We all have our favorite client stories, embarrassing design flaws and never-ending user requests which are all just a part of what we, as designers and developers, encounter very often in our daily work routine. In this new post series on Smashing Magazine, we’d like to put some of these situations into the spotlight and discuss them with you. The cartoons are all dedicated to Web design and also have a comic twist about everything happening around the Web and latest trends.
Further Reading on SmashingMag: #
- Drawing A Cartoon In Illustrator
- The Celebration Of Cartoons and Comic Strip Art
- The Life, Times (and Death?) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip)‘“)
The main character of the cartoons is Fleaty, a talented, hard-working designer with big ambitions yet not that much luck when it comes to clients. Hopefully, Fleaty will put a smile on your face and maybe remind all of us of the flaws we have, and help us finally get rid of them.
All of the cartoons are dedicated to design and Web development, but also have a comic twist about everything happening around the Web as well as give you some insights behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did, and still do!
Cartoon #61: Sluggish Computers #
![](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/6631b056-5c10-4c9a-ae0c-ac69d2cbcee1/fleaty-24e.png)
Cartoon #60: Back To Home #
Cartoon #59: Last Minute Ticket #
![](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/c2a32011-464d-409a-b81f-dfffd669d69d/fleaty-new-october.png)
Cartoon #58: Access Restricted? VPN Is Your Friend #
Unfortunately, today the Web is not as open as it used to be. Access to some websites (especially website offering video and audio content) is restricted due to licensing constraints. This is especially annoying when you are on vacation and would love to use the services that you have paid for in your country. There are workarounds to make all services work from anywhere. The solution is VPN, Virtual Private Networks.
![Smashing Cartoon #58: Access Restricted? VPN Is Your Friend!](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/264c789a-947a-4c35-a0e1-fbdb46e5cf3c/fleaty-19-big.png)
Cartoon #57: Tyranny Of The “Like” Button #
This cartoon is referring to the article The Insidious Evils of ‘Like’ Culture in which the “Like” culture in our society is criticized. The article discusses how in our age of online view counts and retweets, conformity is unfortunately becoming the rule.
![Smashing Cartoon #57: Tyrany of the Like button](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/b546c88a-ce14-4d8d-9da8-792c0e94d88c/fleaty-18-bigd1.png)
Cartoon #56: “Exclusive” Social Network #
![Smashing Cartoon #56: Exclusive Social Network](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/0ea9c49f-94e9-41ea-9301-040d1b4abcce/fleaty-social-large.png)
Cartoon #55: Responsive Design By Default? #
This cartoon is referring to the observation which Vitaly, the editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, has made on one of his trips. You can follow the discussion which inspired the cartoon below.
![Smashing Cartoon #55: Responsive Design By Default?](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/f50d70ce-683e-4509-b8ba-5a5a922a04be/fleaty-16-bigc1.png)
Cartoon #54: UX Design #
This cartoon is referring to the discussion in the community about the meaning of terms ‘UX’ and ‘UX Design’. Andy Budd presents an interesting perspective on this issue in his article “What’s in a name: The duality of user experience”.
![Smashing Cartoon #54: UX Design](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/b7cb7f78-fd99-4fc8-ae97-db16cb546a98/fleaty-15-bigg.png)
Cartoon #53: The Interface #
This cartoon is based upon Oliver Reichenstein’s article “Why and how Google+’s interface is kicking ass” in which he discusses the qualities of a good user interface and how they are applied in the Google+ design.
Cartoon #52: Back Button #
This cartoon is based upon Jared Spool’s presentation “The Secret Lives of Links”, as summarized in Luke Wroblewski’s conference notes.
Cartoon #51: Making The Web A Better Place #
Cartoon #50: Mobile First #
Cartoon #49:They Just Don’t Care #
Cartoon #48: They Just Don’t Care #
![Smashing Cartoon #48](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/0f645ee2-4492-42c7-bb27-0f2d9bacfa79/fleaty-09-big-colour.png)
Cartoon #47: Online Reading Experience #
![Smashing Cartoon #46](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/6293a74c-425c-4ecf-b868-9818f0b6b76d/fleaty-08-bige.png)
Cartoon #46: Mobile Design Strategy #
![Smashing Cartoon #45](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/d3ab669e-ac72-43c2-b090-e10d50d9a8f9/fleaty-07bigb.png)
Cartoon #44: Responsive Web Design #
![Smashing Cartoon #44](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/22ce7153-dbd1-4d37-8195-2d8700a63111/fleaty-05-big.png)
Cartoon #43: Web Design Trends #
![Smashing Cartoon #43](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/26ef9a7f-0c02-438b-a711-273b8c0cb4a7/fleaty-04-big2.png)
Cartoon #42: How To Start a Blog and Make Money #
![Smashing Cartoon #42](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/969e2960-9f39-419f-b352-747930ff9953/fleaty-03-big03.png)
Cartoon #41: The Fleaty: Relations With Clients #
![Smashing Cartoon #41](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/d147d225-4c77-4477-858a-8e147c6532b5/smashing-41-big2.png)
Cartoon #40: The Fleaty: The Geek Bug #
![Smashing Cartoon #40](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/96b95291-5f12-4202-8716-5d4f58cd767a/smashing-40-big.png)
Cartoon #39: Web Battle #
![Smashing Cartoon #39](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/99816964-0276-4e5b-9469-0118bdfd2020/smashing-39-big.png)
Cartoon #38: Designer's Conscience
![Smashing Cartoon #38](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/423dc9d5-4fd0-4c26-9c64-911425d7670f/smashing-38bigb.png)
Cartoon #37: Modern Jobs
![Smashing Cartoon #37](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/0df33d07-dc31-478b-98e9-195780c80e4f/smashing-37-big-b.png)
Cartoon #36: Back to work
![Smashing Cartoon #36](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a94dad3d-15f4-4a06-8f59-e52bccbdde0f/smashing-36-big.png)
Cartoon #35: Happy New Year
![Smashing Cartoon #35](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/9a1f2254-6b3e-4b2a-aa86-e97b0a34051c/smashing-35-bigb.png)
Cartoon #34: Wishes
![Smashing Cartoon #34](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/151f5ea6-1deb-474c-afe0-eebf98c6320a/smashing-34-big.png)
Cartoon #33: The Beatles
![Smashing Cartoon #33](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/f901c5b6-1762-4366-95ee-99a60d216109/smashing-33-big-4.png)
Cartoon #32: iPhone 4, White
![Smashing Cartoon #32](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/3302c767-9900-4c9c-b58d-0aa55c8da952/smashing-32-big.png)
Cartoon #31: Cookies
![Smashing Cartoon #31](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/264fefea-9624-4e0b-9663-4a3007a8e171/smashing-31-big.png)
Cartoon #30: Children
![Smashing Cartoon #30](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/62ccd087-be05-4fb1-b15c-2f3085f097f7/smashing-30-big.png)
Cartoon #29: Search III
![Smashing Cartoon #29](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/bddced75-9fd1-4460-b1f1-adedaa12cd93/smashing-28-big.png)
Cartoon #28: Search II
![Smashing Cartoon #28](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/094d0cd8-ad15-42ff-b30a-779c5e324b80/smashing-27-big.png)
Cartoon #27: Search
![Smashing Cartoon #27](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/66a6a401-1b58-4873-a339-39703a7ffa99/smashing-26-big.png)
Cartoon #26: New Experiences
![Smashing Cartoon #26](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/f6cdaa9b-5d17-4c4c-894e-42d8ce8cb490/smashing-25-bigb.png)
Cartoon #25: Evolution (Some Things Never Change)
![Smashing Cartoon #25](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/7d0ce469-2636-4f4c-88df-0fea0a3c5834/smashing-24-bibb.png)
Cartoon #24: Food Delivery
![Smashing Cartoon #24](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/8db25a09-92a9-4334-97ef-90effa69f423/smashing-23-bigb.png)
Cartoon #23: Ping Without Pong
![Smashing Cartoon #23](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/e9ed2fc8-2ea8-4968-a78c-8401300de0c7/smashing-22-big2.png)
Cartoon #22: Open Standard Live Streaming
![Smashing Cartoon #22](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a074ada9-3573-42f3-9dfd-29076ff0f250/smashing-21-bigb.png)
Cartoon #21: Face and Places
![Smashing Cartoon #21](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/cad86454-f1f4-4e15-8d28-d157badd2572/smashing-20-big.png)
Cartoon #20: The Smashing Cartoons
![Smashing Cartoon #20](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/1fa7ab9f-516b-466b-a238-5c6dc075db6e/smcartoonb.png)
Cartoon #19: Forbidden Apps
![Smashing Cartoon #19](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/4baabca4-4fbb-4e3b-aa75-497ebf31b235/smashing-19-big.png)
Cartoon #18: Twitter Birds II
![Smashing Cartoon #18](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/0cd499d2-d5a8-460e-bf2a-4747fbfcbee8/smashing-18b.png)
Cartoon #17: Twitter Birds
![Smashing Cartoon #17](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/cafaff14-a740-47b4-938d-b1c17c557372/smashing-17-bigb.png)
Cartoon #16: Crime Scene
![Smashing Cartoon #16](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/bea4e94f-b575-40e3-9f02-e3e8fb945a06/smashing-16-big.png)
Cartoon #15: Hell's Meeting
![Smashing Cartoon #15](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/4a1f3dd1-6b33-444e-899a-6c9a2790625f/smashing-15-bigc.png)
Cartoon #14b: Summer Holiday
![Smashing Cartoon #14](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/7861d4fd-fd99-48d4-92f4-11eec650da1d/smashing-13b.png)
Cartoon #14: Summer Holiday
![Smashing Cartoon #13](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/ecc7b8db-37d4-4b54-9bac-b2e524abf745/smashing-13-bigb.png)
Cartoon #13: How To Choose a Smartphone
![Smashing Cartoon #12](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/c8b367b0-43c0-4167-94c5-eb7a14664e74/smashing-12-big.png)
Cartoon #12: Comments
![Smashing Cartoon #12](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/51e98aac-6639-4a0f-a168-f233a71bd90f/smashing-11-new.png)
Cartoon #11: The Flash Guy
![Smashing Cartoon #11](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/98fa1282-d215-497a-b8c7-79109b00c7a4/smashing-10big-b.png)
Cartoon #10: Adobe vs. Apple
![Smashing Cartoon #10](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/c326bc8c-c96b-4c37-bffb-205f814eafe3/smashing-09-big-b.png)
Cartoon #9: Jessica Talk Show (Cont.)
![Smashing Cartoon #9](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/44031ae5-534f-4222-a06e-b0e57a931a3a/smashing-08-big.png)
Cartoon #8: Jessica Talk Show
![Smashing Cartoon #8](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a78df40a-6443-4f40-8c15-5133a9b32840/smashing-07-big.png)
Cartoon #7: Smashing Team and Ricardo Gimenes
![Smashing Cartoon #7](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/ff151e2c-db52-4167-9bfd-ff18272b5e4d/cartoons-sm.png)
Cartoon #6: The Intern
![Smashing Cartoon #6](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/dddfe7b3-4a46-47af-b701-5ca52a4a58a6/smashing-06-bigb.png)
Cartoon #5: The Intern
![Smashing Cartoon #5](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/d3352af8-7f01-495f-97c3-9d8d2d9c0ba4/smashing-05-big.png)
Cartoon #4: How to make money from iPad
![Smashing Cartoon #4](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/f9087565-55a7-4ea0-847f-cd49378747c2/smashing-04-big.png)
Cartoon #3: iPhone OS 4
![Smashing Cartoon #3](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/3ee0b423-56b5-4260-beda-a6e2a18550ca/smashing-03-bigb.png)
Cartoon #2: iPad
![Smashing Cartoon #2](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/202fabed-11f5-42cf-81c8-38ac15e3b483/smashing-02-bige.png)
Cartoon #1
![Smashing Cartoon #1](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/fbde1140-fc3e-4000-8bc2-cbf863e614f2/smashing-01b.png)
Pilot
![Smashing Pilot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/8e54d8a9-1d9d-4854-858a-153cf1777224/sm-01.png)
![Smashing Editorial](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/images/logo/logo--red.png)
— Comments 103
This is pretty cute and very funny. I enjoyed this a lot. There should also be a girl geek bug too. ;)
Owesome. I love the CLIENT DON'T CARE part