Chris Hallbeck
@chrishallbeck.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Animator.
https://hallbeck.com/links/
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I heard someone on a podcast talk about "Getting DRESSED for work." and how they "Walked over to the DRESSER." and I swear I never made the connection before. "Dresser" was always just a unique word that was attached to that object and I never questioned it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I heard someone on a podcast talk about "Getting DRESSED for work." and how they "Walked over to the DRESSER." and I swear I never made the connection before. "Dresser" was always just a unique word that was attached to that object and I never questioned it.
I'm starting a new service that connects people that purchased a large appliance with children that have no box fort.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm starting a new service that connects people that purchased a large appliance with children that have no box fort.
ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax.
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive.
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive.
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax.
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive.
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive.
My wife thinks my "I'm a single dad!" shirt is inappropriate but I am factually not two dads.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My wife thinks my "I'm a single dad!" shirt is inappropriate but I am factually not two dads.
My job involves writing lots and lots of jokes and then to convince myself none of them are funny enough when it's time to draw one.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My job involves writing lots and lots of jokes and then to convince myself none of them are funny enough when it's time to draw one.
Gotta plant the cars the previous fall if you want this year to have a bumper crop.
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Gotta plant the cars the previous fall if you want this year to have a bumper crop.
(At a concert)
Oh you like this band? Describe three of their t-shirts.
Oh you like this band? Describe three of their t-shirts.
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
(At a concert)
Oh you like this band? Describe three of their t-shirts.
Oh you like this band? Describe three of their t-shirts.
Did you hear that the bad guy from the Power Puff Girls is starting a karate studio with that four-time Olympic medalist? It's the Mojo Jojo Flo-Jo Dojo.
October 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Did you hear that the bad guy from the Power Puff Girls is starting a karate studio with that four-time Olympic medalist? It's the Mojo Jojo Flo-Jo Dojo.
Nostalgic for the summer of 2016 when my dog would get excited at the prospect of a long walk whenever she heard the Pokémon Go music.
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Nostalgic for the summer of 2016 when my dog would get excited at the prospect of a long walk whenever she heard the Pokémon Go music.
Before you ask me for advice, you should know that I just realized that the word passport comes from a document that lets you pass through a port.
August 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Before you ask me for advice, you should know that I just realized that the word passport comes from a document that lets you pass through a port.
I hope this email doesn't find you. I hope you manage to evade it for years. The email is ever searching but you are more resourceful.
July 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I hope this email doesn't find you. I hope you manage to evade it for years. The email is ever searching but you are more resourceful.
My dog insists on smelling my breath after I eat anything like an after school special where a teen is trying to hide smoking from their parents.
June 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My dog insists on smelling my breath after I eat anything like an after school special where a teen is trying to hide smoking from their parents.
Look, all I'm saying is that I bought that bag of candy yesterday and I haven't even opened it yet. So I think, I deserve some kind of reward. Like maybe… a piece of candy?
June 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Look, all I'm saying is that I bought that bag of candy yesterday and I haven't even opened it yet. So I think, I deserve some kind of reward. Like maybe… a piece of candy?
(Eating potato chips at 4am) Hmm… maybe I shouldn't store the potato chips here next to my bed.
June 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
(Eating potato chips at 4am) Hmm… maybe I shouldn't store the potato chips here next to my bed.
I just pressed [cook time] [3] [0] [start] on the microwave instead of the [30 seconds] button. I am so sorry for letting you all down like this. I will strive to do better.
June 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I just pressed [cook time] [3] [0] [start] on the microwave instead of the [30 seconds] button. I am so sorry for letting you all down like this. I will strive to do better.
Time to make some hot dogs! (Taking the dogs for a walk)
June 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Time to make some hot dogs! (Taking the dogs for a walk)
A very quiet sneeze is a shhneeze.
June 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A very quiet sneeze is a shhneeze.
How many kids in grocery stores only know these characters as cereal mascots?
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
How many kids in grocery stores only know these characters as cereal mascots?
![[2 people have just gotten cups of ice cream from an ice cream shop]
Person 1: This is my favorite flavor! Do you want to try it?
Person 2: Sure!
[Person 1 feeds a scoop of ice cream to Person 2]
[Person 1 has an excited, anticipatory expression as Person 2 contemplates the flavor]
Person 2: Well, I'm glad you like it.
[Person 1 is annoyed and takes this as a personal affront and will hold a grudge against Person 2 and it will build up over time until one day they yell “Oh yeah? Well more for me!” at a completely inappropriate time where the context doesn’t make sense and they will feel silly and start laughing when they try to explain what just happened.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpmfvapshgohw365oaixbhyc/bafkreicqxig75obnok7q3fqqwxnbd3pfznhniugxrr6dgu3co73zjgcsfu@jpeg)
I couldn't believe the loud sound made by the container of counterfeit tennis equipment falling over. It was a real racket racket racket.
June 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I couldn't believe the loud sound made by the container of counterfeit tennis equipment falling over. It was a real racket racket racket.
I stayed up too late and now need some pre-breakfast. A little bit of an early muncheon. Just a tiny snackerbite.
May 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I stayed up too late and now need some pre-breakfast. A little bit of an early muncheon. Just a tiny snackerbite.
Imposter Syndrome
May 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Imposter Syndrome
Me: Wow, remember that fun movie I watched hundreds of times as a kid? I wonder if that director made anything else I know.
Wikipedia: This universally panned movie not only destroyed the careers of the director and cast, it lost so much money the studio went out of business.
Me: I see.
Wikipedia: This universally panned movie not only destroyed the careers of the director and cast, it lost so much money the studio went out of business.
Me: I see.
May 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Me: Wow, remember that fun movie I watched hundreds of times as a kid? I wonder if that director made anything else I know.
Wikipedia: This universally panned movie not only destroyed the careers of the director and cast, it lost so much money the studio went out of business.
Me: I see.
Wikipedia: This universally panned movie not only destroyed the careers of the director and cast, it lost so much money the studio went out of business.
Me: I see.
I really wanted to get a job adding up all the best flavors of ice cream but it turns out there's no accounting for taste.
May 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I really wanted to get a job adding up all the best flavors of ice cream but it turns out there's no accounting for taste.