The AJC funny pages

Every business
has a funny side.

Cloud bills, advertising mazes and the annual miracle of a slightly different rectangle. Six original cartoons about the companies on our research desk.

Satirical visual metaphors, created with AI. Fictional scenes and characters; not depictions of actual events or company statements.

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An executive celebrates a Microsoft server cloud while an accountant struggles under its enormous electricity bill.

“Good news: the cloud is growing. Bad news: so is the electricity bill.”

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A search user must navigate an advertising maze to reach a Google librarian offering a small answer.

“We found your answer. It’s somewhere behind the ads.”

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Satirical drawing of buyers feeding wheelbarrows of cash into a giant NVIDIA chip furnace.

“The AI gold rush now accepts wheelbarrows.”

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A shopper’s small parcel is connected to an absurdly elaborate Amazon warehouse and AWS cloud machine.

“I ordered socks. Apparently they come with a cloud strategy.”

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A scrolling user runs inside a smartphone hamster wheel that powers Meta’s advertising money machine.

“Just five more minutes. The shareholders are counting on you.”

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An Apple salesman uses a magnifying glass to display a tiny difference between two almost identical phones.

“Same rectangle. Entirely new monthly payment.”

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