Rusty Epstein has a knack for turning the most ordinary moments into wonderfully unexpected jokes. The Boston-area cartoonist, also known for his webcomic Bummer Party, creates Rusty Cartoons as a series of single-panel, New Yorker-style comics that find humor in everyday life, modern society, current events, awkward conversations, and the strange thoughts that tend to pop into our heads.His formula is deceptively simple: expressive black-and-white drawings, just enough context to set the scene, and a punchline that often takes the joke somewhere you didn’t see coming. Whether he’s poking fun at relationships, technology, social habits, politics, pets, or our own contradictions, Epstein has a talent for finding the absurd in situations that feel surprisingly familiar. His work has appeared in publications including The Times Luxury, Weekly Humorist, and Seven Days VT, and he continues to produce new batches of cartoons regularly.Bored Panda has featured Rusty’s work several times before, and his latest collection proves he still has plenty of clever observations up his sleeve. Scroll down to see his newest one-panel comics, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that caught you off guard or made you laugh.More info: Instagram | patreon.com#1© Photo: rustycartoons#2© Photo: rustycartoons#3© Photo: rustycartoons#4© Photo: rustycartoons#5© Photo: rustycartoons#6© Photo: rustycartoons#7© Photo: rustycartoons#8© Photo: rustycartoons#9© Photo: rustycartoons#10© Photo: rustycartoons#11© Photo: rustycartoons#12© Photo: rustycartoons#13© Photo: rustycartoons#14© Photo: rustycartoons#15© Photo: rustycartoons#16© Photo: rustycartoons#17© Photo: rustycartoons#18© Photo: rustycartoons#19© Photo: rustycartoons#20© Photo: rustycartoons#21© Photo: rustycartoons#22© Photo: rustycartoons#23© Photo: rustycartoons#24© Photo: rustycartoons#25© Photo: rustycartoons#26© Photo: rustycartoons#27© Photo: rustycartoons#28© Photo: rustycartoons#29© Photo: rustycartoons#30© Photo: rustycartoons#31© Photo: rustycartoons#32© Photo: rustycartoons#33© Photo: rustycartoons#34© Photo: rustycartoons#35© Photo: rustycartoons#36© Photo: rustycartoons#37© Photo: rustycartoons#38© Photo: rustycartoons#39© Photo: rustycartoons