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Trump GONE! Trump TRIUMPHANT! Trump ALL CAPS!
Trump GONE! Trump TRIUMPHANT! Trump ALL CAPS!

By Steve Young • “I’ll be blunt: we need to raise A LOT of money in the next 12 HOURS, or an arbitrary amount of money won’t have been raised by an artificial deadline.” 

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Steve YoungSeptember 24, 2017Steve Young, Donald Trump, Rich Sparks
Ding Dong
Ding Dong
By Michael Gerber • “In polls, a majority of the emperor's supporters denied he'd been naked at all.” 
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Michael GerberSeptember 14, 2017Michael Gerber, Donald Trump, Louisa Bertman, Emperor's New Clothes, Politics, Publisher's Letter

"Acne."

By Tom Toro

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Tom ToroSeptember 8, 2017Tom Toro, Cartoons, Pirates
Message to My Clone
Message to My Clone
By Jack Handey • “You have grown so much, from the high doses of hormones and super-proteins. Soon you will be a big clone, with healthy young organs to harvest.”
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Jack HandeySeptember 1, 2017Jack Handey, Steve Torelli, Clone
Keep On Cruisin’
Keep On Cruisin’
By Larry Doyle • "Welcome once again to Adventures by Disney’s Royal Subterranean River Cruise. I’m Larry, your cruise director, bringing you the latest Lowdown from Down Under for the next Tuesday or possibly Wednesday of Eternity."
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Larry DoyleMay 12, 2017Larry Doyle, Disney, Hell, Joe Oesterle
Dear NASA, I'd Like To Fight an Alien
By James Folta • “You don’t know me, but I’m a longtime fan of your organization and its various missions. Congratulations on the Moon landing and my condolences on the lost rovers. I’m writing to make a specific request: I would like to fight an alien.”
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James FoltaMay 5, 2017James Folta, aliens, NASA
This is Just to Respond. . .

By James Finn Garner • Feel the razor-sharp blade of satire, William Carlos Williams.

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James Finn GarnerApril 28, 2017James Finn Garner, William Carlos Williams, Poems, Parody
Notes on the Paperback Edition
By Tim Harrod • “The hardcover edition was dedicated ‘to my radiant muse Emily.’ Please forget that was ever there. This book is now dedicated to whoever gets me my DVDs and my cat back.”
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Tim HarrodApril 21, 2017Tim Harrod, Books
How to Get Along With Friends and Relatives Stupid Enough to Be Voting For the Wrong Side
How to Get Along With Friends and Relatives Stupid Enough to Be Voting For the Wrong Side
By Merrill Markoe • “Aren’t we all getting a little sick of living in a country that operates like a big dysfunctional family, so perennially disgusted by large numbers of our fellow Americans that we have no choice but to dread any mandatory gatherings?”
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Merrill MarkoeDecember 9, 2016Merrill Markoe, 2016 Election, Donald Trump, David Chelsea, Politics
Everything Has a Problem
Everything Has a Problem
By Quentin Hardy • “We must, as a species, face facts: We live inside a narcissist, and a dangerous one at that. Infinitely hot, infinitely dense, always expanding.”
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Quentin HardyNovember 11, 2016Quentin Hardy, Eugenia Loli, Universe, AA
Star Wars Script Meeting
Star Wars Script Meeting
By Steve Young • “Star Wars Episode VIII is well into production, yet several crucial plot points have yet to be figured out. Elements need to be superficially new, yet comfortingly familiar. Summary of discussion follows.”
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Steve YoungNovember 4, 2016Steve Young, Joe Oesterle, Star Wars
Jury Selection
Jury Selection
By Simon Rich • “Would you be able to remain impartial if the defendant were a celebrity?”
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Simon RichMay 6, 2016Simon Rich, Farley Katz, Jury
Inspirational Animal Stories #1: The Motivational Tiger
Inspirational Animal Stories #1: The Motivational Tiger
By Brian McConnachie • “When I saw him leap from the car, it became clear to me what he was saying. He was saying, Take action.”
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Brian McConnachieJanuary 1, 2016Brian McConnachie, Tiger, Nathan Yoder
Fast and Loose
Fast and Loose
By George Meyer • “Let’s talk about last night’s prison break.”
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George MeyerDecember 4, 2015George Meyer, Robert Grossman, Prison break
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