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Finals Season

A girl is sat at a desk drawing. She looks to the viewer. The image reduces in quality over four panels, going from a finished illustration to a stick figure. The girl says, “Here at The Prince we believe in new content, year round. That’s why we plan ahead, so we can make fresh, original cartoons, even in the busiest weeks of the year.”

Finals Season

Luiza Chevres

CARTOON | 12/19/2023

Rabid Raccoons

Raccoon uncorking a bottle of what looks like beer, with label "RABIES": "Hey guys, I got the good stuff..." / lots of raccoons with foaming mouths surrounding the art museum construction "...but trust me, the hangover for this is going to suck!"

Rabid Raccoons

Madison Anderson

CARTOON | 12/17/2023

Librarians hate this simple trick!

First panel: two students walking, first student says “I have some HOT gossip”, second student says “omg tell me”; Second panel: both students say “we must find somewhere to speak”; Third panel: the students point together at an elevated space in a mysterious location; Fourth panel: the two students whisper loudly to each other in the mysterious location; Fifth panel: zoom out to reveal the mysterious location is a study space, and other students look up at the whispering students; Sixth panel: zooms out further to reveal the two original students are talking in the Trustees Reading Room, causing varied reactions in the other students trying to study, one student is crying, a second student is angry, and a third student just looks miserable

Librarians hate this simple trick!

Valerie Neske

CARTOON | 12/10/2023

Course Selection

A black and white cartoon.
PANEL 1: An establishing drawing of the outside of Whitman's dining hall. A speech bubble reads "how'd your course selection go?" and another responds "horribly, got nothing i wanted."
PANEL 2: The inside of the dining hall, where we see two people eating together. The person sitting on the left looks angry, holding their fork into the air and yelling "this first-come-first-serve thing is unfair! they should enroll people based on their devotion to the course instead!"
PANEL 3: The person on the right is unamused, and asks "devotion? how would you even judge that?"
PANEL 4: The left person takes a beat to think about this.
PANEL 5: A drawing of the front of Nassau Hall, where a crowd has formed to watch two people fighting. Someone gives a swift kick while yelling "creative writing is mine!"

Course Selection

Yacoub Kahkajian

CARTOON | 12/07/2023

What is really being built under Poe Field

A student asks President Eisgruber what the construction on Poe field is for. He shows a very messy map and says it's for his new secret base. Maniacal laughter ensues.

What is really being built under Poe Field

Madison Anderson

CARTOON | 12/06/2023

Finals Season

Student is excited about winter break but realizes the finals monster is behind her, and she sarcastically says “so exciting” with a look of fear. The last panel shows the student lying on the ground, captioned “It’s that time of the semester.”

Finals Season

Raina Maldonado

CARTOON | 12/05/2023

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The essentials for every tiger

A tiger stands behind a table displaying three different handmade tools: a curved knife, a broom, and a hairbrush. Nassau Hall is in the background. The tiger stands silently, looking ahead. There is no text or dialogue.

The essentials for every tiger

Blue Carlsson

CARTOON | 12/04/2023

Gym Playlist

A girl watches another person deadlifting with headphones and thinks, “I wonder what they’re listening to”. We see the lifter completing their lift with flames behind them and learn that they are listening to Crash Course World History by John Green.

Gym Playlist

Luiza Chevres

CARTOON | 11/28/2023

Shared Suffering

Humanities major struggling with QCR and SEN/SEL requirements in first panel, STEM majors struggling with SA, LA, HA, CD, EC, EM, and writing sem in the second. Last panel they are holding hands, suffering together.

Shared Suffering

Raina Maldonado

CARTOON | 11/28/2023

The Best Time of the Day

Person checks watch: "It's 9pm!" With Frist in the background, person menacingly hovers over their Late Meal Sushi. "Late meal. Late meal. Laaaaate meeeeeal!" They think.

The Best Time of the Day

Madison Anderson

CARTOON | 11/16/2023

Princeton is the school for you: Here’s why

Box: "Admissions, 2023 . . ."; Panel 1: Admissions Officer in purple sweater says, "We know you've got concerns but don't worry - Princeton is the school for (underlined) you"; Panel 2: "We have a 4:1 student: faculty ratio," Picture of box with text "Box of Faculty," "You won't SEE all that faculty, but they're THERE! Somewhere"; Panel 3: "We care about your mental health! Which is why our new buildings use BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE." Grey box-like building pictured, with a sign in front reading "Art Museum: Not a cinderblock"; Panel 4: "Sleep is important! So we have flickery purple streetlights everywhere." A blond vampire in a red shirt looks up at a purple beam of light in the sky; Panel 5: "Our color scheme: ORANGE and BLACK!" Drawing of black trees consumed by orange fire sits atop text that reads, "Calm, soothing colors that evoke positive images"; Panel 6: "And we have statues of tigers everywhere! But you can't tell if they have fur. Drawing of green tiger statue, accompanied by a question: "Fur??". Below reads, "Our campus is full of naked green tigers!"; Panel 7: Admissions Officer in purple sweater says, "Lastly, we care about the climate. We'll stop destroying it in 2046! Until then, we still expect praise"; Admissions Officer in purple sweater says, "And we're an Ivy League School, so you're all coming anyway, right? ... Great! Just wanted to be sure."

Princeton is the school for you: Here’s why

Jamie Lozada-McBride

CARTOON | 11/16/2023

The Water Cycle

Panel 1: A student works on the computer with a water bottle next to them, and arrow points to panel 2. Panel 2: The student shakes the water bottle and states, "Huh, empty"; an arrow points to the next panel. Panel 3: The student is shown in a Lord of the Rings like cloak holding the lantern and the water bottle. The door is swinging open and the background is darkness. An arrow points to panel 4. Panel 4: The student is running so fast in the hallway in their pajamas and cloak. Zoom! An arrow points to panel 5. Panel 5: The student fills up their water bottle in the filtered sink faucet. An arrow points to panel 6. Panel 6: Water pours into the students mouth and the word "Hydration" is spelled out with sparkles. An arrow points to panel 1.

The Water Cycle

Austria Merritt

CARTOON | 11/13/2023

Pleasant Surprise

A girl is shown going about her day with the same tired and apathetic expression. In the fourth panel, the girl makes a pleasantly surprised expression as she finds she’s completed her Coffee Club punch card! She walks away with a free coffee feeling like she has won in life.

Pleasant Surprise

Paige Min

CARTOON | 11/07/2023

Treat

A girl walks along the street towards Small World Coffee and thinks to herself: I deserve a treat! I'm going to study. The next panel is labeled "The studying..." and shows the girl scrolling on her phone instead of working on the computer in front of her.

Treat

Lucia Tsurumaki

CARTOON | 11/05/2023

I Miss My Dogs

Black and white pencil image. Panel 1: Student with headphones sitting in bed looking at phone; Panel 2: Person looks at phone with picture of dog. Large Text: DOG!; Panel 3: student sits on bed in despair, arrow saying "Misses dogs now." Panel 4: Different angle of student with text "Frantically texts mom for pics of dogs."

I Miss My Dogs

Raina Maldonado

CARTOON | 10/31/2023

The Duality of Dining

Panel 1: ROMA (in Harry Potter font). The dining hall is filled with Harry Potter characters and Princeton students dressed like wizards. Panel 2: YEH-NCW (in Back to the Future font). There is an alien in the center/outside circular room. A guy is flying on a hoverboard and there are robots. Einstein is sitting next to two Princeton students. The next table over has Barbie and Oppenheimer.

The Duality of Dining

Austria Merritt

CARTOON | 10/31/2023

No Exam Anxiety

In first panel girl lays on their bed at home in pajamas, reclining with eyes closed. Text reads “It’s finally fall break”. First panel repeats without text. Third panel zooms in on girl who suddenly looks afraid or stressed. Text reads, “What do I do now”.

No Exam Anxiety

Luiza Chevres

CARTOON | 10/26/2023

Midterms

"I have FIVE midterms, what am I gonna do?!" a frazzled student says. Then poof! A small Eisgruber appears as a devil on their shoulder, holding a pitchfork. "You should study for none of them and watch Instagram reels until 3 a.m." he says. "That's a terrible idea!" the student says. Small Eisgruber grins evilly. "Call it 'self-care.'" Cut to the student wrapped in blankets watching videos on their phone all night.

Midterms

Blue Carlsson

CARTOON | 10/25/2023

Listservs

In the first panel a student with glasses is sitting at a table checking her phone. In the second panel she is being blasted in the face with a ton of gmail notifications. Line drawing.

Listservs

Raina Maldonado

CARTOON | 10/23/2023

Campus Construction

President Eisgruber says he has a proposal. He spins a wheel and throws a dart at a map of Princeton, and that's where the next construction is going to be: "How about we call this one 'Sewer Problems?"

Campus Construction

Madison Anderson

CARTOON | 10/13/2023