Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. This year he brought his compassionate take to WhoWhatWhy.
To call cartoonist Stan Mack unique is an understatement. Kind of like calling Donald Trump a lying, egomaniacal, racist, right-wing, authoritarian clown. It doesn’t quite do him justice. Mack teaches us to see not just with our eyes but our ears. His Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. This year he brought his compassionate take on the world around him to WhoWhatWhy. Here are some of our favorites:
![transitioning, transphobia](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Transitioning_Stan_Mack_3x2.jpg)
In Transit (Chicago)
![Tattoos, Equality](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Carol_Sequence_Tattoo_Stan_Mack_3x2.jpg)
Location, Location, Location (Austin)
![coroner, intern](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lauren_Intern_Coroner_Stan_Mack_3x2.jpg)
Anatomy of a Dream
![Montana, wolves](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image1-34.jpg)
Two Carnivores Call It a Draw
![Taliban, Afghanistan, War](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image1-4.jpg)
Age of Innocents
![Afghanistan, Taliban](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image1-47.jpg)
Corrective Directive
![Race, COVID-19, Texas](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image1-63.jpg)
Houston, We Have a Problem
![Housing prices, momeless](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image1-27.jpg)
Playin’ the Blue Note
![Sexuality, Oldest Profession](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image1-44.jpg)
The Newest Oldest Profession
![Jobs, music](https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image1-58.jpg)