Consumer-graphics collection Est. 2026 · Vancouver

CLIPARCHIVE

A working museum of clip art, 1980s–early 2000s.

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47,484 objects on open display.

The cartoon depicts a character dressed as an old western cowboy riding on top of a horse with horns while holding a lasso in one hand. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08221 The image shows a cartoon of two motorcycles with riders on them; both characters appear to be male wearing orange hats riding pink bikes in front of each other against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08222 The cartoon shows a man playing an instrument with his mouth while another figure is sitting on top of what appears to be a vase; both characters have exaggerated facial features typical in comic illustrations. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08223 The cartoon shows a man lying on an unmade bed with green sheets; he is wearing boxers and has his arms behind him as if in exhaustion or surrender to sleepiness. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08224 The illustration features a cartoon character dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean holding an orange parrot on his shoulder while standing with one hand resting against his hip and another gripping a sword, all set within a simple black background that does not provide any additional context or setting. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08225 The image shows a cartoon of an exaggeratedly muscular man with red shorts standing upright against a black background; he is flexing his muscles while wearing white socks and shoes. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08226 The cartoon depicts a man on a motorcycle with sunglasses riding down an unseen roadway. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08227 The image shows a man standing next to another person who appears to be holding an object that looks like a book; both individuals seem engaged in some activity involving this item while one of them is looking at it with interest, and there's no text present within the frame. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08228 The image shows a man sitting on an armchair reading newspapers with his legs crossed over each other; he is wearing brown pants and has short hair. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08229 The illustration shows a person holding an old revolver with their right hand while pointing it towards something off-frame to the left of them; there is no text present in this image. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08230 The cartoon shows a man running away from an explosion with his arms outstretched for balance; he is wearing brown pants and shoes. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08231 The image shows a cartoon depiction of two figures lying on their stomachs with legs spread apart; it is set against an unidentified background that appears to be dark grey in color. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08232 The illustration shows a cartoon of an open washing machine door with two hands reaching out from inside it as if trying to grab something outside. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08233 The cartoon shows a man climbing up an inclined surface with his hands on it; he is wearing shorts and boots while holding onto what appears to be rocky terrain for support during this activity. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08234 The image shows a cartoon of an indigenous person holding two spears while standing on what appears to be grassy ground with trees in the background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08235 The cartoon shows a man with an exaggeratedly large head standing against a plain background; he is wearing blue overalls, has one hand on his hip while gesturing towards something off-frame, wears no shoes and appears to be in mid-conversation or explanation. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08236 The image shows a cartoon of an adult male figure standing with his arms outstretched against a plain background; he is wearing a suit jacket over a striped shirt, has short hair, and appears to be gesturing towards something off-frame. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08237 The image shows a cartoon of an animated man with his hand on hip pointing to something off camera while making a surprised expression. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08238 The image shows a cartoon of an animated man standing with his hands on hips against a black background; he is wearing green pants and has short hair. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08239 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character with exaggerated facial features such as large eyes and teeth, wearing what appears to be a wig that is styled like blonde hair on top but has darker roots showing through in some areas. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08240 The image shows a cartoon of an animated man with red hair holding his hand to his ear as if he's talking on a phone while standing in front of pink explosion graphics that suggest surprise or excitement. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08241 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character who appears to be male with exaggerated features such as large eyes and hands that seem disproportionately small compared to his body size. He is wearing white clothing, including what looks like a shirt without sleeves or buttons visible on the front, pants rolled up at the bottoms, revealing bare legs, and no shoes are shown. The character has dark hair with some graying around the temples, styled in an unkempt manner that falls over his forehead to one side of his face. He is also wearing a straw hat tilt CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08242 The image shows a cartoon of an elderly man with white hair wearing glasses standing next to him is another figure that appears to be his wife; she has brown hair and wears blue clothing. They both have green shirts, suggesting it might represent springtime or nature theme in their attire. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08243 The illustration shows a person lying on their stomach under an artificial palm tree with sunglasses over eyes, wearing shorts and hat; it's set against black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08244 The cartoon shows a man doing an exercise with his hands on two parallel bars while lying face down; he is wearing blue jeans and has one leg raised in the air behind him as if it's bent at the knee, suggesting movement during this activity. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08245 The image shows a cartoon of an older man with glasses wearing a yellow shirt standing against a black background; he has gray hair on his head and is looking to one side without smiling. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08246 The image shows a cartoon of an older man dressed as Sherlock Holmes standing with his hands on hips against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08247 The cartoon depicts a man with an exaggeratedly large barrel for a body standing on two legs; he has his arms outstretched as if gesturing to someone off-camera while looking upwards, and appears surprised or confused by something not visible in this image. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08248 The cartoon shows a man with glasses pointing to something offscreen while standing next to an explosion of stars that is emanating from his head; he appears surprised by this event. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08686 The black and white illustration shows a man holding an open book with his left hand while reading it; he is wearing glasses on top of his head and has dark hair that appears to be styled in a slicked-back manner, suggesting middle age. He's dressed casually but smartly enough for the setting depicted here: what seems like a library or study room at nighttime due to the darkness outside visible through windows behind him. The man is standing against an interior wall with some indistinct items on it that could be decorative objects, and there are no other people in CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08687 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character with exaggerated facial features that resembles a caricatured man's face on top of what appears to be a human body. Above this figure, there is text in various font styles and sizes saying "YOWZA!" which translates from Afrikaans as 'hello.' The background has swirling patterns with different colors like purple, blue, green, yellow, red, orange, pink, white, black, gray, brown, beige. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08688 The image shows two panels with a man's face depicted on both sides of an icon that resembles a light bulb. In one panel, he appears to be in shock or surprise; his mouth is open and eyes wide as if reacting strongly to something unexpected. His hair looks disheveled due to the intensity of emotion displayed. The background behind him has blue lines radiating outward from what seems like an explosion point at the top center part of the image, suggesting a sudden event or impact that caused his reaction. In contrast, in the second panel, he is shown CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08689 The image features a man's face with an exaggerated expression of surprise on his lips, set against two red circles that resemble eyes looking outward from either side of him; there is no text present in this clip-art illustration. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08690 The images show a cartoon character with sunglasses wearing an oversized shirt adorned with stars, depicted twice in different poses against contrasting backgrounds: one is neon-lit while the other has a starburst effect around it. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08691 The image shows a stylized graphic of an individual with sunglasses wearing red lipstick on their lips; it is set against a black background that has two diagonal lines creating a diamond shape in one corner, and there's no text present within this small clip-art style illustration. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08692 The image shows a stylized illustration of an adult male with blond hair wearing sunglasses over his eyes; he has a muscular build and is depicted in profile facing to the right side of the frame, looking towards something off-camera. He wears what appears to be a black shirt or jacket under a red square patterned background that resembles stars against space. The man's expression seems neutral with no visible emotion on his face. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08693 The image features a cartoon of an older man with glasses wearing a suit jacket over his shoulder, smiling broadly at something off-camera to the left side of the frame; he is surrounded by colorful speech bubbles containing various phrases and expressions like "Wow!", "Huh? What did you say?". CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08694 The image shows a comic book panel with an animated character who appears to be experiencing shock or surprise; he has his hand on his head in disbelief while looking upwards towards something off-panel that is causing this reaction, and there's text above him saying "OH NO!" CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08695 The image shows a stylized graphic of an athlete with muscular arms flexed against his chest within what appears to be a circular emblem that has rays extending outward from it in different directions, suggesting power and strength themes commonly associated with bodybuilding or fitness culture. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08696 The image shows a cartoon of an animated man with blue hair wearing glasses, smiling broadly at something off-camera to his right side in front of him. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08697 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character running with their arms outstretched against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08698 The image shows a black and white illustration of an animated character that appears to be male with glasses on his face looking downward towards what seems like another figure below him in profile view. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08699 The cartoon depicts an elderly man with a mustache wearing glasses holding a pipe to his mouth while smoking it. He is dressed in formal attire including a suit jacket over a striped shirt, trousers and tie, along with a brown fedora hat adorned with what appears to be feathers or plumes on the band. The man has white hair and sports an exaggeratedly large nose that stands out prominently against his face. He is also wearing round glasses over blue eyes which are looking directly at the viewer, giving him a somewhat surprised expression. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08700 The image shows a black and white comic book panel featuring an animated character with dark hair wearing glasses, who appears to be in mid-speech while standing against a plain background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08701 The black and white illustration features a man smoking from his pipe while holding it with both hands to his mouth; he is balding on top of his head and wearing glasses over one eye. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08702 The image features a cartoon of an older man with red hair wearing glasses, standing against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08703 The image shows a cartoon of an alien with big eyes peeking out from behind what appears to be a black door frame against a white background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08704 The cartoon shows a character with an exaggeratedly large head wearing glasses looking out of them at something off-camera while holding up their finger as if to point it towards whatever is being looked at. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08705 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character with glasses who appears to be looking at something intently while emitting red light from their eyes; there is no text present in this clip-art illustration, and it does not depict any actions being performed by other objects or characters within the frame. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08706 The image shows a cartoon of an adult male with blonde hair wearing glasses, depicted as having blue eyes and a neutral expression on his face. He is balding at the top but has fuller eyebrows that meet in the middle above each eye. His facial features include two ears visible from behind, one nose, lips slightly parted to reveal teeth, and he appears to be looking directly ahead or off-camera with no indication of movement. The background consists solely of a black rectangle without any additional details. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08707 The image shows a cartoon character with exaggerated features such as large eyes and an oversized nose peeking out from behind what appears to be a wall. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08708 The image shows a cartoon of an anthropomorphic fish character with red fins wearing blue pants and holding what appears to be a microphone in its mouth while standing on stage against a black background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08709 The image shows a purple animal with yellow eyes peeking out from behind what appears to be an abstract black shape on a gray background. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08710 The image shows a colorful illustration of an archer with bow drawn on red background inside frame. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08711 The cartoon shows a person looking through binoculars at two different scenes: on top is an alien landscape with flying saucers; below it's another scene of what appears to be a cityscape, possibly indicating that this character has dual vision and sees both reality (the bottom) and fantasy or imagination. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08712 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character with yellow hair holding up their hand as if waving to someone off-camera while wearing a red tie around its neck. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08713 The image shows a cartoon of an animated character dressed as Superman standing next to another figure that appears to be King Kong in front of a purple background with black stripes on either side. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08714 The image shows a stylized illustration of an individual wearing a red hat with two visible holes on top, resembling cowboy-style headwear. This person is depicted in profile view facing to their right and appears to be smiling slightly while looking downward towards what seems like the ground or floor level below them. The background behind this figure is black. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08715 The image shows a cartoon of an adult male figure standing upright with his head bowed downward as if looking at something on the ground; he is wearing green pants and has one hand in front of him, possibly holding onto it for support. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08716 The image shows a black silhouette of an animated figure walking on what appears to be stilts with its arms outstretched as if it's balancing itself while holding something in one hand that looks like a knife, set against a plain background without any additional context or setting provided within the frame. CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08717