New Yorker cartoonist and father Tom Toro’s first children’s picture book coming out in May 2020! Tom was kind enough to tell us about the book and his publishing journey. Tell us a bit about what inspired this book. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where inspiration comes from, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence…
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Cartoon Books
Interview: Everyone’s a Critic editor Bob Eckstein
Bob Eckstein has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 2007. His new cartoon collection, Everyone’s A Critic, comes out Oct. 22nd and includes many of the esteemed cartoonists from CartoonStock. We talked with Bob about his journey from illustrator to writer to cartoonist and the ways he continues to bring those talents together today. How…
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Liana Finck: Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self
Cartoonist Liana Finck’s work has been appearing in The New Yorker since 2015. Since then, she’s amassed an impressive following on Instagram (323k at this writing). Her savvy publisher took note and released a book of her Instagram drawings, Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self featuring 500 of her signature, personal-yet-universal drawings. We…
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NEW! Have I Got a Cartoon for You!: The Moment Magazine Book of Jewish Cartoons
Have I Got a Cartoon for You! Edited with Introduction by Bob Mankoff Foreword by Roz Chast Available now In this new book, Have I Got a Cartoon for You! Bob Mankoff presents his favorite Jewish cartoons. In his foreword, Mankoff shows how his Jewish heritage helped him to become a successful cartoonist, examines the…
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Bob Mankoff talks about The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
I once quipped that ninety-five percent of New Yorker subscribers read the cartoons first and the other five percent lie. Look, as terrific as the magazine’s articles are, you skip some of them; what you don’t skip are the cartoons. I’m not knocking those award-winning articles—hey, I’ve read some of them myself—but I’ve never seen…
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The Naked Cartoonist: What Is a Cartoon?
The following is an excerpt from Bob Mankoff’s book The Naked Cartoonist. “Me, sir. I’m a cartoon.” Well, bless your little plucky heart, but no, you’re just a cartoon character. Not a whole cartoon. Neither is A, which is an illustration in cartoon style, or B, which is just the same thing but marginally more…
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