Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at THE NEWS. The news these days is grim, but here’s a truism: bad news is often good news for cartoonists. An effective cartoon in bad times captures the dismal…
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Mom’s the Word
Mother’s Day is on the way. Six days and counting. Mother’s Day has been going on since 1908, which, coincidentally, is the year my mother Mollie was born. Just a coincidence? I think yes. I owe a lot to my mom. She discouraged me from being a cartoonist, and without that discouragement, I wouldn’t have…
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Leo Cullum Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com
Licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Leo Cullum is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Leo Cullum, a TWA pilot, was a cartoonist The New Yorker for 33 years. Cullum published 819 cartoons in The New Yorker, many gathered in the collections “Scotch & Toilet Water?,” a book of dog cartoons; “Cockatiels for Two” (cats); “Tequila Mockingbird”…
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With All Due Disrespect
Last week I wrote and asked for topic suggestions for my blog–and I got an enthusiastic response, including kazoo funerals, crochet bombing, star-nosed moles, Plutarch, medical indexing, and catfish noodling, which, as it turns out, is a real thing. It’s gross, but at least it’s not catfish canoodling, which would be an order of magnitude…
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“Bucking Chair” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Teresa Burns Parkhurst’s drawing is challenging. It appears to take place at an art exhibit where a small crowd is watching a woman who’s on a bucking car seat that’s spinning around wildly. The woman’s lost one shoe and her hands are in the air. There’s a seat belt, but it’s unbuckled. It’s not clear…
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Tom Toro’s “How to Potty Train your Porcupine”
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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