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Recent Posts

Sam Gross “I don’t care if she is a tape dispenser. I love her,” limited edition, signed prints

January 22, 2020 by CartoonStock

COLLECTOR’S SPECIAL Sam Gross’ most beloved New Yorker cartoon is now available as a limited edition, signed print. It’s a unique gift for someone special. Legendary New Yorker Cartoonist Sam Gross has drawn thousands of cartoons since he first put pen to paper over six decades ago. Now, 25 signed prints of his most popular…
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“Flasher” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

January 22, 2020 by Lawrence Wood

In Carolita Johnson’ s cartoon, an unshaven flasher wearing a watchman’s cap and a headband with eyeball boppers is harassing a woman who’s turned her back to him. The flasher is speaking. I first imagined the flasher hoping against hope for a date: “Well, then, how about tomorrow night?” I next pictured him getting defensive…
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“Group Therapy” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

January 15, 2020 by Lawrence Wood

In John Klossner’s cartoon, every patient in a group therapy session is lying on their own couch and staring at the ceiling with their hands on their abdomens. The therapist is speaking. Because there are so many patients I immediately thought of multiple personality disorders. Instead of making a joke about one patient with dissociative…
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Tom Toro Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com

January 12, 2020 by CartoonStock

Licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Tom Toro is a cartoonist and writer who has published over 200 cartoons in The New Yorker since 2010. His cartoons also appear in Playboy, the Paris Review, the New York Times, American Bystander and elsewhere. His debut children’s picture book HOW…
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“Ogre in the Window” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

January 8, 2020 by Lawrence Wood

In Dave Borchart’s cartoon, two women are having tea in a living room. It’s a contemporary scene, but the woman with her back to a large picture window is dressed in medieval clothing. Staring through the window is a huge ogre, and it looks a lot like a Gahan Wilson creation (which may be Borchart’s…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: The Stock Market

January 7, 2020 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner

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 stock market. It climbs, it falls, sometimes it even crashes. Who would take a ride on such a thing? No, it’s not an amusement ride or an ultra-light…
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