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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“Frog Prince” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In Carolita Johnson’s cartoon, two women are sitting on a couch and having tea. Behind the woman who’s speaking is a barefoot man squatting on the back of the couch as if he were a frog. The drawing immediately calls to mind the Brothers Grimm’s “The Frog Prince,” or later versions like Disney’s “The Princess…
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We’ve Got a Cartoon for That: The Sequel
Dear Cartoonistas, Now, where were we? I’m self-isolating here in Briarcliff Manor, New York, image courtesy of Google Earth and Photoshop. Last time I wrote to you, I challenged you to stump the archive. There’s nothing we don’t have a cartoon for. Do we have a cartoon for Google Earth? Yep. Photoshop? Roger. Like I…
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“Sirens” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Ellis Rosen has drawn three of those dangerous mythological creatures who bewitched unsuspecting sailors with enchanting music and lured them to their deaths on rocky coasts. Only one of Ellis’s sirens, however, is making music. The other two are using computers, and the one who’s speaking is holding a laptop screen toward an approaching ship….
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