Pat Byrnes has drawn a comedy club full of robots. An audience member is heckling the comic on stage and delivering the line that will serve as the caption. I therefore thought the caption should be an insult. Because robots are metal, and metal rusts, my first insult alludes to the title of Neil Young’s…
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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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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Superheroes
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 superheroes. What is it about superheroes that make them such fun cartoon characters? They’re faster than a speeding bullet, can leap tall buildings in a single bound, etc., but…
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Peter Steiner Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com
We’re thrilled to announce that licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Peter Steiner is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Peter sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker in 1979 and has since had approximately 400 cartoons published in its pages. One of these cartoons, “On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog,” is the most…
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“Death Ray” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
At P.C. Vey’s cocktail party, a woman standing by the buffet is holding a drink in her left hand and chatting with a man. On her head is a futuristic contraption (maybe a death-ray?) pointing at the man to whom she’s talking. She’s wearing the space age gadget like a hat, complete with a chin-strap,…
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