{"id":3073,"date":"2019-10-21T06:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more.cartooncollections.com\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:55:13","slug":"bob-eckstein-everyones-a-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/bob-eckstein-everyones-a-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Everyone&#8217;s a Critic editor Bob Eckstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everyones-Critic-Bob-Eckstein\/dp\/1616898534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3074\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/everyones-a-critic-cartoon-book.jpg\" alt=\"Everyone's a Critic\" width=\"300\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/everyones-a-critic-cartoon-book.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/everyones-a-critic-cartoon-book-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Bob Eckstein has been a <em>New Yorker<\/em> cartoonist since 2007. His new cartoon collection, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everyones-Critic-Bob-Eckstein\/dp\/1616898534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everyone\u2019s A Critic<\/a>,<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get your start in cartooning? You promised me it wasn\u2019t a cookie-cutter answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think my story of how I got into cartooning IS different than most. I started very late being interested in gag cartoons or drawing them\u2014I always hear cartoonists say they drew all the time as a kid\u2014and only got into the New Yorker on a dare from a friend, cartoon great Sam Gross (I just had lunch with a moment ago and we were discussing the old days). The old days for me was 2007 when he invited me to the <em>New Yorker<\/em> lunch for my birthday. I had a great time at this NYer lunch. There was Gahan Wilson, Leo Cullum and other cartoon giants (I had initially met them and Sam from my days at <em>Playboy<\/em> where I briefly ghost-wrote Little Annie Fanny). Also the French food was very good. The way I remember it, I asked if I could come back someday and Sam said sure but that I have to return with cartoon sketches to show. He liked my work I guess. I wasn\u2019t able to come up with ten ideas in a week but did show up weeks later with a batch (cartoonist\u2019s slang for a pile of cartoons to pitch).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC124029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3079\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CC124029h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CC124029h.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CC124029h-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CC124029h-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Sam introduced me to Bob Mankoff, the Cartoon Editor at the time, and Bob purchased the first cartoon I drew. At the time, unaware of the process at the magazine, I was disappointed having sold just one. I wrongly assumed that the dozen people in the waiting room consisted of the whole cartoon pool and that everyone who submitted sold multiple cartoons. I quickly learned not only how hard it was to get in but after six months later still waiting to sell my second cartoon, how it was beginner\u2019s luck for me. Meanwhile I did learn what other markets existed and I got enough encouragement to actually become a cartoonist\u2013\u2013the first two years I was cartooning I sold about four hundred cartoons and was nominated twice in a row, Gag Cartoonist of the Year\u2013\u2013so I did focus on that for awhile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So you were a writer first? Or an illustrator first?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was an illustrator first. I went to Pratt Institute, tried animation and it was too much work. Then I majored in Illustration (after trying Photography and unable to distinguish myself from the crowd) which I was doing earlier anyway, sneaking in classes when I was supposed to be a senior in high school. I was asked to teach illustration there when I graduated. I then taught at School of Visual Arts for many years. But I did illustration work starting as a teenager. My first big piece was a full page in <em>The New York Times <\/em>magazine while in college and then I did the back page of the <em>Times\u2019 Book Review<\/em>. I quickly learned that there was no way I could make a lot just illustrating for magazines and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning I always insisted on either illustrating my own work or submitting ideas already illustrated. Plus I thought I could write the stories funnier than what I was given to illustrate. I realize this was totally presumptuous but I was just a kid. But I was a columnist for a few places including <em>New York Newsday<\/em>, <em>TimeOut New York<\/em> and <em>The Village Voice<\/em> and major contributor for <em>SPY<\/em>. By the way, I\u2019m working right now on my second piece for the back page of the <em>Book Review<\/em>, thirty five years later, and for almost the same rate, so that\u2019s how much I\u2019ve grown. Zero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I think that says more pay rates about the publishing industry than your skills. And you\u2019ve learned a lot, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I did since learn a lot. I learned that switching over to become a cartoonist was not the smartest business move and learned how much hard work it is to produce quality cartoons. I learned how much better the top tier of cartoonists are and realize I still don\u2019t put in that time required. I never disciplined myself. I have studied all the old <em>New Yorker<\/em> cartoons and I know cartoons inside and out memory-wise but I still haven\u2019t put in the time and sweat equity I should. I instead got into books (I\u2019m finishing my seventh), I teach (writing and drawing at NYU), do speaking engagements frequently, write humor for different publications and I have been working on TV shows, all of which have seem to take up every waking minute.<\/p>\n<p>When I hear other cartoonists share their schedule and demonstrate their work ethic, I feel I have no right to complain about getting rejections, even though I do complain. I get A LOT of cartoons sent to me each week. Many cartoonists share with me their cartoon batches and I have been considered by some as a \u201ccartoon whisperer\u201d and get asked for feedback. But I see a lot of excellent work that humbles my output cartoon-wise. I\u2019m lucky to be able to call many of the world\u2019s greatest cartoonists my friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your publishing journey from <em>The Illustrated History of the Snowman<\/em> to <em>Footnotes From the World\u2019s Greatest Bookstores<\/em> to the series of cartoon books by &#8216;the world\u2019s greatest cartoonists&#8217;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=BA500215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3080\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BA500215h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BA500215h.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BA500215h-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BA500215h-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>It was my wife who convinced me to follow my obsession with snow and write a book. Publishers and agents had been asking me if I was writing a book but didn\u2019t know what I should do. I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes but I didn\u2019t want to write a crime mystery so I chose to write about who made the first snowman. That started my personal quest, my Holy Grail, to find out when man first made snowmen. Over seven years I spent a small fortune researching around the world. I updated that book recently, crafting a lush, full-color edition called <em>The Illustrated History of the Snowman<\/em>. A screenplay is being produced now based on the book.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 I wrote a piece for <em>The New Yorker<\/em> about endangered bookstores that went viral when it ran. By the afternoon my agent said Penguin Random House had offered me a book deal to expand it into a book. At the time I just thought it was a personal opportunity. After talking with bookstore owners for two years, I became emotionally invested in raising awareness for independent bookstores; it became an obsession. <a href=\" https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=cx901982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3081\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CX901982h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CX901982h.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CX901982h-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CX901982h-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>I did dozens of TV and radio appearances and wrote many OpEds on the topic (that\u2019s another TV project I\u2019ve been busy with). The book is a Times bestseller and popular in different countries. Bookstores wanted to know what my next book would be and I decided it would be another book about them; a light-hearted collection of cartoons about bookstores, while at the same time a chance to showcase the cartoonists I feel indebted to, which became <em>The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons<\/em>. The publisher, Princeton Architectural Press, has been great to work with and agreed to try a sequel, especially since we have some momentum and the first book is so beautiful. Together we tried to think what readers might want and agreed making fun of how everyone in the world has become a critic was a ripe subject to explore. I\u2019m really enjoying this series. And I feel I\u2019m perfect for this role. One thing I AM very good at is collecting friends who are scary talented. I am friends with many of the contributors and so proud to have them participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"giveaway\"><\/a>I say this at the risk of losing any respect I earned from your gentle readers up to this point\u2013\u2013I am going to recharge my batteries by going on vacation to Vegas and seeing Carrot Top. While out there I am putting the finishing touches on three books; a graphic novel that is a fictional 1850 diary, a baby name book for kittens and the third book in the cartoon series. The topic for the next one is love, marriage and divorce. As everyone knows, things are funnier in threes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Book giveaway!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3075\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckstein-signed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckstein-signed.jpg 1798w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckstein-signed-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckstein-signed-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckstein-signed-1024x711.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Sign up for CartoonStock news and you&#8217;ll be entered for a chance to win a copy of Bob&#8217;s first cartoon collection: <em><strong>The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons <\/strong><\/em>signed by Bob Mankoff, Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Danny Shanahan, Marisa Acocella, David Borchart, Robert Leighton, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Nick Downes and Bob Eckstein! A book- and cartoon-lover&#8217;s must-have. Winner will be randomly selected from all entries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #ececec; padding: 10px 20px;\">This giveaway has ended. Winner will be announce via email and on social on 10\/30\/19. Thanks to all who entered!<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Find <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everyones-Critic-Bob-Eckstein\/dp\/1616898534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everyone\u2019s A Critic<\/a><\/em> on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Find all of Bob\u2019s books on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bob-Eckstein\/e\/B001JRZO4U\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a> or better yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/search\/book?keys=author%3AEckstein%2C%20Bob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Bound<\/a>, a supporter of bookstores.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bobeckstein.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bobeckstein.com<\/a>\u00a0Follow Bob on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bob_eckstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobEckstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bob.eckstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Eckstein has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 2007. 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