The New Yorker Said No, but These Cartoons Just May Make Your Day
- 7 years ago
The New Yorker Said No, but These Cartoons Just May Make Your Day
The cartoons on view have a range of styles, sensibilities
and some unexpected bursts of color: One from Mitra Farmand shows three protesters holding blank placards as they shout, “We need markers!”; Lars Kenseth considers a different meaning of the roadway merging of automobiles; and Amy Kurzweil depicts Mr. and Mrs.
Each of the cartoonists has had work published in the magazine; Mr. Kenseth has sold 12 cartoons for print
and six for The New Yorker’s Daily Cartoons and Daily Shouts online sections.
“People end up with mounds of stuff they either have to put in the closet or self-publish.”
It wasn’t hard to find artists to contribute to the show, especially since a community had built up on social media,
where the cartoonists shared rejected work, sometimes soliciting advice on how to tweak an image or a joke.
“When you try to get into The New Yorker, you’re generating so much content and so much gets rejected,” Mr. Ostow said.
A similar group had formed in real life — among the friends
and cartoonists who pitch their work in person every Tuesday at The New Yorker offices at 1 World Trade Center.
The cartoons on view have a range of styles, sensibilities
and some unexpected bursts of color: One from Mitra Farmand shows three protesters holding blank placards as they shout, “We need markers!”; Lars Kenseth considers a different meaning of the roadway merging of automobiles; and Amy Kurzweil depicts Mr. and Mrs.
Each of the cartoonists has had work published in the magazine; Mr. Kenseth has sold 12 cartoons for print
and six for The New Yorker’s Daily Cartoons and Daily Shouts online sections.
“People end up with mounds of stuff they either have to put in the closet or self-publish.”
It wasn’t hard to find artists to contribute to the show, especially since a community had built up on social media,
where the cartoonists shared rejected work, sometimes soliciting advice on how to tweak an image or a joke.
“When you try to get into The New Yorker, you’re generating so much content and so much gets rejected,” Mr. Ostow said.
A similar group had formed in real life — among the friends
and cartoonists who pitch their work in person every Tuesday at The New Yorker offices at 1 World Trade Center.