Have I Got a Cartoon for You! Edited with Introduction by Bob Mankoff Foreword by Roz Chast Available now In this new book, Have I Got a Cartoon for You! Bob Mankoff presents his favorite Jewish cartoons. In his foreword, Mankoff shows how his Jewish heritage helped him to become a successful cartoonist, examines the…
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Cartoon Books
Bob Mankoff talks about The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
I once quipped that ninety-five percent of New Yorker subscribers read the cartoons first and the other five percent lie. Look, as terrific as the magazine’s articles are, you skip some of them; what you don’t skip are the cartoons. I’m not knocking those award-winning articles—hey, I’ve read some of them myself—but I’ve never seen…
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The Naked Cartoonist: What Is a Cartoon?
The following is an excerpt from Bob Mankoff’s book The Naked Cartoonist. “Me, sir. I’m a cartoon.” Well, bless your little plucky heart, but no, you’re just a cartoon character. Not a whole cartoon. Neither is A, which is an illustration in cartoon style, or B, which is just the same thing but marginally more…
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