Remember when going viral was a good thing? I know that kind of virality has nothing to do with what’s going on now with the coronavirus; still, it’s funny how guilt by association can have its effects, even if they’re irrational. Just ask Corona beer, whose sales have dropped since the outbreak. There is no…
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Licensing for New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Thurber lore has it that while writing his many essays and short stories for the New Yorker, James Thurber would doodle on any scrap of paper at hand and that he was frequently asked to submit drawings but refused stating that he…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: The Art of the Cartoon
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 the art of cartoons. Cartoonists are artists, so cartoons about art and artists come naturally to them. By making serious art the subject of humor, the cartoonist serves as…
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Cartoon Spotlight: Barbara Shermund
The following is an excerpt from the New York Times article: Overlooked No More: Barbara Shermund, Flapper-Era Cartoonist. In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques. He found…
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