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 captionless cartoons. The vast majority of single-panel cartoons offer two elements: a graphic illustrating the situation and a caption that delivers the punchline. Occasionally, in lieu of a caption,…
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COLLECTOR’S SPECIAL – ONLY ONE LEFT! One of George Booth’s most beloved and evergreen New Yorker cartoon is now available as a limited edition, signed print. Legendary New Yorker Cartoonist George Booth has created thousands of cartoons since he first began drawing for his high school newspaper in the 1940s. He sold his first…
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