Cartoons at The New Yorker shaped by Bob Mankoff
In a long interview, cartoon editor Bob Mankoff explains his role as curator of New Yorker style humor, the rise of The Cartoon Bank, and how cartooning addresses modern fears from terrorism to AIDS. He highlights selection criteria, audience relation, and the balance between risk and communication in publishing cartoon work.
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Robert Mankoff Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker
A brief look at Robert Mankoff, longtime cartoon editor of The New Yorker. Born and educated at Syracuse University, he joined The New Yorker in 1977 and has contributed regularly since. He discusses cartooning as conceptual art, the risk of homogenization, reader engagement, and the personal cost of high demands in a corporate magazine setting.
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Cartoonists jockey for New Yorker slots in weekly pitch
In New York, about a hundred cartoonists visit Robert Mankoff before lunchtime to pitch drawings for The New Yorker. Each week he selects roughly 50 for Remnick’s editors, comparing art in baskets marked Yes No Maybe as legal and fact checks follow.
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