May 19, 2020
Robert Mankoff, 1981
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Robert Mankoff, 1981
How New Yorker cartoonists lost a great source of revenue
How New Yorker cartoonists lost a great source of revenue
Making a living as a cartoonist isn’t easy, as longtime Beat readers well know. However, one excellent source of revenue for a while was The New Yorker’s Cartoon Bank, which licensed cartoons for secondary use, netting creators sometimes thousands of dollars. But as this amazing piece by Seth Simons at Paste reveals, the business has been neglected and revenue has plummeted: “Condé Nast,” the…
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POLITICALLY CORRECT
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "politically correct" as "agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people." Is this always possible?
In 2012 Robert Mankoff wrote, “When dealing with a subject like religion or ethnicity in cartoons, it’s hard to avoid offending someone somewhere sometime – I’m sure I have.”
So for your reflection here’s a unique, politically correct cartoon from the New Yorker by Michael Shaw. It reads, “Please enjoy this culturally, ethnically, religiously and politically correct cartoon responsibly. Thank you.”
AND FOR YOUR FURTHER REFLECTION
"I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase 'politically correct' wherever we could with 'treating other people with respect', and it made me smile." — Neil Gaiman
Give it a try.
Take any quote using the term "political correctness" (or a variation on that), and replace it with "treating people with respect" or "being nice."
How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker?
According to Matthew Diffee's book of unpublished New Yorker cartoons, The Rejection Collection, there are about 50 regular New Yorker cartoonists who submit 10 cartoons each week. That's 500 cartoons vying for about 12 to 20 slots. That's not counting submissions from cartoonists whose work appears in the magazine irregularly or the thousand or so weekly unsolicited submissions (which stand almost no chance of getting in).
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"How about Never - is Never good for you?"
“How about Never – is Never good for you?”
Makes me laugh these days. “How about never – is never good for you?” This is my favorite comeback now. Fits almost every situation. From amazing book, hilarious heavily illustrated memoir by Robert Mankoff. Finishing it today. “How about never – is never good for you?” on Amazon. Get your laughs from there, if need some. Kids laugh about 300 times a day, adults only around 15! Increase your…
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‘Yeah, anything with [expletive] in it.’
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/magazine/bob-mankoff-thinks-cats-are-funnier-than-dogs.html