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Article: NEW YORKER CARTOONS ARE TOPS.(RHYTHM)(VISUAL ART)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 10, 2005
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Byline: Jacob Stockinger
I know I'm biased, but I don't think any publication in the world gives you better cartoons -- engaging, insightful, urbane, adult and funny cartoons--more consistently, week after week, than the New Yorker magazine.
From the founding of the magazine in 1925, New Yorker cartoonists -- from James Thurber and Charles Addams to Gahan Wilson, from George Booth to Roz Chast, from Edward Koren and Saul Steinberg to "Shrek" creator William Steig -- have proven a legendary group.
They are the gold standard of cartoon humor and commentary. There is even an episode of "Seinfeld" in which Elaine tries to understand one of the ...