Gawker: cartooning

It's not that I am suggesting that you...

Emily Gould — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:52:09 EDT

It's not that I am suggesting that you go to the New Yorker cartoon bank and try your hand at making a LOLNewYorkerCartoon. I don't care either way. I'm just putting it out there that this is an option.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Was Drawn On 'New York' Company Time

Emily Gould — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:20:22 EDT

New York mag contributing editor Michael Idov sends us this cartoon, telling us it's "quite likely the worst thing I've done in my life." Oh, c'mon! We're sure that's not the case!

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is In The 'Wall Street Journal'

Emily Gould — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:10:58 EDT

Now we understand why the well of faux New Yorker cartoon submissions have dried up: you all are sending them to the Wall Street Journal instead of us. So sad!

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is About If Frankenstein Lived In Nantucket

Emily Gould — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:35:38 EDT

Actually, we have no idea what this cartoon is about. Maybe it's about perception and the impossibility of a universal objective reality? Why does Frankenstein wear sockless loafers and tie a sweater around his shoulders? The only insight we can gain from the artist is from his email, where he wrote, "Here it is. My faux New Yorker cartoon. It has that gritty 'scanned multiple times' look." Well, that it does. Does yours? Send it to Emily.

Is "'New Yorker' Humor" Purely Random?

Joshua Stein — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:20:14 EDT

It was in the marbled thinking chamber that we were reading both Playboy and the New Yorker at once. A theory resulted: That the rate of humor found in New Yorker cartoons is the exact same as naturally occurring humor in the world. That is to say, in the case of any decent drawing set-up, one could pair a drawing with any caption and reasonably expect to laugh the same amount. We decided to test our theory of stochastic humor by mashing-up Playboy cartoons with New Yorker captions and vice versa.

This Faux New Yorker Cartoon Was Born In Arizona, But It Moved To Babylonia

Emily Gould — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:00:23 EDT

If the perspective was a tiny bit better this could be in the actual New Yorker, because it's sort of an unfunny old people joke. Do you have an illustrated unfunny old people joke? Send it to Emily.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is A Remix

Emily Gould — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:40:02 EDT

An entrant writes, "Thanks to the Canucks for their art (and I guess for their bad copy)." The Canucks, we're sure, are all, "You're welcome, eh!" Please send better and more original cartoons to Emily.

'If I Did It' To Be Published By Fake Publisher You've Never Heard Of

Emily Gould — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:40:06 EDT

Publisher's Marketplace reports, "We were surprised when media outlets made much of the news that a "New York publisher" had picked up rights to IF I DID IT. Last night, a statement was released showing the true nature of those first implications — the purchaser is Eric Kampmann's Beaufort Books (distributed by Midpoint), and a Reuters piece cites a publication date of October 3. Though it now appears to have been removed from their site, as of recently Beaufort described themselves this way: 'Beaufort offers an intriguing alternative to the traditional publishing model. We guide the publishing process, share in the risk, and offer the expertise and experience that are necessary to make any book a success.'" In other words, the O.J. book is for all intents and purposes being published by iUniverse. Pure class. Commenter MisterHippity "drew" this faux New Yorker cartoon, by the way.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is Taking This Way Too Seriously

Emily Gould — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:30:14 EDT

"We strove to emulate the New Yorker's simultaneous contempt for new trends and lack of effort to criticize them," explain this cartoon's creators, Matthieu Comeau and Claire Renwick of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Canadians are hopeless. Please continue to send your submissions to Emily.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is Dumb

Emily Gould — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:30:56 EDT

A handy pronunciation mp3 has been available for years, people (and dogs and cats). Wonder no more. Got faux New Yorker cartoons? Send them to Emily.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Call Came From Inside The House

Emily Gould — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:20:26 EDT

Don't quit your day job, staff video-man Richard Blakeley. Everyone else, keep sending your submissions to Emily.

This Faux New Yorker Cartoon Is So Meta

Emily Gould — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:55:03 EDT

So meta that... uh... we don't really get it. We suppose that means it's doing its job! Can you stump us too? Probably. This heat (and bright sun!) makes us dumber than a box of hair. Send your attempts to Emily.

Wesleyan Strikes Back With An Ironic Comic Strip

Emily Gould — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:05:33 EDT

We called them "the most annoying liberal arts school in the U.S." And then, boy, they sure showed us!

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Can Be Appreciated On Many Levels

Emily Gould — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:20:48 EDT

At first when we saw this cartoon we thought that the woman in the lower lefthand corner was supposed to be Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, and that this was a joke about that song "My Humps," which is now stuck in your head. But then we noticed the woman's visible lady-cleft and realized it was actually meant to be a joke about the word "cameltoe." And then we asked ourselves: "Is the song 'My Humps' actually about cameltoe? Is Fergie just that much of a genius?" Please continue to send your cartoons to Emily.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Will Blow Your Mind Away

Emily Gould — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:15:23 EDT

Think you can top this? You can't, probably. But try anyway: email your drawing to Emily.

This Faux New Yorker Cartoon Has A Rabbi

Emily Gould — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:50:24 EDT

God, we're suckers for Jumor! (Jewmor?) You know. Jewy humor. Anyway, this is another submission from the illustrious creator of "bivalve curious." Want to try to break that guy's lock on this thing? Well, don't be shellfish with your submissions; send 'em to Emily.

This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon Is Not Seasonally Appropriate

Emily Gould — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:45:04 EDT

Because it's actually the summer of our discontent right about now. Still, thanks to Alice Wetterlund for submitting. Would you like to achieve this kind of recognition? Send your funny pictures to Emily.

Maybe The Worst Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon We've Ever Seen

Emily Gould — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:30:39 EDT

Hey, we're still soliciting your bad faux New Yorker cartoons! Send them to Emily! Isn't this one something? You know, sometimes, at this job, we feel as if we're being punished for sins we committed in a past life. Get it? Punished?

This Faux New Yorker Cartoon Could Almost Be A Real One

Emily Gould — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:40:37 EDT

We almost disqualified this cartoon because it reeked so hard of "auditioning for the real thing." However, it made us chuckle, which almost no real New Yorker cartoon has ever done, except this one, which used to hang in our cubicle. Congratulations to submitter "smwerwin." Please continue to send your submissions to Emily.

Hey, How About This Faux 'New Yorker' Cartoon?

Emily Gould — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:00:18 EDT

We've gotten a bunch of cartoons that attempt to satirize exigent New Yorker cartoon memes. In general, they're bad. This one made us giggle, though. Is it funnier than these ones, or the one you'll send to Emily? Developing.