Comments on: Sorry Lee…

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:55:50 +0000

I vaguely remember the joke that all New Yorker cartoons were unfunny circulating in the early 90s. There is some truth to the fact that many are not funny, but there must have been a bad period, then a round of late night talk show jokes. The Seinfeld episode about the unfunny New Yorker cartoon of course spread the idea far and wide. All this happened before I ever dealt with the New Yorker, so that when I recently did begin my dealings, I found myself surprised at how funny many of the cartoons were.

By: kaveri

kaveri — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:43:11 +0000

I agree with Hines. I don’t know how it became a commonplace that New Yorker cartoons are all unfunny. Either there’s something wrong with me, or a lot of them are pretty funny.

If I were going to nominate the next-unfunniest New Yorker cartoonist, I’d probably go with whoever it is that draws those Sex in the City types making comments about their yuppie lifestyles and relationships. I hope that was specific enough, but if it isn’t, sorry, but I dont subscribe to the New Yorker and researching this for the person;s name is therefore just too damn hard.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 06:26:10 +0000

I stand by you, Hinesy (although I write this drunk…).

By: Will

Will — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:16:48 +0000

I appreciate specifically-oriented bile, no matter how much it my exclude others worth of scorn.

There are almost always some very funny New Yorker cartoons. I’ll stand by that.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:08:52 +0000

Right. Maybe I should attack them one at a time.
Still, Lorenz’ stuff is like finding that one very sharp, rusty needle in the pile of needles.

By: Dyna

Dyna — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:52:18 +0000

I can’t believe you’re taking issue with ONE New Yorker for being not funny. It’s like finding a needle in a haystack made of needles.