12.28.2006

New Yorker cartoons

If you bought books for people this Christmas, you may have noticed that The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker book came out in paperback, a slightly more manageable gift than its bulky hardcover predecessor. You may have also noticed another book... The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker.

If the New Yorker cartoons are of any interest to you, here's an article from the Washington Post about what makes a cartoon worthy of the New Yorker. It discusses the Rejection Collection and the standards for selections.

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