MetaFilter posts tagged with NewYorker and cartoon

Swiper no swiping?

oulipian — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:22:17 -0800

The Story of Christoph Niemann's Petting Zoo App, an illustrated article from The New Yorker. "I had this idea of making a simple line drawing that one could naturally manipulate by touching and swiping. How hard could that be?"

“Today we have a new group of satirists who, at the same time that they bite the bourgeoisie, use only their lips, but not their teeth”

The Whelk — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:55:08 -0800

While he was contributing to the New Yorker as Syd Hoff, he was also contributing to the Daily Worker and New Masses as A. Redfield — the pseudonym he adopted for his radical work, The Ruling Clawss (Daily Worker, 1935) a collection of surprisingly relevant cartoons.

About as funny as it ever is

codacorolla — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:17:04 -0800

After 107 submissions, Roger Ebert wins The New Yorker cartoon caption contest. Ebert's earlier blog about captioning. If you would like to enter the contest yourself, McSweeney's has posited some future winners for you.

It would be better with the image tag.

blahblahblah — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:19:34 -0800

We've discussed ways to win the New Yorker caption contest for its cartoons (use "previous" to see more), but the tradition of attacking the cartooning institution continues. One long-time mocker has been the anti-caption contest, which has strict rules on how to write the worst captions. Compare this and this, and this and this, to get the idea. Now, Gawker has invited people to draw the worst possible New Yorker cartoons; here are some results. [prev and prev.]

Christ, what an asshole.

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:21:58 -0800

How to win the New Yorker caption contest every time. (Possibly NSFW, Previous contest discussion here, link via Feministe)

Pssst...Got A Good Caption For A New Yorker Cartoon?

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 07:09:45 -0800

Pssst...Got A Good Caption For A New Yorker Cartoon? Because the winning entry in this year's caption jamboree isn't very funny. Neither are the other shortlisted suggestions. It may be up to The New Yorker's standards, but it's certainly not up to MetaFilter's...