Name: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon
Uploaded: 2013-06-26T15:00:04Z
Duration: 20 min 46 s
Description: The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the magazine's longstanding cartoon editor and self-proclaimed "humor analyst" Bob Mankoff dissects the comedy within just some of the "idea drawings" featured in the magazine, explaining what works, what doesn't, and why.

The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the magazine's longstanding cartoon editor and self-proclaimed "humor analyst" Bob Mankoff dissects the comedy within just some of the "idea drawings" featured in the magazine, explaining what works, what doesn't, and why.

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon

Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon

A New Yorker cartoon's humor thrives on cognitive synergy, mashing politeness with rudeness or propriety with vulgarity.

Navigating humor's subjective nature, The New Yorker rejects hundreds, selecting just 16 cartoons weekly to captivate diverse tastes.

Humor in cartoons requires a cognitive synergy, blending politeness with rudeness, challenging readers to think beyond the surface.