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Drawing Cartoons for “The New Yorker” Isn’t Really That Hard
The New Yorker may be one of the best magazines in the country. Every week, this publication supplies its readers with the latest information about what’s going on in America’s entertainment center, and it also includes various types of writing such as cultural reviews, social commentary, satire, fiction, and poetry. But let’s face it; probably its most popular feature is the cartoons. Who doesn’t love the cartoons?
I first became aware of The New Yorker when I was in high school, and I saw a pile of old issues sitting on an end table in the waiting room of our dentist’s office. At that age, I would have much preferred Mad Magazine or Sports Illustrated, but they weren’t available, so I began leafing through The New Yorker and was pleasantly pleased to see so many cartoons. Honestly, I didn’t understand a lot of them, and I didn’t have to because my takeaway at that immature point in my life was somewhat encouraging.
“Wow,” I thought. “Some of these cartoons are as simple as the drawings I create in my school notebooks.” Granted, my drawings weren’t funny, but maybe someday, I, too, could draw for The New Yorker.
