![]() Read ExcerptĢ93 Cartoons That Were Too Dumb, Too Dark, or Too Naughty for The New Yorker One can almost hear Eustace Tilley sniffing, We are not amused. There’s no question why these were rejected, and it’s not for lack of laughs. Lots of couples in bed, quite a few coffins, wise-cracking animals-an obsessive’s plumbing of the weird, the scary, the off-the-wall, and done so without restraint.Įvery week The New Yorker receives 500 cartoon submissions, and rejects a great majority-mostly, of course, for not being funny enough. Bring your daughter to work day cartoons (the stripper, the prison guard on death row). The Rejection Collection brings together some of The New Yorker’s brightest talents-Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson, Sam Gross, Jack Zeigler, David Sipress, and more-and reveals their other side. It’s the best of the worst: 293 of the funniest cartoons rejected by The New Yorker but luckily for us, now in paperback and available to enjoy. ![]()
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