[READ: May 2022] Inked
I loved this book of cartoons from Joe Dator. I can’t say that I recognize his style especially, but his cartoons did look very New Yorker to me.
Indeed, this book features dozens of comics. It’s not always obvious which ones were accepted and which were rejected (although he does mention some that were rejected specifically).
He talks bout the state of mind of the New Yorker artists: On a very good week, they will buy one of your cartoons for publication. Most weeks they will not buy one. It’s a little bit like having a job at which every week you get fired then you have to go in next week to re-apply and hope you get hired back.
He has a few sections called Betwixt the Punchlines in which he explains the motivation behind a particular piece (He says the one where the coffee maker says she’ll come back, she always comes back (while he’s using a French press) is from his own habit of buying gadgets but always returning to old faithful.
I rather enjoyed the picture of the army man with medals on his chest who say “Anytime I’ve even been asked ‘What do you want. a medal?’ I’ve said yes.”
He also talks bout his drawings of God.
God is about 7’1″ You might think that seems kind of small for the Supreme Being, but its just big enough to make the average mortal say “Wow, that’s a big guy.” God knows people are easily impressed. (more…)
