How to Be a New Yorker Cartoonist

Learn how create cartoons from an esteemed panel of New Yorker cartoonists including Emmy-nominated Asher Perlman, Jeremy Nguyen, Suerynn Lee and Guy Richards Smit. The panel is moderated by comics creator Andrew Drilon.
‍The Art Students League of New York has a history of nurturing exceptional comics creators, from stalwarts like Peter Arno and Reginald Marsh to Roz Chast and Will Eisner. This event is part of the League's new Comics & Narrative Arts Certificate Program, which aims to foster the next generation of creatives.
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2:10 Introduction of Panelists
3:23 How does one become a New York Cartoonist?
5:35 How important is social media for the modern Cartoonist?
9:18 How long does it take to make a cartoon?
12:56 The panelists’ process-Traditional or Digital?
15:27 How to organize your list of ideas before you pick one
18:11 Guy Richards Smit’s wash technique
19:32 What is the average number of cartoons made a week?
21:00 In what environment do you create your work?
23:02 What advice would you give to people struggling to come up with something funny?
26:00 Is relatability a quality you chase in your work?
29:16 Experience working with an editor
31:35 What makes the perfect cartoon?
36:41 In revisions, are you focused on creating more detail or boiling it down?
38:22 Thoughts on "New Yorker Caption Contest"
42:13 Advice for aspiring Cartoonists
45:44 Favorite Cartoonists that other people should know about
47:20 How has your experience influenced your work?
48:52 Discussion among the panelists

[@Cmdtheartist]

Years ago, I had a giant collection of NYer rejection slips, and I always blamed the old guys in charge for it. Finally, I got a phone call from someone at the NYer telling me I should send my stuff directly to them. I did and didn't hear back from him for months, and then all the stuff I sent just came back in the self-addressed stamped envelope I included with my work. I never heard back from him (he was one of the regular cartoonists), and I sort of gave up. No one told me that was what they did. It's so insular, they make almost no attempt to help people. I still try every now and then. Maybe the new editor will be better.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

Me and my artist friends would try out to get into the New Yorker and we’re appalled and entertain. By the way they would insult you when reviewing your work it became a joke to help us deal with the rejection. You never knew New York wanted you show your best work to them only to have them shoes a cartoon that look like it was drawn in the 1950s. I had someone look over my stuff and he was saying boring no good not exciting before hate it. Thank you.