Considering how often animals appear in New Yorker cartoons, one would assume that our cartoonists are quite fond of them. Of the seventy-nine thousand cartoons that we have published since 1925, more ...

Maybe it's Eva Gabor, with her husky tones and exotic accent. Maybe it's her playful sparring with the awed Bernard, played by eternal sad-sack Bob Newhart. But there's something about the stylish, ...

LONDON -- We might think most animals have simple, care-free lives, but the truth is much, much sadder than that. Did you know, for instance, that wolves who are unlucky enough to get booted out of ...

The new Netflix series, based on characters developed by Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, subverts the fantastical expectations of most anime narratives. Anyone who has ever worked for a big company will ...

Bob Mankoff looks at animals in the pages of The New Yorker and explains what it takes to become a successful cartoonist. It seems like everyday I get more and more grizzly. You've got this Everett ...

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Jordan Reickek is not a household name, and he prefers to keep it that way. When asked to provide a photo of himself for this piece, he questioned why it was necessary. He could care less about ...

Can a cartoon heal America? We’re about to find out. Walt Disney Animation’s latest feature, “Zootopia,” has no humans, but takes place in a world in which all other mammals have evolved into rational ...

I posted this 1943 comic book cover on my Facebook page yesterday and got quite a strong reaction from it. Seems most people have forgotten who really won World War II. It wasn’t only Captain America ...

A bittersweet cartoon showing Steve Irwin welcoming the animals killed in the raging Australian bushfires has left a touching impression for many on the internet.The cartoon, posted on Facebook as ...