BobMankoff

  • Cartoon editor of The New Yorker
  • October 14, 2015

In 1974,泭Bob Mankoff泭began creating original cartoons and submitting them to magazines around New York City. In 1977, he sold his first cartoon to泭The New Yorker, and within three years he became a regular contributor to the magazine. In 1991, he started The Cartoon Bank, a business devoted to licensing cartoons for use in newsletters, textbooks, magazines, and other media. In 1997, Mankoff was named Cartoon Editor of泭The New Yorker, replacing Lee Lorenz. Mankoff has edited multiple volumes of cartoon collections, including The Complete Cartoons of泭The New Yorker. He has also lectured on humor at the University of Michigan. Recently, Mankoff was the subject of a segment on 60 Minutes with Morley Safer. More than nine hundred of Mankoffs cartoons have been published in泭The New Yorker, including one of the most popular泭New Yorker泭cartoons of all time, which gave the title to his best-selling memoir, How 91勛圖厙 NeverIs Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons (2014).