# Who are your favorite NEW YORKER artists (cartoonists)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060 "2017-01-24T19:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/1 "2017-01-24T19:56:10Z")
I am a complete sucker for **Charles Addams** , and will defend him as the greatest of them all. [https://www.google.com/search?q=charles+addams&rlz=1C9BKJA\_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=insv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-w92Gx9vRAhUD44MKHVPSAVQQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=653](https://www.google.com/search?q=charles+addams&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=insv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-w92Gx9vRAhUD44MKHVPSAVQQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=653) If I had a top three, it would include **Peter Arno** [https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+arno&rlz=1C9BKJA\_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN44a9x9vRAhUpL8AKHVZiDs0Q\_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=653](https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+arno&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN44a9x9vRAhUpL8AKHVZiDs0Q_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=653) And **George Booth.** [https://www.google.com/search?q=george+booth&rlz=1C9BKJA\_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9mfL7x9vRAhUFJcAKHagVBe4Q\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=653](https://www.google.com/search?q=george+booth&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS620US620&hl=en-US&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9mfL7x9vRAhUFJcAKHagVBe4Q_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=653) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/2 "2017-01-24T20:54:22Z")
Roz Chast is the _grande dame_ right now. I love so many of them, I couldn’t pick. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/3 "2017-01-24T21:04:04Z")
George Booth ftw. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/4 "2017-01-24T21:17:17Z")
Definitely Addams and Arno. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/5 "2017-01-24T21:20:00Z")
I hate to say it but I really think the quality is going downhill. I do love my Roz Chast, though. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/6 "2017-01-24T21:57:09Z")
Chas Adams the best, and Booth next. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/7 "2017-01-25T02:07:41Z")
I have a great fondness for [John Caldwell.](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6004/ENDB100Z/posters/john-caldwell-if-there-is-anyone-who-objects-to-this-union-either-here-or-on-the-inter-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) I just Googled, and learned that he had passed away in 2016. I’m terribly sorry to learn that. I wrote him a fan letter once, and he wrote back, with an original cartoon. I’ll miss him. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/8 "2017-01-25T02:07:54Z")
**Chas Addams** was in a league of his own. Of the current roster, I really like **Matthew Diffee** , especially for the quality of his drawing. Edit: for Mrs. Cretin, it’s **George Booth** by a mile. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/9 "2017-01-25T17:07:04Z")
Shout out to two of the old masters, James Thurber and Helen Hokinson. My current favorite is Emily Flake. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/10 "2017-01-25T18:27:58Z")
No arguments with any of the above, but Sidney Harris is at the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/11 "2017-01-25T18:41:42Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > My current favorite is Emily Flake. Yeah, i adore her stuff. She is SO damn weird! And her drawing style is so soft and mild, such a contrast to her captions. I’ve never been much of a Roz Chast fan. I accept crappy art if you’re consistently funny, and I don’t get that from her. Kate Beaton, for example, often has a thrown-out-there style, but she’s hilarious…and is quite good at facial expressions, whereas Chast uses the same blank stares or bilious rages over and over. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/12 "2017-01-26T00:00:06Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’ve never been much of a Roz Chast fan. I accept crappy art if you’re consistently funny, and I don’t get that from her. So I’m _not_ the only one. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/13 "2017-01-26T00:17:42Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > No arguments with any of the above, but Sidney Harris is at the top of my list. ^ This. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/14 "2017-01-26T13:46:55Z")
For me, Addams and Thurber are beloved classics, and Emily Flake is most successful at doing the up-to-date version. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/15 "2017-01-26T17:40:48Z")
Wow, so many! A few favorites: George Booth: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/61/6128/UDRF100Z/posters/george-booth-whistle-you-dumb-bastard-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/61/6128/UDRF100Z/posters/george-booth-whistle-you-dumb-bastard-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) Mick Stevens: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6065/88AD100Z/posters/mick-stevens-recess-is-over-your-honor-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6065/88AD100Z/posters/mick-stevens-recess-is-over-your-honor-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) Danny Shanahan: [http://imgsrc.art.com/img/print/print/danny-shanahan-tuesday-nights-are-ed-s-kabuki-league-bowl-offs-new-yorker-cartoon\_a-g-9180282-8419447.jpg?w=895&h=671](http://imgsrc.art.com/img/print/print/danny-shanahan-tuesday-nights-are-ed-s-kabuki-league-bowl-offs-new-yorker-cartoon_a-g-9180282-8419447.jpg?w=895&h=671) Zachary Kanin: [http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/77-7717-LUQ1300Z.jpg?ch=775&cw=775&type=cns](http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/77-7717-LUQ1300Z.jpg?ch=775&cw=775&type=cns) Joe Dator: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/76/7652/1KAG300Z/posters/joe-dator-sometimes-i-feel-the-only-thing-keeping-us-together-is-our-fear-of-the-ch-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/76/7652/1KAG300Z/posters/joe-dator-sometimes-i-feel-the-only-thing-keeping-us-together-is-our-fear-of-the-ch-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/16 "2017-01-26T18:28:32Z")
Thanks for this thread. Based on the mentions of a couple of cartoonists here, I’ve been reading Matthew Diffee and Kate Beaton all morning long. They’re both hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/17 "2017-01-26T18:41:56Z")
Gluyas Williams and Otto Soglow. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/18 "2017-01-27T21:34:00Z")
Some more good 'uns: Peter Arno: [http://www.latinodawah.org/newsletter/images/whereismecca.jpg](http://www.latinodawah.org/newsletter/images/whereismecca.jpg) Michael Crawford: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/77/7791/ZLV5300Z/posters/michael-crawford-and-closer-to-home-your-wife-is-doing-shots-with-some-dutch-sailors-on-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/77/7791/ZLV5300Z/posters/michael-crawford-and-closer-to-home-your-wife-is-doing-shots-with-some-dutch-sailors-on-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) Roz Chast: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/76/7683/C371300Z/posters/roz-chast-as-the-dryer-spins-one-sock-confronts-its-partner-about-where-it-has-been-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/76/7683/C371300Z/posters/roz-chast-as-the-dryer-spins-one-sock-confronts-its-partner-about-where-it-has-been-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) David Jacobson: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6064/5UCD100Z/posters/david-jacobson-james-joyce-s-refrigerator-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6064/5UCD100Z/posters/david-jacobson-james-joyce-s-refrigerator-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) Kim Warp: [http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/77/7791/JLV5300Z/posters/kim-warp-sometimes-i-think-we-want-this-more-than-he-does-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg](http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/77/7791/JLV5300Z/posters/kim-warp-sometimes-i-think-we-want-this-more-than-he-does-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/19 "2017-01-28T00:49:23Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Thanks for this thread. Based on the mentions of a couple of cartoonists here, I’ve been reading Matthew Diffee and Kate Beaton all morning long. They’re both hysterical! If I’ve led anyone to the work of Kate Beaton, my place in Elysium is secure! The homepage of Kate’s website is plastered with a big cartoon about how she’s not updating, because she got a big fancy graphic novel contract, but you can go to the “Archives by Category” section and pick and choose literary figures and historical hero(ines) that tickle your fancy; there’s enough there to keep you happy for days. (“Gorey Covers” and “Nancy Drews” are great gateway drugs, you’ll be hooked before you know it) [http://www.harkavagrant.com/archivecat.php](http://www.harkavagrant.com/archivecat.php) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060/20 "2017-01-28T00:55:10Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > If I’ve led anyone to the work of Kate Beaton, my place in Elysium is secure! > > The homepage of Kate’s website is plastered with a big cartoon about how she’s not updating, because she got a big fancy graphic novel contract, but you can go to the “Archives by Category” section and pick and choose literary figures and historical hero(ines) that tickle your fancy; there’s enough there to keep you happy for days. > > (“Gorey Covers” and “Nancy Drews” are great gateway drugs, you’ll be hooked before you know it) > > [Hark, a vagrant archive](http://www.harkavagrant.com/archivecat.php) I loved her surly Wonder Woman! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-new-yorker-artists-cartoonists/778060.md?page=2)