From the Desk of Bob Mankoff

April 11, 2016

The World of William Hamilton

In more than nine hundred and fifty cartoons published in The New Yorker over five decades, he skewered the comfortable class he was part of.

April 8, 2016

In the latest episode, Bob addresses a reader’s objection to a cartoon about gluten-free eating.

March 23, 2016

We are making a change so that pretty much everyone, everywhere, can enter the Cartoon Caption Contest.

March 11, 2016

In this episode, Bob reads a charming complaint letter from a six-year-old girl who asks why kids can’t enter the caption contest.

February 26, 2016

In the latest episode, Bob selects a batch of new cartoons for the magazine, and introduces one of his new star cartoonists, Liana Finck.

February 13, 2016

On the latest episode, love, love, love, love, love, love, and a few laughs.

January 29, 2016

In the latest episode, Bob teams up with the crossword-puzzle master Will Shortz for a fierce doubles ping-pong tournament.

January 16, 2016

Bob presents a revamped video series for a semi-new year.

December 10, 2015

In the latest episode, Bob meets the students of a course taught by the New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake.

November 25, 2015

This week on The Cartoon Lounge, Bob considers Protagoras’ claim that “man is the measure of all things.”