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Celebrating a century of wit.
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December 22, 2025
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Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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CARTOONISTS ON CARTOONISTS

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Summer Pierre on Helen Hokinson

Her version of the middle-aged matron was a gentle innocent who faced the world with an unself-conscious enthusiasm.

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Navied Mahdavian on James Thurber

It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.

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Ali Fitzgerald on J. J. Sempé

His urban idylls are populated by bald businessmen who escape reality by biking and daydreaming.

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Roz Chast on Gahan Wilson

He had his own world: a place where the funny and the horrific crossed paths.

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Emily Flake on Alice Harvey

My hand twitches with instinctive joy at how you draw a woman’s hat, coat, stance.

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Liana Finck on William Steig

He shies away neither from harshness nor from unadulterated sweetness.

FUN & GAMES

Flurry

In a Flurry

By Patrick BerryPrint to Play
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Rough Copy: A Themed Crossword

By Mollie CowgerPlay Puzzle
Cryptic

The Cryptic Crossword: Sondheim Edition

By Paolo PascoPlay Puzzle
Goingtopress

Going to Press: A Maze

By The New YorkerPrint to Play
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Otto Soglow’s Spot Art

By Emma Allen
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CARTOONs BY THE DECADES

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1925-1935
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1936-1945
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1946-1955
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1956-1965
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1966-1975
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1976-1985
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1986-1995
1996-2005
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2006-2015
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2016-2025
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