For those of you who are interested in how single panel gag cartoons are created, I highly recommend reading a new book, "Funny Stuff" - How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons, by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner. There's a foreward written by Bob Mankoff, former cartoon editor of The New Yorker.
The book contains interviews with many cartoonists who favor this means of expression, delving into their creative process, going from idea to finished drawing. Very interesting book. It also discusses how some cartoonists collaborate with writers, a section I had great interest in reading.
I'm really looking forward to reading "At Wit's End: Cartoonists of the New Yorker," which will be published Nov. 19, 2024. It highlights the work of 50+ New Yorker Cartoonists. Photography by Alen MacWeeney and words by Michael Maslin. Foreward by Emma Allen. Can hardly wait to read it.
