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culturebox How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker? Hard. By James Sturm Posted Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at 3:18 AM ET It was a Tuesday in July and I was sitting in the "cartoonist lounge" on the 20^th floor of the Conde Nast building in Times Square with an envelope containing 10 drawings: my first cartoon submissions to The New Yorker. Every Tuesday is judgment day, the day Robert Mankoff, the magazine's cartoon editor, meets with cartoonists face to face. To continue reading, click here. James Sturm is the director of The Center for Cartoon Studies. His most recent graphic novel is Market Day. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Completely Implausible Republican Candidates Who May Still Join the Race! Why Patricia Marx Made the Heroine of Her New Novel a Lingerie Designer Are East-Coast Buildings as Earthquake Proof as West-Coast Buildings?	Advertisement
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culturebox How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker? Hard. By James Sturm Posted Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at 3:18 AM ET It was a Tuesday in July and I was sitting in the "cartoonist lounge" on the 20^th floor of the Conde Nast building in Times Square with an envelope containing 10 drawings: my first cartoon submissions to The New Yorker. Every Tuesday is judgment day, the day Robert Mankoff, the magazine's cartoon editor, meets with cartoonists face to face. To continue reading, click here. James Sturm is the director of The Center for Cartoon Studies. His most recent graphic novel is Market Day. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Completely Implausible Republican Candidates Who May Still Join the Race! Why Patricia Marx Made the Heroine of Her New Novel a Lingerie Designer Are East-Coast Buildings as Earthquake Proof as West-Coast Buildings?	Advertisement
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