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Original cartoons by The New Yorker's Tom Toro that you can't find anywhere else.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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Masthead Masters (opens the original)
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The recent loss of P.C. Vey made me pause and appreciate what an incredible privilege it was to publish cartoons alongside of him. Not everyone gets to share the New Yorker masthead with one of the true masters of the craft. In fact, Peter was there from the jump, appearing in my very first issue, like a veteran soldier welcoming a wet-eared private to the frontline. For over sixteen years he kept me honest, raising the humor bar, demonstrating again and again how cartoons are done at their damn
I’m a Huge Ashhole (opens the original)
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Many of you know Asher Perlman as a great cartoonist with one of the most distinctive voices in the game. Here’s a brief refresher—<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="942" src="https
I Stand By Bystander (opens the original)
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This will come as a big surprise, but it’s not all doom and gloom out there!True, Air Mail stopped publishing cartoons. Yes, the Baltimore Sun is using A.I. slop for its editorial “cartoons.” (Shame! Shame on them!) <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NFnx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
Infielders and Infidels (opens the original)
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When I started working for The New Yorker it had already been a decade since 9/11. Drawing gags about America’s misbegotten War on Terror wasn’t as taboo as it had seemed in the early aughts. Knee-jerk jingoism had given way to knee-slapping jokes about our collective paranoia. Freedom fries were fair game.The old adage held true—Tragedy + Time = ComedySo I didn’t hesitate to submit this cartoon to the editors, and they didn’t hesitate to buy it. Probably because baseball season was in full swin
Farewell, Air Mail (opens the original)
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This morning we got the sad news that Air Mail magazine has stopped publishing cartoons. Talk about a post-Labor Day surprise! It was a top-tier online outlet that consistently featured work by the best artists in the field. And, just as importantly, it paid O.K. But no longer.I’m not exaggerating when I say that the cartoon profession is in a state of crisis. The only way we’ll survive is through the direct support of generous fans and readers like yourselves. So please consider becoming a paid
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