Humor & Cartoons

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“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy
Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas, mainly because “asking” suggests that you’re doing me a favor, when, in actuality, I’m setting some healthy boundaries.

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Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon

When the cartoon appeared, it attracted immediate attention.

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Dear Pepper: Slaying the Self-Doubt Dragon

It is easier for me to write my truth than to speak it.
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Premeditated

Close your eyes. Breathe in. Experience “Titanic” and “The Wizard of Oz” the Chloé Zhao way.


Cartoon Caption Contest
We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption. Enter the contest, rate submissions, or vote on finalists.
Celebrity Caption Contest
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Celebrity Caption Contest
Sarah Sherman Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
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The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

Celebrity Caption Contest
Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
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Celebrity Caption Contest
John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
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The comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

Celebrity Caption Contest
Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

The actor, writer, and comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

Cartoon Desk
A Century of New Yorker Cartoons
Highlights from the first hundred years of this magazine’s most succinct, quadrilateral humor.
Daily Cartoons
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“If I wake up screaming in the middle of the night, just remember it’s only because of the way things are.”
Cartoon by P. C. Vey
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“It’s good, but not waiting-an-hour-in-line-freezing-your-butt-off good.”
Cartoon by Anjali Chandrashekar
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“Hold on, let me take a picture to confirm I delivered it.”
Cartoon by Jeremy Nguyen
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“He forgot that, at the end of the day, they’re still wild animals.”
Cartoon by Asher Perlman
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“If we lose one more high-level marketing exec to another small-town Christmas-tree farmer, we’re toast.”
Cartoon by Tyson Cole
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“And which brands would you like to put in your parents’ promotions tab this year?”
Cartoon by Ellis Rosen
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“Want these to be delivered earlier than expected, later than expected, or never?”
Cartoon by Anjali Chandrashekar
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Cartoon by Liana Finck
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“Showtime!“
Cartoon by Habiba Nabisubi
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“He says such horrible things. You have to wonder how he sleeps at televised afternoon meetings.”
Cartoon by Brendan Loper
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“They can never get the forecast right.”
Cartoon by Dan Misdea
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“And while they sleep we simply let their health-care subsidies expire!”
Cartoon by Brendan Loper
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“These layers were formed from thousands of years of A.I. slop.”
Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson
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“My father pulled me aside and said, ‘Son, you go out and you find the narrowest strip of sidewalk you can. That’s where you’ll sell Christmas trees.’ ”
Cartoon by Ellis Rosen
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Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein
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Homeward Bound

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Things to Do at the Airport When Your Holiday-Season Flight Is Inevitably Delayed

Get some food, close your eyes, and imagine you are at Chez Panisse, where the prices would be similar.

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Spirit Airlines Welcomes You Almost Home for the Holidays

Now boarding Group E: people who booked the last seat available because they forgot about Christmas, even though it’s December 25th every year.

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What Your Airplane-Seat Choice Says About You

Middle: You’re a terrible planner. Window: You’re wearing a matching loungewear set that cost more than this plane ticket.

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The Rules of the United Airlines Fight or Flight Club

Smoking is not permitted on any United flight because cigarettes inhibit your body’s ability to access enough oxygen to keep you in top fighting form for in-flight physical altercations.
Comics

Sketchbook
The Disruptors Behind Radiohead’s Art

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss how, for thirty years, they’ve crafted the visuals that helped define Yorke’s band, many of which are now on view at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

Comic Strip
James Thurber, Consummate Doodler

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

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Gahan Wilson, Hilarious and Terrifying

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

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William Steig, Bursting with Joy

He shies away neither from harshness nor from unadulterated sweetness. He also writes great female characters.
More Humor

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Holiday Movies We’re Going to Skip

“A Child’s Christmas in a Waymo,” “Alan Dershowitz Is Coming to Town,” and more.

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So You Want to Come to My New Vinyl-Listening Bar

You may get up to use the restroom, but only between sides. During songs, please remain still. Any movement above shoulder level will be interpreted as dance.

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Holiday Gifting

Ideas for under the tree: Expired canned goods? Nonworking appliance? Unwanted adult child?

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The People You Imagine Reading Your Letterboxd Posts

“I must hire this reviewer to write the screenplay for my next project!”

2025 in Review
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2025

The year’s most-liked gag drawings suggest that you, our readers, are really going through something.

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This Bowl Has One Hundred Grams of Protein

This meal is full of macros. What are macros? Who cares? You don’t need to know. What you need to know is that you are the alpha of this fast-healthy-adjacent bowl purveyor.

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MaestroClass: Learn Timeless Lessons from Experts of Yore

Develop a personal hair style with Einstein, cultivate advanced diplomacy skills with Cleopatra, and more!

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When to Go to the Hospital for Childbirth

Nausea can be a sign that labor is approaching, but it’s also a sign of so many other things—reading the news, for example.

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How to Make the Perfect Partner in 18 Easy A.I. Prompts

Generate yourself as a [age] [gender] who sounds like [parental figure or lost loved one] mixed with [favorite entertainer].

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The Newest States in the U.S.A.

Bunly: State Nickname: The Creamy Leftovers State. State Motto: “Oops, I left it in Bunly.” State Gemstone: The humble pebble.