Robert Mankoff
Encyclopedia
Robert Mankoff is the current cartoon
editor for The New Yorker
magazine. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz
as editor, Mankoff was a cartoonist for The New Yorker for 20 years.
As a young man, Mankoff was a competitive athlete in basketball and track and field both, and he once ran an undocumented wind-aided 10.02 in the hundred meters.
Mankoff founded the online Cartoon Bank.
As a lecturer on the appreciation of humor, he is represented by the Leigh Bureau.
He was mentioned in MC Paul Barman
's song "Cock Mobster" on the album "Paullelujah!"
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
editor for The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
magazine. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz
Lee Lorenz
Lee Lorenz is an American cartoonist, most notable for his work in The New Yorker.Lorenz is an alumnus of Carnegie Tech and Pratt Institute. His first published cartoon appeared in Colliers in 1956, and two years later he became a contract contributor to The New Yorker, which has published more...
as editor, Mankoff was a cartoonist for The New Yorker for 20 years.
As a young man, Mankoff was a competitive athlete in basketball and track and field both, and he once ran an undocumented wind-aided 10.02 in the hundred meters.
Mankoff founded the online Cartoon Bank.
Books
He compiled The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, which has every cartoon published since the magazine was founded (in the book or in one of the two accompanying CDs). He is the author of The Naked Cartoonist: A Way to Enhance your Creativity.As a lecturer on the appreciation of humor, he is represented by the Leigh Bureau.
He was mentioned in MC Paul Barman
MC Paul Barman
Paul Nathaniel Barman better known as MC Paul Barman is a Jewish- American emcee from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....
's song "Cock Mobster" on the album "Paullelujah!"