oh, yeah, I didn't send it in.

The world wasn't ready for this hilarious cider pun.

Nobody likes to think about death and destruction... haven't you watched Don't Look Up?

Always remember that children might be watching over their parents' shoulders as they read the magazine over morning coffee.

French is no longer the lingua franca, and nobody thinks you're cool making puns that involve languages that aren't English. Check yourself before you rex yourself.

Seriously, these hands are terrible.

Tim Burton is cool, though.

notice that there are no hands in this painting. I guess I kinda phoned it in.

Have you ever seen a New Yorker cartoon with color???... so have I, but still, better to use the standard black and white style.

Face it, you're no Liana Finck, and if you want to get rejected from The New Yorker Cartoon section all you have to do is act like you are.

One thing that people get wrong about not getting a cartoon published in The New Yorker is that they send in their cartoon. If you don't send it in, you are reducing your chances of it getting accepted by 95.7%, recent studies have shown.

People don't like being reminded about how little they know and remember about pop culture, so if you want to really get rejected, make a joke that only Tolkien-geeks would get.
(and yes, I know, they didn't fly to avoid detection, don't @ me).

Jokes about prompts, AI art, and ChatGPT are all great ways of making your comics feel outdated in half a year when our robot friends who love us take over the planet.

There is nothing The New Yorker like less than being reminded that they are not as wealthy or successful as the New York Times. (I actually never met anyone from both publications, maybe they simply love the confusion).