Anyway

Azarin,

“The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker”, published in 2006, contains thousands of cartoons from 1925 to 2006.  Here is an excerpt from page 654:

“The artists of The New Yorker have long had a reputation for avoiding politics, but the truth is that their cartoons have always been political without being political cartoons.  In the magazine’s history, there are precious few cartoons that show bears taking swipes at eagles or donkeys at elephants, but there are hundreds that punctures the solemnity of the political system by lampooning puffed-up senators and congressmen-their doubletalk and false promises….In the past decade, though, as national politics has become more personal, the cartoons have looked more closely at the intersection of the two worlds…Soon enough, though, cartoonist, like most Americans,…returned to the more oblique brand of politics that had characterized the magazine’s humor for decades: names were rarely named, but the issues of the day were raised.”

By looking at this book alone, I can only classify a handful of them of being overtly political, most of the rest of the political cartoons are of “oblique” nature, and none of them is “name” specific.

 New Yorker’s Obama and his wife’s cartoon is overly political, it is clear-cut, and it names name. 

Azarin,

Thank you for the information.  I am going to read that New Yorker cartoon book again to find the reference that talks about staying away from political cartoons.  Maybe their policy is changed in recent year-years.  I’ll find out why I’m confused so much, if that’s the case, wait maybe I am not confused.  But anyway, if that’s the case that would be very very something or another.  I said "I’m going to find out why they did it" anyway, so now I have to.  I am very fond of New Yorker’s cartoons, but I am not a subscriber to their magazine.

Higher standards, always higher standards!

Thanks,

In this specific case

I don't agree with the Daily show point of view.

Dear Omid

Actually New Yorker is one of the rare magazines I read, especially the last page (the cartoon contest).  But it's not the first time they are going after political cartoons. Actually they're pretty political with their covers  (in a very particular way though).

http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/slideshow_blittcovers/?viewall=true#showHeader

But this link doesn't have it all...Don't you remember the recent one with Hillary and obama in bed trying to catch the phone? But my favorite is this one:

http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/355/NewYorker_mental_map.gif

Azarin

very surprising!

New Yorker Magazine has hardly ever published any political cartoons, let alone on the front page. In their book, "The Complete cartoons of the New Yorker", which contains their best cartoons of their eighty year history, only a handful of political cartoons can be seen. As a matter of fact in that book it mentions that they stayed away from political cartoons and their cartoonists were told not to do political cartoon.

New Yosrker Magazine publishing this cartoon on their front page is very surprising to me, and I'm going to find out why they did it.

I watched it too :0)

That was a great segment of last night's show.

The unfortunate reality is that the mainstream media is making a big deal out of this so it sticks in people's heads. They will eventually believe it's true completely forgetting that it started as a cartoon.