I was a guest on a radio show today. What a hoot!

[Atman]

Syndicated show I never even listen to. They called me a couple of days ago to "be prepared." The producer called me this morning and i was on hold for 30 minutes until they put me on air. It was segment about cartooning for The New Yorker. I was on with a few famous New Yorker cartoonists...my angle was the dude who has never had a cartoon accepted by the New Yorker. I'm not sure if this was good or bad, but it was fun. Me and a few famous New Yorker cartoonists. They wanted my perspective about what it is like to submit cartoons and get rejected. Funny. A few friends and family actually heard the show.

[TeeYiYi]

1. So, what IS it like?...

How many have you had rejected. Can you post one of your favorites?

I'm impressed; rejected or not.

TYY

[Atman]

5. They've all been rejected!

That was part of why I was a guest...Mankoff and Zeigler got rejected a bazillion times but finally made the cut. I didn't. My angle was that I've been to cocktails with Lee Lorenz and my aunt has had many illustrations published and a family friend has done many covers, yet "connections" mean nothing at The New Yorker. Mankoff and Zeigler confirmed that. Made me feel better.

I teamed with a writer several years ago. I drew, she wrote the gags...still didn't get anything accepted. It's a tough nut to crack.

[TeeYiYi]

8. I knew that...

I guess I meant to say, "I'm impressed; regardless of rejection."

The New Yorker is big time. I'm impressed that you went after it. I was just hoping you'd post one of your favorite (rejected) submissions.

TYY

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. You just need to put in more vorshtein. The New Yorker loves vorshtein.

[PoliticAverse]

15. That's not a word!...

[Atman]

16. They played that clip on the show.

I thought it was kind of funny that they played a video clip on a radio program.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. ...

________________"They're playing video clips on a radio show!"________________

[Jenoch]

2. My guess is that this program was a reaction

to the 60 Minutes segment on New Yorker cartoons tgat aired last Sunday. Did you see it?

[Atman]

6. No.

I'll look for it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Jenoch]

13. What is ironic is tgat I used to be a radio host,

and my mother was once on 60 Minutes.

[PoliticAverse]

3. They like Kittys...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2012/07/seinfeld-episode-about-new-yorker-cartoons.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. congrats.

[malaise]

7. Congrats

[Atman]

9. What a f**king trip! My kid"s friends are posting about it on Facebook!

Too funny. I didn't know anyone actually listened to this show. My son's friends think I'm some sort of rock star. Who the hell listens to radio anymore?

[LiberalAndProud]

10. Maybe the New Yorker would accept a cartoon

about a facebook famous rejected New Yorker cartoonist. It's got potential.

[Atman]

12. Hmmm...I like this...

[PoliticAverse]

11. "For cartoon editor, a New Yorker state of mind"

Bob Mankoff does more than like ping-pong. He is a man in efficient and focused motion as his paddle smacks each reply with the precision of a punch line. Bap. A forehand sharp as a verbal half-volley. Boop. A backhanded ball cut as thin as a slice-of-life joke. Bam. The clean put-away that requires an almost silly degree of exertion on what he says is a laughably small field of play. But then, this is what Mankoff has been doing most of his comedic career, too: Creating inventive angles and sly spins and rhythmic tricks with relentless attention to detail, as if necessity were the Jewish mother of invention.

Mankoff is a professional funnyman, and games call on many of his sharpest instincts. He has spent a life with his lanky frame hovering over a table, flicking his hand to deliver each sharp point. As a cartoonist and cartoon editor of the New Yorker magazine, humor has been a source of joy — and how he keeps score.

Read the rest at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-cartoon-editor-a-new-yorker-state-of-mind/2014/03/27/a54d2a5c-b5d7-11e3-b899-20667de76985_story.html?hpid=z1

[Blue_Tires]

18. You ought to do WFAN next!

I've been waiting for a reliable forecast about the Mets this season...

[Atman]

19. Here's the link.

I'm not famous or anything, so I didn't get a whole lot of airtime. But it was still cool.

http://wnpr.org/post/what-its-try-make-cartoons-new-yorker