Should You Get Drawn Into HBO's Doc About New Yorker Cartoonists?

[Tara Ariano]

Profiling the creative talent behind the New Yorker's cartoons. The documentary includes a look at a typical day in the magazine's office, as well as interviews with artists and editors.

 

Premieres Monday, December 14, at 9 PM ET.

[Primetimer]

Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait Of New Yorker Cartoonists draws a line.

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[spaceghostess]

On my office door at my last in-house job, and on my home office door now:

So yeah, I loved this doc.

 

I wouldn't have minded a little more time with the cartoonist who was figuring out how to work around her love for her snow-suited infant ("Baby dicks", hee). Also, damn--Ed Steed looks about fifteen. I enjoyed observing his awkwardness and straining to hear the few words he said in his very quiet voice.

 

I was inspired to submit a damned good (although not L&O inspired, sorry) caption to the current contest.

Edited December 15, 2015 by spaceghostess

[Ororo Monroe]

I watched this on HBO Go last week; I really liked it. I always like slice-of-life docs like this and seeing the inner workings of institutions. I also would have liked to see the filmmaker push harder on the diversity issue too. It was striking to see who was showing up at the office for the cartoon review and they were all pretty similar looking.

Edited December 31, 2015 by Ororo Monroe