Friday’s openings: ‘Avengers’ put on a serious face Mon., April 23, 2018. ... No cartoon series has ever tried more to pass itself off as something out of Shakespeare. ...

Cartooning is a funny business, but being cartoon editor at The New Yorker has a serious side, too. ... sees 1,000 cartoons every week — in face-to-face cattle calls and through the mail.

As cartoon editor of The New Yorker, Bob Mankoff simultaneously warms and breaks the hearts of cartoonists on a weekly basis.In the documentary Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of ...

Midway through the season of 'Our Cartoon President,' The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunner R. "We Don't Mind Getting in Trouble": How 'Our Cartoon President' Faces Hot-Button Topics ...

AFI Docs: Why New Yorker cartoon editor let a filmmaker get ‘Very Semi-Serious’ June 20, 2015 Bob Mankoff at The New Yorker offices, where he is keeper of the funny.

Very Semi-Serious , a documentary about the world of New Yorker cartoons and the cartoonists who draw them, debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, almost ended on a dispiriting note ...