Sunday, November 21, 2010

High-brow Humor: New Yorker Cartoons

The pinnacle of high-brow comedy, these cartoons have been a mainstay of the educated, wealthy readership of the New Yorker since they originated 85 years ago. On nearly every editorial page in the weekly current events magazine, the subjects run the gamut from society to culture to animals to food. It's interesting to point out that humor transcends all social classes - even the serious-minded crowd that reads this publication

Here are a couple of my favorites:



Readers now have the opportunity to interact with these humorous gems through the New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest, started in 2005. Go check out this week's cartoon and submit your own!

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