Robert Mankoff

About the Author

Bob Mankoff became The New Yorker's cartoon editor in 1997. He is also the founder and president of the Cartoon Bank, a division of The New Yorker, which maintains the internet's only searchable cartoon archive. Bob Mankoff was a cartoonist for The New Yorker for twenty years and is currently the show more cartoon editor for the magazine. He founded the online Cartoon Bank, which has every cartoon since the magazine's founding. He is the author of the book How about Never - Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Robert Mankoff

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The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker (2004) — Editor — 1,336 copies

The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons (2000) — Editor — 318 copies

How About Never--Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons (2014) 231 copies

The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection (1999) — Editor — 160 copies

The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive (2018) 112 copies

The New Yorker Book of Business Cartoons (1998) — Editor — 89 copies

The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book (2008) — Editor — 88 copies

The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity (2002) 86 copies

The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons (2006) — Editor — 82 copies

The New Yorker Book of Technology Cartoons (with CD-Rom) (2000) — Editor — 78 copies

The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons (2003) — Editor — 75 copies

The New Yorker Book of Political Cartoons (2000) — Editor — 59 copies

The New Yorker Book of Kids Cartoons (2001) — Editor — 50 copies

The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons (2002) — Editor — 46 copies

The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons (1999) — Editor — 39 copies

On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons, 1925-2009 (2009) — Editor — 33 copies

The New Yorker Book of Art Cartoons (2005) — Editor — 32 copies

The New Yorker Book of New York Cartoons (2004) — Editor — 28 copies

School Days: Cartoons from the New Yorker (2010) — Editor — 18 copies

Elementary: The Cartoonist Did It (1980) 12 copies

Call Your Office (1986) 11 copies

Urban bumpkins (1985) 8 copies

Have I Got a Cartoon for You!: The Moment Magazine Book of Jewish Cartoons (2019) — Editor — 5 copies

The New-Yorker : l'humour new-yorkais (2010) 4 copies

It's Lonely at the Top (1987) 3 copies

The New Yorker Cartoon Yearbook, 2007 (signed by Robert Mankoff) — Editor — 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker (2006) — Introduction — 328 copies

The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons (1992) — Contributor — 178 copies

The Best of the Rejection Collection: 293 Cartoons That Were Too Dumb, Too Dark, or Too Naughty for The New Yorker (2011) — Foreword — 148 copies

New Yorker Top 100 Cartoons (2004) — Introduction — 6 copies

The New Yorker Cartoons of the Year 2012 (2012) — Introduction, some editions — 6 copies

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Birthdate: 1944-05-01
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Education: Music and Art High School, New York City
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Occupations: cartoonist
editor
Organizations: The New Yorker

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How About Never--Is Never Good for You? by Bob Mankoff

Fun little book about cartoons and cartoonists and a dying art form. I found the notion of a cartoon bank fascinating. Mankoff is nothing other than entertaining.

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skid0612 | 14 other reviews | Mar 20, 2024 |

How About Never--Is Never Good for You?: My Life in… by Bob Mankoff

Of course I reserved this book in order to see my old favorite New Yorker cartoons ("On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog", "Lassie, get help! and the captionless picture of the legless frog pulling himself out of the restaurant kitchen) and to perhaps glean a fact or two. But to my surprise, I devoured the entire book! Mr. Mankoff not only has an illustrious cartooning career, he found a way to share the with all of his with his creation of the Cartoon Bank, and as the current cartoon editor of the New Yorker. Not only that, but he writes with a truly engaging and captive style. Kudos...A real pleasure!… (more)

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schoenbc70 | 14 other reviews | Sep 2, 2023 |