Directed by Leah Wolchok | USA | 2015 | Documentary | 93 mins
Sponsor: Bobbie Lanahan
Film Source: Producers
Followed by a discussion with Executive Producer Deborah Shaffer & cartoonists Ed Koren & Harry Bliss
Go behind the drawing board with this affable portrait of cartooning at The New Yorker magazine. Featuring interviews and art by an impressive number of cartoonists – both established icons and aspiring hopefuls – Leah Wolchok’s warm-hearted documentary follows longtime editor Bob Mankoff as he goes about the business of making careers and breaking hearts with a genial nature and a professional demeanor. Along the way, we catch glimpses of what makes these humorists tick and the subtle ins and outs of creating an effective single panel.