Back in the day, when it came to drawing a cartoon character, one thing that they couldn't be without in terms of attire was a fancy white pair of gloves. Whether it was a cat, mouse, or whatever ...

But why is that the case ... There's also the added perk of saving time with a go-to get-up for cartoon characters, which ...

Mankoff sees humor as "a coping mechanism," which helps explain why many New Yorker cartoons are "about the grim reaper or illness or marriages gone terribly bad. There are no cartoons about ...

But there’s no such consensus about cartoons. That, even more than the dismal economic outlook for newspapers, is why it’s getting harder for editorial cartoonists to make a living.

A drawing can hit harder, and reach more people, than an editorial or an op-ed. That's one reason why cartoons are a threatened medium. Credit: Getty Images. In the summer of 2018, I drew a ...