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Political Laughs

Friday, October 24, 2008

This election season has spawned some unusually good political humor. Find out what makes politics funny, and why some political cartoons are successful and others aren't. Bob Mankoff is cartoon editor for the New Yorker magazine.

Weigh in: What do you think is the funniest thing that's happened in this election season?

Slideshow of recent New Yorker political cartoons
Check out our recent "Redraw the Electoral Map" listener challenge on Flickr


Comments

  • [1] Marc Naimark from Paris October 09, 2008 - 06:38AM

    Comments on the blank map (what we call a "mute map" in French, BTW):

    -- have you made Alaska small as a comment on Sarah Palin's world view?

    -- why have you given the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Wisconsin?


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