It's a great concept, and the history of political cartooning in American political discourse is a major, if underspoken, part of things. A consideration of what's being done now would actually be ...

In its final season, the TV sitcom Seinfeld did a send-up of the cartoons in The New Yorker. The magazine's comics are distinctive – short, quippy, topical, understated. Simply put, they're smart.