Reviews for The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker

The average rating for The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-12-31 00:00:00 Emma Coleson This collection of cartoons that failed to make the pages of The New Yorker was possibly the funniest thing I've seen this year. I not only laughed out loud, I snorted, guffawed and cackled. As mentioned in the book's description, editors comb through over 500 cartoon submissions a week to fill an available 15 to 20 spots. Even the big names like Sam Gross and Gahan Wilson get turned down. Most of these cartoons end up on the floor not because they're not "highbrowy" enough for that venerable old periodical, but because they're too edgy, sexy or feature dinosaurs using foul language. - A pint-sized, scythe-wielding grim reaper roams the pediatric ward. - The oldest ship in the fleet has the figurehead with the droopiest breasts. - Two dogs lie in bed basking in the afterglow. The female confesses sometime she'd like to try it "missionary style." - A startled churchgoer notices a sign that says, "If the confessional's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!!!" At a funeral, an elderly woman tells her friend, "It would have been an open casket, but he overdosed on Viagra." Imagine getting paid to read 500 cartoons a week. How do I get a job like that? (Who am I kidding? I'd do it for free.)

Review # 2 was written on 2015-09-23 00:00:00 Paul Goldstein NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT All this drawings, surprising, sometimes obscene, always funny. A great wind of freedom.