Robert Mankoff

Robert Mankoff (born May 1, 1944 ) is an American cartoonist, editor, and author. He was the cartoon editor for The New Yorker for nearly twenty years. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz as cartoon editor at The New Yorker, Mankoff was a New Yorker cartoonist for twenty years.

Early life Mankoff grew up in Queens, New York, and attended Music and Art High School (graduating in 1962) and Syracuse University (graduating in 1966).

Career Mankoff is the founder and President of Cartoon Collections, a cartoon licensing database, which also owns CartoonStock.com based in the UK.

Mankoff submitted more than 500 cartoons to The New Yorker for over two years before he had his first one published One of his cartoons (captioned "No, Thursday's out. How about never—is never good for you?") is one of The New Yorker'''s most widely reprinted cartoons.

In 1992, Mankoff founded the online Cartoon Bank, a licensing platform for New Yorker cartoons and art, with more than 85,000 cartoons available for sale.

Mankoff was hired as New Yorker cartoon editor in 1997; Mankoff himself contributes cartoons to Moment magazine's own monthly cartoon caption contest.

In 2016, Mankoff co-founded Botnik Studios with Jamie Brew, a former ClickHole and The Onion writer. On April 29, 2017, he left The New Yorker, and was named Humor and Cartoon Editor at Esquire magazine on May 1, 2017. Mankoff resigned from his position at Esquire in June 2019. Mankoff was named cartoon editor of Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley's digital newsletter, Air Mail, in July 2019.

Personal life Mankoff and his wife Cory live in Briarcliff Manor, New York; they have one daughter together, Sarah. Cory also had a son who died in 2012.

Film The 2015 documentary, Very Semi-Serious, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the cartoons of The New Yorker, and features glimpses into Mankoff's career, his role at The New Yorker, and his personal life. The film was produced by Redora Films.