I’m not sure why the New Yorker rejected this one--it’s a linguistics joke so it should be right up their alley.
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I’m not sure why the New Yorker rejected this one--it’s a linguistics joke so it should be right up their alley.
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No filter toonsthanks for the votes to launch this idea!
To recap the idea: use this platform to publish unpublishable cartoons as NFTs (No Filter Toons) and start a conversation about comedy and censorship in the age of internet mob rule. About me: For over a decade, I’ve been a staff cartoonist at The New Yorker magazine. Every week, my fellow doodlers and I submit ten cartoons each and occasionally, the New Yorker publishes one. That leaves a lot of funny stuff that no one gets to see. About No Filter Toons: My cartoonist coworker Matt Diffee ha...
No filter toonsHeaven is for all
Mainstream pubs are deathly afraid of joking about sex offenders or religion. So here’s one poking fun at both those touchy subjects. Beyond behind unpublishable, there is actual philosophical meat to this one: If a sex offender repents, they should get into heaven, right? I’m no religion expert, but it seems like they mostly agree that if you say you’re sorry, all is forgiven and you get to party with the big bearded white guy in the clouds. So logically, while they don’t discriminate in Hea...
No filter toonsno filter toons - letters to santa
Here’s a timely holiday cartoon that was likely rejected because it mentions sex offenders. While it’s not about a real sex offender--or even a real person (sorry, kids, Santa doesn’t have a social security number)--that’s irrelevant. Sex offenders and sex offenses in abstract are knee-jerk enough to be entirely un-joke-about-able. https://rarible.com/token/0xB66a603f4cFe17e3D27B87a8BfCaD319856518B8:54193011660125766690501682485018848913204301449825580365956437506086894829586 At its core, thi...