The Best of the Rejection Collection: 297 Cartoons That Were Too Dark, Too Weird, or Too Dirty for The New Yorker

The best of the worst: these cartoons rejected by The New Yorker were deemed too dumb, too weird, or too naughty-but not for lack of laughs!

Every week, hundreds and hundreds of cartoons pour into The New Yorker. Most are rejected. Doesn't matter how big a deal the cartoonist is, either. Roz Chast, David Sipress, Kim Warp, Sam gross, Ed Steed, Emily Flake, Navied Mahdavian, or Mary Lawton-if the work in question is too weird, too naughty, too juvenile, or too dark, it's out. Luckily for us,...