Go through the online archive of any New Yorker cartoonist and you'll very likely be impressed by the myriad inventive scenarios and compositions. The variety is simply stunning. It's a surprisingly rare thing when a cartoon closely resembles an earlier one by the same artist, but it does happen. This week, while reading the Cartoon Issue, I felt a spark of recognition. A caveman gag by Mick Stevens put a nice contemporary spin on an old phrase. But at the same time, it made me wonder somewhat incongruously: had I seen it before?
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| All dressed up and nowhere to go Mick Stevens The New Yorker, December 28, 2020, page 25 |
Well, of course I had not. But what I had seen five years ago was another caveman cartoon by Mick Stevens, one that was just as at home in pre-pandemic times as this week's cartoon is today. Still, it was close enough that I had to check. Sometimes you just have to see them side by side.
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| Mick Stevens The New Yorker, December 21, 2015, page 38 |
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