But this week, there on page 58 of The New Yorker is a witty, terrific cartoon by Bob Mankoff, set on a desert island with just enough room for two castaways, both shirtless and wearing shredded ...

In a reprise of the "Sahara Hare" cartoon, three ultra-endurance athletes ran 4,000 miles across the Sahara Desert. It was the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days through six African ...

I once did a search [on our database] and I think the year of the greatest popularity of desert-island cartoons in The New Yorker is 1957, when 17 appeared. Why a spike in 1957? I wonder if it ...

New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff discussed the genre with Vanity Fair's Bruce Handy, pointing out that "desert-island cartoons are like lightbulb jokes. It's not like you can use them up." ...