Never Darken My Door Again

Never Darken My Door AgainThe world of the magazine cartoonist includes more than its share of clichés – the missionary in the cannibal's pot, the young man proposing in the parlor on one knee, the secretary taking dictation on the boss' lap, the castaway on an island no bigger than a pitcher's mound – these have been asked to produce not one, but many hundreds of smiles from readers through the years. The late Sam Cobean of The New Yorker particularly enjoyed reworking such tired situations and...