I think ducks are the funniest bird.

This is an issue I've been wrestling with in my professional life for several years. It started when I did this cartoon for the New Yorker,

"Have you ever thought about becoming a...

This is the third part of a nine-day conversation I had with my editor, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, Bob Mankoff. You can find part one by clicking on the word "Pudding". Not that one, this one right here: Pudding.

Matt: OK....

At long last, here's the winner to our Rejection Collection Caption Contest. Congratulations to jimmyjack:

You can read part one here.

First, here's some special cartoonist terms you should be aware of before reading:

Batch: A week's worth of cartoons that a cartoonist brings in to show the editor. A batch typically contains ten cartoons, but may contain less or more depending on how...

OK, so the time has come for me to pick a winner in our little Rejection Collection Caption Contest. I apologize that it has taken me so long to calibrate the results, but I've been working frantically on an audio version of The Rejection Collection. It's essentially a...

Robert (Bob) Mankoff is a cartoonist, President of The Cartoonbank, and the cartoon editor at The New Yorker magazine. I'm a cartoonist there, so he's my editor. I recently sat down with him in his office over paper cups of office coffee and a big desk covered with the...

If you're like me, the kind of person who does stuff, you will inevitably face rejection. For some people, that rejection comes in the form of an official rejection slip or a coldly spoken "no thank-you" for others it's a slap across the face or a splashed mojito in same....

So, this is my first blog ever. And here it is in/on the Huffington Post. Not Bad. That's like having your first cartoon...

The Rejection Collection Caption Contest instructions: You have three places to be creative. You can come up with text to appear in the sign on the left, the banner on the right, and the caption below (hint: the spoon is...