The New Yorker’s Joe Dator discusses his new collection Inked: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas and Secret Sketches from The New Yorker’s Joe Dator (Goose Lane Editions, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

Inked: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas and Secret Sketches from The New Yorker’s Joe Dator by Joe Dator (Goose Lane, 2021). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Inked

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Joe Dator joins me now. He has just published a new collection of his work, Inked: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas and Secret Sketches from The New Yorker’s Joe Dator. It provides marvelous insight as to his work, how he evokes humour in his art, and how it inevitably connects with readers of the magazine. He is one of the New Yorker’s most beloved cartoonists. I’ll ask him about how he goes about his work, what makes him laugh, and what inspires him. Joe Dator has been a cartoonist with The New Yorker since 2006. He received the National Cartoonists Society’s 2018 Silver Reuben Award. He was featured in documentaries for HBO and The Atlantic. He also contributes to MAD Magazine and Esquire. Visit www.joedator.com for more information. This new book is published by Goose Lane Editions. We taped this in late August, with Mr. Dator joining me from his home in New York City. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Joe Dator; Mr. Dator, good morning.

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