The New Yorker - Years ago I heard a cartoonist use a specific term to refer to the small line drawings that The New Yorker uses on pages otherwise filled with text, but I can’t remember it. What do you call them?

mightyflynn asked: Years ago I heard a cartoonist use a specific term to refer to the small line drawings that The New Yorker uses on pages otherwise filled with text, but I can't remember it. What do you call them?
We asked Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff for you: “We call these understated charming drawings, “spots.””

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