Saul Steinberg’s early cartoons:

became equal parts philosophy and art, and no part mirth…

Bob Mankoff pays homage to Saul Steinberg, gag man: http://nyr.kr/SkP8fm

“It’s not me on the park bench!” says Luci Gutiérrez, the thirty-five-year-old artist from Barcelona who drew “I Love,” the cover of this week’s issue. “But I wear these kinds of hats—very French—so, I guess there is something of me in her,” she says. “I think of them as typical young New Yorkers. I spent some months living there, and I love to draw the people.

Cover of the April 1, 2013 issue. Get the story behind this week’s cover, “I Love” by Luci Gutiérrez, plus a slideshow of loving couples in Art Deco New Yorker covers from the nineteen-twenties: http://nyr.kr/1027v7Y

A Saturday morning cartoon by Robert Mankoff. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/Rpx9ja

Cartoon of the night by Bruce Eric Kaplan. For more: http://nyr.kr/Pm1iU8

Categories: American (New)

Locations: various

Noise Level: quiet, occasional laughter

Wi-Fi: Yes

Attire: Dressy

Good for Kids: No

Denver Location:

Two Stars

I came to hear the specifics of Romney’s tax plan, but when he brought it out I was pretty disappointed. Closing loopholes was a bizarre pairing with cutting off funding for PBS, and didn’t make sense over-all. Health care wasn’t bad, though. Wouldn’t recommend, but I didn’t hate it.

—Emily S.
Philadelphia, Pa.

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Cartoon of the night by Ariel Molvig. For more: http://nyr.kr/R7kCRJ

Cartoon of the day by Charles Barsotti. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/TspteH

Ed Koren has crossed the finish line of the New York City Marathon three times, an accomplishment that provided the inspiration for this week’s cover, “On Your Mark!” But how about his furry creatures? What was the inspiration for them? “During the late nineteen-sixties and early seventies, an avalanche of hirsutism and fuzziness took over the nation,” Koren told us. “Long hair, wild hairdos, exuberant facial appendages were everywhere as expressions of social rebellion, political revolt, and a general questioning of everything established.”

Cartoon of the day by Drew Dernavich. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/Txd3rc

First Things First (Unless They’re Second)

Cartoon editor Robert Mankoff considers which comes first, the caption or the drawing: http://nyr.kr/NlOnus