Great “New Yorker” Cartoon Ideas I Submitted (That Were Rejected)

Image: A cat burglar sneaks into a swanky Park Avenue apartment. He is actually a cat.
Caption: “Meow! Where are the diamonds?”
Meaning: It’s New York: anything goes!

Image: Two New York kids playing in the sandbox.
Caption: “My nanny says we’re getting sushi today for lunch: Yum.”
Meaning: Can you even imagine?

Image: Two Central Park squirrels talking to each other.
Caption: “Fuggedaboutit.”
Meaning: Impossible to explain if you’re not from New York.

Image: A cowboy stands in a bagel store, the owner stares at him.
Caption: “Please leave.”
Meaning: People in New York are rude, but you gotta love it.

Image: A Viking on a therapist’s couch, the therapist listens.
Caption: “So I’m thinking it all goes back to my father, Thor.”
Meaning: In New York, even the Vikings go to therapy! (If they’re Jewish.)

Image: Two women walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Caption: “And so I said to my husband: I don’t love you anymore.”
Meaning: New Yorkers love to gab.

Image: Two old ladies on a park bench in Central Park, feeding pigeons.
Caption: “This is pretty much the greatest.”
Meaning: Let them have their fun, they’re at the end of their lives.

Image: Two German tourists looking at the Statue of Liberty.
Caption: “Is it supposed to be a man or a woman?”
Meaning: No matter where we’re from, we’re all thinking the same thing.