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According to The New Yorker's website, George Booth has died at 96. I am sure that many join me in sympathy for his family and in gratitude for all the fun he gave us.

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That's so great that you did an article about George Booth. My Mom always gets the New Yorker and I always look froward to seeing the comics. But I never realized how many of the comics I had enjoyed were created by Booth. I had no idea he'd worked for the New Yorker for so long! I also loved your descriptions of the cartoon.

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Truly amazing how Booth draws his funny and thrilling cartoons! This was a fun way to learn about NY Times' artists. Cool backstory too, I honestly can't imagine drawing at 3!

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What an interesting introduction to a piece of the world I’d never stopped to think about much. Your descriptions of the cartoons are works of art in themselves!

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Thanks for the giggles! I've never understood why the New Yorker goes through cartoon fazes--some years are great, and some...well, are unmentionably bad!

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