Help me locate a New Yorker cartoon?

November 8, 2023 1:06 PM

I'm looking for a New Yorker cartoon in which one partner wants to go to a party, but the other wants to stay home with a book?

I've searched the NY Cartoons websites but can't seem to locate this cartoon, which both my husband and I agree was very funny.

Any and all suggestions welcome, hive-minders! Many thanks.

posted by ragtimepiano to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Perhaps email the New Yorker? Surely they have heard these sorts of requests many times! If you can be more specific about when the cartoon ran, and can hone in bit more on your description of the cartoon or what the caption said, that would probably be helpful.
posted by citygirl at 3:13 PM on November 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'm assuming that "searched the NY Cartoons websites" means The Cartoon Bank, but if not, there you go. I did a few searches and did not find a cartoon with your description, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
posted by mrphancy at 5:01 PM on November 8, 2023

Is it possibly item TCB-148659 on The Cartoon Bank? The caption reads:

“If Sue and Tom are fully vaccinated and invited us over for dinner tomorrow, but they also invited Luke, Sam, and Trish, who, I think, are fully vaccinated, but I’m not sure about Trish, and I already texted 'sounds fun,' but now I honestly think I’d much rather just stay home and and read my book—what should we do?”

I don't see an easy way to link directly to that comic, but you can put the ID number into the Cartoon Bank search and it comes up.
posted by QuixoticGambit at 12:04 AM on November 9, 2023