New York Times To Again Commission Its Own Cartoon Work

It's noted by media links god Jim Romenesko here that the New York Times has sent out an e-mail to cartoonists that submit to the Week In Review section saying that they'll no longer be running "outside cartoons" there in favor of directing its own cartoon feature -- "one modeled more on the comic strip or graphic novel" beginning June 26. As also noted by Romenesko, a graphic novel-type feature would hearken back to the few years the NYT Sunday Magazine ran lengthy cartoon serials.

This sounds more controlled to me than the magazine experiment, like something they might commission from a Ward Sutton type, or rotating group of artists, but I honestly haven't heard a single thing about someone working on something like this. As was the case with the comics serials, it should be a nice platform for whatever cartoonist or cartoonists score the gig.

thanks to those of you that sent in this link
 
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