Robert Mankoff
publication date: Saturday, June 6, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: Comics
clue: New Yorkers wouldn't get their weekly dose of wit without this cartoonist wrangling the written words beneath them.
explanation: Mankoff was a cartoonist for The New Yorker before taking over as cartoon editor. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff
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