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Inside a cartoonist’s world - Liza Donnelly

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From cave drawings to the Sunday paper, artists have been visualizing ideas -- cartoons -- for centuries. New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly walks us through the many stages every cartoon goes through, starting with an idea and turning into something that connects us on a deeply human level.

Pick a topic (personal, political, social) and sketch a single panel cartoon. Document your process and explain what you found to be the most difficult.

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