This Week’s Issue: The Otherworldly Comedy of Julio Torres

Also in the Cartoon Issue: Calvin Trillin on lessons in humor, how Leonora Carrington feminized surrealism, and the masters of early animation. View in browser | Update your preferences Profiles The Otherworldly Comedy of Julio Torres The “Los Espookys” star and “S.N.L.” alum says that his favorite color is clear. By Michael Schulman Personal History Some Notes on Funniness Lessons in humor, from grade school to Johnny Carson. By Calvin Trillin Poems “Greetings, Friends!” “A super surge of Christmas glee to Joe and Jill from me and thee!” By Ian Frazier Portfolio The Year in Funnies Some gags about how we lived in 2020, to one day help explain your toilet-paper-hoarding habits to your grandchildren. By The New Yorker Comment First Ladies and Second Gentlemen Dr. Jill Biden, Mr. Doug Emhoff, and barriers at the top that remain to be broken. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Books How Leonora Carrington Feminized Surrealism Each time the work of the British-Mexican artist and writer is reborn, it seems more prescient. By Merve Emre Books The Mixed-Up Masters of Early Animation Pioneering cartoonists were experimental, satiric, erotic, and artistically ambitious. By Adam Gopnik Pop Music How Morgan Wallen Became the Most Wanted Man in Country Wallen has become a singer, a character, and, to the surprise of many Nashville professionals, an online sex symbol. By Kelefa Sanneh On Television “Big Mouth” Is Still Changing—for the Better In its fourth season, the Netflix cartoon doubles down on the idea that identity is something that cannot be neatly defined, and confronts criticisms of the show’s racial politics by turning them into plot points. By Naomi Fry Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs How to Survive Christmas with Your Toxic Family Some pointers on making it through the holiday season with your nearest and oh so dearest. By Sarah Akinterinwa Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.