Categories lit tip New Yorker cartoon formula exposed! Post author By Doug LeMoine Post date 29 September 2005 Take one character each from column A and column B, place them in one of column C's settings, and voila! You have the makings of a New Yorker cartoon. Supposedly, this was the doing of a group of NYer cartoonists at a recent festival. ← Burgers in SF → Fresh Air interview w/ Mike Mills