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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.

Regardless of the method the cartoonist uses to create the cartoon, what is the most important element to carry through from start to finish?

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