How Robert Mankoff Finally Found Success as an Artist

Robert Mankoff was rejected by The New Yorker 2,000 times between 1974 and 1977.

He drew 2,000 cartoons during those three years and but didn’t stop drawing or submitting his work to the magazine.

Finally, one of his cartoons was accepted. Then they accepted another one and another until he was invited to become a regular contributor. Twenty years later he became the cartoon editor for the magazine.

How did he finally find success?

Mankoff’s story is profiled in Angela Duckworth’s book, Grit....