This week, millions of young people head back to college to pursue things like a four-year liberal arts degree, an enviable internship, and the perfect apple pipe. To celebrate, we commissioned Farley Katz—who, at 29, is at least three generations removed from the next New Yorker cartoonist—to do a BTS strip for us. For more of his recent work, check out this, this, and this.
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Illustration by Farley Katz
OPENING CEREMONY: Farley, how did you get started in cartoons?
FARLEY KATZ: I've drawn cartoons since I was seven and realized I could make pictures of my teachers being eaten by dinosaurs.
You are 29. Does that make you feel 1.) young or 2.) old?
Neither. What makes me feel old is that I can remember a time before Internet.
What makes something funny?
Picking a catchphrase and then sticking to it even after people stop inviting you places.
Watch this space for Farley's monthly emojitoons
Illustration by Farley Katz