Great comedy is timeless, and so are great characters. And as countless generations who grew up watching them will tell you, it doesn’t get any greater than Looney Tunes. In the history of animation!

In its final season, the TV sitcom Seinfeld did a send-up of the cartoons in The New Yorker. The magazine's comics are distinctive – short, quippy, topical, understated. Simply put, they're smart.