Alabama native David McCaw lands his first cartoon in The New Yorker

A Birmingham artist just checked off a bucket-list item that most cartoonists spend a lifetime chasing.

David McCaw, a Homewood native and John Carroll Catholic High School grad, found out this week that one of his cartoons had been published in The New Yorker — the magazine widely considered the gold standard for single-panel cartooning.

“It was crazy to see it amongst a carousel of so many other great cartoonists, people I’ve admired my whole life…It still feels so crazy, especially after trying to make it happen for so long.”

David McCaw

Keep reading at Bham Now to learn more about McCaw and his recent win in The New Yorker!