Emma Allen

New York

Cartoon Editor at The New Yorker

The New Yorker, Dept. of Hoopla

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Articles

Carol Leifer Can Make You Funny

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Emma Allen

Carol Leifer, the prolific sixty-eight-year-old comedian and television writer (“S.N.L.,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” etc.), has many skills. One, perhaps unsurprisingly, is delivering funny speeches, a gift for which she’s now giving back, with a book titled “How to Write a Funny Speech . . . for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn’t Want to Go to in the First Place,” co-written by Rick Mitchell.
Communities mourn lives lost and face massive destruction

1 month ago | okcfox.com | Emma Allen

In the aftermath of a massive tornado outbreak that ravaged parts of Arkansas, communities are grappling with the destruction and mourning the loss of life. The powerful storms, which struck leading into the weekend, left a trail of devastation, claiming buildings, power lines, and lives. "This is the most devastating I have seen in our town that has happened since I have been here," said Cederic Etheridge, a resident of Cave City.
Communities mourn lives lost and face massive destruction

1 month ago | turnto10.com | Emma Allen

In the aftermath of a massive tornado outbreak that ravaged parts of Arkansas, communities are grappling with the destruction and mourning the loss of life. (PHOTO: KATV)
Communities mourn lives lost and face massive destruction

1 month ago | wpde.com | Emma Allen

In the aftermath of a massive tornado outbreak that ravaged parts of Arkansas, communities are grappling with the destruction and mourning the loss of life. (PHOTO: KATV)
Communities mourn lives lost and face massive destruction

1 month ago | wset.com | Emma Allen

In the aftermath of a massive tornado outbreak that ravaged parts of Arkansas, communities are grappling with the destruction and mourning the loss of life. (PHOTO: KATV)
Stay Tuned for These “S.N.L.” Bumpers

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Emma Allen

Mary Ellen Matthews, who since 2000 has shot “S.N.L.” ’s “bumper” photographs—those brightly colored portraits of the week’s host and musical guest that flash onscreen before commercial breaks—doesn’t mind a rubber chicken, a gargantuan Martini glass, or a pony.
Most Likely to Own Madonna’s Yearbook

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Emma Allen

Seth Poppel is the guy you call if you need access to a famous (or infamous) person’s high-school yearbook, stat. In September, it took Poppel and his son Jared only a few hours to locate Ryan Wesley Routh’s—Routh is the alleged foiled golf-course assassin of Donald Trump—and sell his adolescent portrait to the Daily Mail for about a hundred bucks.
Introducing the Cartoons & Puzzles Issue

Dec 16, 2024 | newyorker.com | Emma Allen |Liz Maynes-Aminzade

In today’s newsletter, Anthony Lane on a life-changing meal. But first, the editors behind this week’s Cartoons & Puzzles Issue share a holiday feast of gags and games.
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2024

Dec 6, 2024 | newyorker.com | Emma Allen

I love how much we humans enjoy looking back at what we recently liked and revelling in our ongoing good judgment. (A very merry Spotify Wrapped season to you all!) Our proclivities are perhaps what the Algorithm knows best: If you previously lingered on a video of a raccoon eating a taco, or perused an utterly impractical prairie dress (I, of course, choose these examples at random), you will, when presented with similar things again, most likely pause and delight.
Etiquette Makes Kate McKinnon Sad

Oct 6, 2024 | newyorker.com | Emma Allen

On a recent afternoon, Mariah Grumet, an etiquette coach, and Kate McKinnon, the “S.N.L.” alum and actress (hi, Weird Barbie!)—whose middlegrade novel, “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” came out last week—convened at Tea & Sympathy, in the Village, to partake of a little of both.