George Booth (cartoonist)

George Booth (June 28, 1926 – November 1, 2022) was an American cartoonist who worked for The New Yorker magazine.

His cartoons usually featured an older everyman, everywoman, or everycouple beset by modern complexity, perplexing each other, or interacting with cats and dogs.

[3] As a civilian, Booth moved to New York City where he struggled as an artist, married, then worked as an art director in the magazine world.

[3] Booth lived for many years in Stony Brook, New York, with his wife Dione (d. 2022), whom he married in 1958.

[7] The New Yorker honored Booth one month after his death, reprinting a sketch entitled "Believe" as the cover of the December 19th edition of the magazine.