Few things in this world are as aggressively unfunny as cartoons in the New Yorker. But lawyer cartoons in the New Yorker manage to take it to another level. A one-panel pretention check that deftly shifts between pure nonsense and punchlines about overbilling that already fell flat in the Catskills half a century ago. As Seinfeld pointed out years ago, they’re just Ziggy comics… but less funny.
Which is why Disco’s Legaltech NY campaign deserves no end of praise. The company, coming off its recent $83 million raise, stormed into the show with a series of New Yorker-style cartoons that are legitimately hilarious.
The comics, drawn by the daughter of a Disco employee and then captioned by the company’s staff over pizza and beer, are all over the lobby of the Midtown Hilton and conference-goers can be spied poking around to make sure they see every one. Here are a few of the best offerings:
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The New Yorker may want to hire the Disco team.
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