Rex Hesner

Rex Hesner is the co-author of Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons with former neighbor Phil Witte, a professional cartoonist. A devoted denizen of the San Francisco Bay Area, Rex is a jazz musician, writer, and cartoon critic. He established Cartoon Companion, arguably the world’s first website dedicated to reviewing and rating single-panel cartoons. He and collaborator Phil Witte wrote weekly postings over a two-year period before attracting the attention of New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff. Migrating to Mankoff’s online cartoon treasure trove, CartoonStock, provided Rex and Phil with countless cartoons to feed their blog, Anatomy of a Cartoon.


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The Authors

Phil Witte (left) and Rex Hesner (right) have worked together for nearly a decade evangelizing the quirky joys of single-panel cartoons.You can contact Rex directly at [email protected]