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Edward Benjamin `` Ed '' Koren ( born 1935 ) is a writer and illustrator of children ' s books and political cartoons , most notably in The New Yorker . Fiction is the classification for any story or universe derived from imagination  in other words , not based strictly on history or fact . Fiction can be expressed in a variety of formats , including writings , live performances , films , ___MASK39___ programs , animations , video games , and role - playing games , though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature ( see " ___MASK74___ " fiction ), including the novel , novella , short story , and play . Fiction constitutes an act of creative invention , so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed ; in other words , fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true . The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation , due to fiction ' s freedom from any necessary embedding in reality ; however , some fictional works are claimed to be , or marketed as , historically or factually accurate , complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non - fiction . Fiction is a classification or category , rather than a specific mode or genre , unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular ___MASK74___ fiction form . The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage , commentary , criticism , essays , fiction , satire , cartoons , and poetry . It is published by Condé Nast . Started as a weekly in 1925 , the magazine is now published 47 times annually , with five of these issues covering two - week spans . A cartoon is a type of two - dimensional illustration . While the specific definition has changed over time , modern usage refers to ( a ) a typically non - realistic or semi - realistic artistic style of ___MASK21___ or painting , ( b ) an image or series of images intended for satire , caricature , or humor , or ( c ) a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation . An ___MASK44___ who creates cartoons is called a cartoonist .