If I were to publish a book with a character who calls himself "The New Yorker"

[williamtheday]

Can The New Yorker magazine say 'cease and desist'?

[williamtheday]

I forgot to add that this character considers himself THE ultimate citizen of New York City...in fact, he's taken over as it's ruler!

[Mister Mets]

It would be a difficult argument for them, even if the earliest issues didn't recently enter the public domain.

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/

Your main vulnerability may be if marketing makes it seem that your product is affiliated with the magazine.

[williamtheday]

Thanks. I was just curious about that. I mostly just do some minor cartooning I have made up at the print shop and hand out to folks at conventions. The local library as computer lessons so I'm going to see if I can learn to post my stuff on the net sometime.