Andrzej Czeczot: 1933 -2012; Blown Covers, live

Posted on 9th May 2012 in News

 

 

The News (news from Poland), May 9, 2012, “Satirical cartoonist Andrzej Czeczot dies” (Czeczot’s “Manhattan” a four page spread of drawings, appeared in The New Yorker, June 9, 1986).

 

From The Gothamist, May 9, 2012, “More Rejected New Yorker Covers Revealed, Explained”

New York Times: The demise of sports cartoons; Bob Staake at USC; Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Fest 2012

Posted on 25th April 2012 in News

Richard Sandomir has written a great (but sad) piece for The New York Times on the demise of sports cartooning, “Lost Occupation, Lost Art  as Sports Cartooning Declines” — sorry, no link:  check out the NYTs homepage, scroll down to INSIDE NYTS.COM and look for the sports illustration.

 

From dailytrojan.com, April 19, 2012, “Cartoonist Bob Staake began his career at USC”

 

The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Fest 2012 is this weekend (April 28th & 29th).  Check out the guests, panels etc.