From the Smithsonian, this news of an exhibit, “Timely and Timeless: New Comic Art Acquisitions” ( included are works by Charles Addams, John Held, Jr., and Roz Chast)
Read moreMonth: August 2011
New Yorker Festival cartoon events
newyorker.com has listed (on its Festival Wire — requires sign up) its entire schedule for this year’s New Yorker Festival (September 30, October 1 -2). Cartoon events include a talk by Roz Chast (who will also sign her new book) and the return of the Cartoon Caption Contest Game, with host, Bob Mankoff and judges, Emily Flake, Paul Noth and
Read moreIn performance: Andy Friedman at Asbury Park; Mankoff on Cartoons and Hurricanes; and a diversion
From the blog, Sonic Garden, August 24, 2011, “An Evening with Andy Friedman: Celebrated Cartoonist – turned-Country-Crooner” ( Friedman, aka Larry Hat, will be appearing at Cafe Volan in Asbury Park, NJ Monday, October 3, 2011 @ 8 pm) From newyorker.com, August 26, 2011, The New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff has posted “Cartoons for the Hurricane” Also
Read moreInterview: Editor of Drawn From Life
From The Ember, August 2011, “Oslo Davis on Drawn From Life” this interview with the editor of a newspaper supplement “showcasing Australia’s best illustrators” ( the newspaper released in conjunction with the 2011 Melbourne Writer’s Festival. New Yorker cartoonist content in the interview).
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