From Attempted Bloggery, January 31, 2012, “He can’t remember his name…” — a look at a Peter Arno rough sketch. The published version appeared in The New Yorker, June 6, 1942.
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Spiegelman retrospective; Interview: Liza Donnelly
From The Comics Journal, January 27, 2012, “Angouleme 2012: Friday” ( content on an Art Spiegelman retrospctive) From The Curated Life, January 28, 2012, an interview, “Meet Liza Donnelly: New Yorker Cartoonist”
Read morePodcast: A conversation with Alex Gregory, Pete Holmes and Matt Diffee
From You Made It Weird, January 27, 2012, this hour and twenty minute podcast featuring Alex Gregory and Matt Diffee in conversation with Pete Holmes.
Read moreUpdike
A family member texted me this morning and asked if I was “going to write something about Updike today?” I wrote back, asking if it was his birthday, and while waiting for her answer, Googled “Updike.” John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) Oh. Thud. I’m slowly making my way through Higher Gossip: Essays and
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