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
Read moreMonth: April 2012
All Cartoonists Are Actors
“If I’m drawing a certain type of character, I try to get into the spirit of the thing – and my wife complains about the faces I make while I’m working. All cartoonists, I guess, are actors in a way.” — George Price to Jud Hurd, Cartoonist Profiles, March 1975 If you can find it, Jud Hurd’s Price interview
Read moreTribeca Film Festival to show Every Tuesday; Gahan Wilson teaches; Slightly more on The New Yorker Big Book of Dogs
From EW.com, April 16, 2012, “Tribeca Film Festival: New Yorker cartoonists in ‘Every Tuesday’” (with a brief clip of the film showing Zach Kanin at work) From Gear Live, April 14, 2012, “Gahan Wilson Teaches” From Library Journal, April 16, 2012, this trickle of information about the forthcoming New Yorker Big Book of Dogs (Random house, Fall 2012)
Read moreExhibit: Felipe Galindo (Feggo); Feiffer’s first original graphic novel; More Mouly & Blown Covers; Video: S.J. Perelman interview; Mick Stevens’ fav NYer rejects; Liza Donnelly on the Art of Cartooning
From artcat, this notice of a group exhibit including Felipe Galindo (Feggo), “Political Neighbors: Ruis, Feggo, El Fisgon — Three Master Cartoonists of Mexico” From Mediabistro, April 10, 2012, “Jules Feiffer Lands Deal for his First Original Graphic Novel” From wksu.org (Kent State & Ohio Public Media), April 10, 2012, “Blown Covers from The New Yorker” — with
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