From comicsbeat.com, August 15, 2013, “2013 Ignatz Award Nominees led by DeForge, Carre and Alden” — Liza Donnelly hosts the SPX awards ceremony.
Read moreMonth: August 2013
New Yorker Blog Post of Interest; Rea Irvin Virgin Island Illustrations; 3 Days to go for Gahan Wilson Documentary Film Kickstarter Campaign; Shannon Wheeler and The Quarterly Vol. V
From newyorker.com, August 7, 2013, “Performance Enhancement in Baseball” — an illustrated post by Jason Novak and Mike Duncan. (Above: one of Mr. Novak’s drawings from the piece). and… Another interesting post from Attempted Bloggery, August 9, 2013, “Rea Irvin: Vacationtime in the Virgin Islands”
Read moreNext in Gehr’s Know Your New Yorker Cartoonists Series: George Booth
From TCJ (The Comics Journal), August 12, 2013, “George Booth: Semper Fi” — Richard Gehr’s latest profile features George Booth.
Read moreJ.C. Suares: 1942 – 2013
Jean-Claude Suares, who died this past July 30, in Englewood, New Jersey, is best known for his work apart from The New Yorker (see the various links below that cover his life and career), but I will always happily associate his name with the one and only New Yorker cover he did (it appeared September 23, 1974). I remember
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