Ben Katchor will speak at Johns Hopkins April 4th. All the details here. Mr. Katchor’s website.
Read moreMonth: March 2016
Arno Olio #2: Comic Relief
Here’s a favorite obscure Peter Arno cover, executed for Comic Relief: An Omnibus of Modern American Humor, published in 1932, edited by Robert N. Linscott. There are but four drawings in the collection, none by Arno (one’s a Thurber drawing from Is Sex Necessary, his 1929 collaboration with E.B. White; two drawings accompany Corey Ford pieces, and one drawing appears
Read moreBook of Interest: Richard McGuire’s Sequential Drawings: The New Yorker Series
From Pantheon, mid November of this year, comes Richard McGuire’s Sequential Drawings: The New Yorker Series. No jacket image or further information available at this time. Link here for his bio on Pantheon’s site and/or here to his website.
Read moreLiza Donnelly’s Illustrated Oscars Journal; a reminder: Peter Steiner Book Signing this Evening
Liza Donnelly, as previously mentioned here, attended the Oscars this year. Here’s her illustrated journal. Ms. Donnelly was the first cartoonist granted Oscar press credentials in the event’s history. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ And a reminder about Peter Steiner‘s event tonight: His new book, The Capitalist is out now.
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