Here’s notice of an exhibit of work by the late great Mary Petty, a New Yorker cartoonist whose name isn’t mentioned often enough here. All the details. Below: the only collection of Ms. Petty’s work, published in 1946. Preface by James Thurber.
Read moreMonth: April 2016
Must See! Sam Gross on His Life & Work at The NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium
A Must See! The New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium will host the legendary cartoonist Sam Gross on April 12th. All the details here.
Read moreInterview of Interest: Drew Dernavich
From Discover, April 4, 2016, “Cartoonist Drew Dernavich on Humor, Craft and Drawing for The New Yorker” Link here to Mr. Dernavich’s website ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Vanity Fair weighs in with an Arno piece…(nice photos & a shout out to my forthcoming Arno biography)
Read moreArno Olio #5: Whiteman’s Burden
From the Dept. of Self-promotion: continuing with this Sunday series leading up the publication of Arno’s biography on April 19th. Today is the fairly obscure title, Whiteman’s Burden, published in 1933 by Viking Press. Written by the silent film actress, Margaret Livingston Whiteman & writer, Isabel Leighton. The back cover, shown just below the cover scan, nicely explains (using by
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