Ann McCarthy, who contributed twenty-two cartoons and six covers to The New Yorker between May 1988 through December 1992, has died, according to her daughter. Liza Donnelly, In her book, Funny Ladies, a history of the New Yorker‘s female cartoonists, had this, in part, to say about Ms. McCarthy: Ann McCarthy grew up in New York City. She says
Read moreMonth: March 2017
New York Times Raves About Arno’s “The New Yorkers”
“So this is what Manhattan looked like in the tipsy yesterday of Prohibition” — Ben Brantley, The New York Times The New Yorkers was a hit when it opened in December of 1930 (done in by the Depression, it closed after 168 performances) and here it is back in 2017, albeit in altered form, heralded one more time. Too bad
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: Blitt, Telnaes, Galindo, Taylor and Donnelly; Rating New Yorker Cartoons: Cartoon Companion Looks at a Giant Snowman, Escaping Clowns and More
Here’s a photo from last night’s event “Cartooning the New Reality” at The Museum of The City of New York. From left to right: Barry Blitt, Ann Telnaes, Felipe Galindo, Whit Taylor, and moderator, Liza Donnelly _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ The Cartoon Companion duo hand out some tough and tender love as they assess the cartoons in this week’s
Read more“The Place Was Especially A Mess After The Weekly Art Meetings”
… “The artists, who waited for the verdicts, scrambled for desk space where they could retouch their cartoons and spots according to what Wylie, or Katharine Angell, told them what Ross wanted.”* — So said New Yorker editor and writer Rogers Whitaker to Thurber biographer, Harrison Kinney. He was describing a wonderfully fun and exciting time and
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