Ward Sutton Accepts Herblock Prize From Michael Cavna, The Washington Post, “2018 Herblock Prize Winner is Inspired by His Forebears — and Enraged by Trump”–this piece on Ward Sutton’s Library of Congress acceptance speech. Mr. Sutton began contributing to The New Yorker in October 2007. Mr. Sutton’s website: http://www.suttonimpactstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________ King Features Signs Liniers From Todd Allen, The Comics Beat, May 10,
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The Wednesday Watch: Happy 96th, Dana Fradon!; Profile of Interest: George Booth; A Syd Hoff Selection; Hugette Martell in NY Review of Books; Chatfield Chats About Trump
Happy 96th Dana Fradon! Very best birthday wishes to Mr. Fradon, our senior New Yorker cartoonist. Above, a powerhouse quartet: three New Yorker cartoonists and their editor. Left to right: Charles Saxon, James Geraghty (the New Yorker‘s Art Editor from 1939 – 1973), Dana Fradon, and Whitney Darrow, Jr. Westport, September, 1982. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Geraghty Herndon). Mr. Fradon’s
Read moreAudio/Visuals of Interest: Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast, Lars Kenseth
Liza Donnelly’s Latest Drawings on CBS This Morning Here’s CBS News Resident Cartoonist Liza Donnelly’s latest work. And…she wrote a little something about the piece on her blog. Ms. Donnelly’s website. _______________________________________________________ The Virtual Memories MoCCA Interview with Roz Chast Gil Roth’s interviews an awful lot of interesting folks, and thankfully, a good number of them are cartoonists. Here’s a
Read morePhoto of Note: Eldon Dedini; The Monday Tilley Watch
Photo of Note: Eldon Dedini Out of the blue, the Monterey Herald posted this fine photo of the late Eldon Dedini under the headline, “Looking Back, Portrait of a Cartoonist” Here’s Mr. Dedini’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Eldon Dedini ( Pictured above. Source: Esquire Cartoon Album, 1957) Born 1921, King City, Calif. Died Jan.12, 2006, Carmel, Calif. New Yorker
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