There are probably as many different work habits among New Yorker cartoonists as there are New Yorker cartoonists. I’ve heard of colleagues who are nine-to-fivers, and those who’ve worked the night shift. There was even a rumor of a colleague, now long gone, who did his batch of cartoons on the train as he headed down from Connecticut to see
Read moreMonth: January 2019
Cartoon Events Of Interest: Ken Krimstein With Roz Chast, David Sipress, Peter Kuper, And Others; Mort Gerberg Book Event
A Reminder: Ken Krimstein, author of the wonderful The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt will conduct three panels at the Yivo Institute For Jewish Research (in NYC) this month. He’ll be joined on various dates by some heavy-hitters in the New Yorker cartoon universe. Artists such as Roz Chast, Mort Gerberg, David Sipress, Amy Kurzweil and Peter Kuper will join
Read morePeter Arno’s 115th
Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., later known as Peter Arno, was born one hundred and fifteen years ago this month. The Spill will celebrate with an Arno post a week in January. Twenty-one years later, he began his four decade association with the New Yorker. We cartoonists who arrived in his wake owe him much. Arno’s approach to his art became
Read morePublication Of Interest: American Bystander #9
The American Bystander has become home away from home for numerous New Yorker artists, past and present. In the AB #9, just arrived in today’s mail (cover by Rick Geary) you will find more work by Eustace Tilley contributors than you can shake a Micron pen at. In this issue: Lila Ash, Charles Barsotti, George Booth, M.K. Brown, Roz Chast,
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