Friday Spill: Liza Donnelly Celebrates 40 Years Drawing For Habitat Magazine; R. Sikoryak Spotlighted on Mattimoe’s Case For Pencils

                             Liza Donnelly Celebrates 40 Years Of Drawing For Habitat Magazine 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Habitat Magazine is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and celebrating along with them is Liza Donnelly who has been contributing drawings to them for the same number of years. Here’s a piece in the anniversary issue about Ms. Donnelly.  The photo above was taken circa 1982 at the magazine’s offices. Carol Ott, the magazine’s Publisher & Editor-In-Chief is front center. Directly behind her on the left is Cheryl Nelson, assistant. To the right of Ms. Ott is Susan Caplin, Advertising Director. Back row, from the left: Bernie Hoffman, Art Director; Tom Sotor, Managing Editor; Aaron Danzig, a real estate attorney visiting the office that day; Lloyd Chrein, Editor; Philip Green, Photographer; Liza Donnelly. (My thanks to Carol Ott for permission to use the photo and for identifying all the folks in the photo). 

 

 

Left: a 2014 Donnelly illustration for Habitat Magazine.
 
 
Liza Donnelly began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979. Visit her website here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Jane Mattimoe’s “Case for Pencils” Spotlights R. Sikoryak
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Ms. Mattimoe’s fab website brings us R. Sikoryak’s tools of the trade. Mr. Sikoryak has done a number of New Yorker covers, most of them seen above.  Go here to read and see more.  
 

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