Liza Donnelly On Emily Flake
Long time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly continues her series of mini-essays on the cartoonists featured in her upcoming documentary, Women Laughing. Here’s her latest entry: “The Cartoons Of Emily Flake.”
Ms. Flake (shown left) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008. Visit her website here.
–Above: An Emily Flake drawing from The New Yorker, November 22, 2021
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Video Of Interest: Jason Chatfield With Hilary Campbell
Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, joins Jason Chatfield (also from the class of 2017) for his “Draw Me Anything” series. Watch here.
Among many things discussed is Ms. Campbell’s upcoming book, The Joy Of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir About Food, Love & Family (Andrews McMeel. Pub date: Oct 7, 2025).
Visit Ms. Campbell’s website here.
Visit Mr. Chatfield’s substack here.
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Now That’s A Cover!
The New Yorker‘s 25th cover, by Julian De Miskey, (his fifth New Yorker cover) is most definitely not out of the overwrought school of art. A wonderful frozen moment from a long ago August.
Julian De Miskey’s A-Z Entry:
Julian De Miskey (photo by Andre Kertesz) Born 1898, died 1976. New Yorker work: 1925 – 1962. The New Yorker’s database indicates he contributed 82 cartoons and 62 covers. His first published New Yorker piece was a cover for the issue of May 23, 1925. The following information from de Miskey’s bio on the Papillion Gallery site: born in Hungry, came to the United States in 1914. After attending the NYC’s Art Students League, he began contributing to various publications, eventually contributing to the New Yorker in its first year of publication.