The Kenosha (Wisconsin) Festival of Cartooning is almost upon us (September 15 – 17). Three days of presentations as well as an exhibit of original work by over 30 artists, including the likes of Helen Hokinson*, Liza Donnelly, Trina Robbins, Isabella Bannerman, Rina Piccolo, Maria Scrivan, Hilda Terry, Ramona Fradon, Jen Sorensen & Hilary Price. Details here.
*bolded names are New Yorker contributors
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…Ms. Donnelly will also be in an exhibit closer to home this Fall, joining me in a show of some of our New Yorker cartoons at Arts Mid-Hudson . Details here.
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…Bob Eckstein‘s eagerly awaited Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers is the subject of Brenda Cronin’s Wall Street Journal article (& video), “Bob Eckstein’s Tribute to Beloved Bookstores”