Fave Photos Of The Day
From last evening’s Uptown Arts Stroll in Washington Heights, New Yorker cover artist, Andrea Arroyo stands in front of one of her pieces from her “Goddesses at the Palace” exhibit in the foyer of The United Palace. Below: attendees, New Yorker cartoonists Liza Donnelly, and Felipe Galindo (Ms. Arroyo’s husband).
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Anatomy Of A Daily Cartoon
Liza Donnelly shows us how her cartoon shown below (as originally submitted) changed over time on its way to being today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoon. Read here.
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Two Posts Of Interest From Attempted Bloggery:
Attempted Bloggery, June 11, 2023, “Charles Addams First Published Cartoon?” — this post from Stephen Nadler, with a bunch of photos, and a cartoon from Addams’ High School Yearbook.
photo: Charles Addams, 1927.
Charles Addams A-Z entry:
Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s stable of artists. Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection. A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House. Visit the Addams Foundation website for far more information : charlesaddams.com/
Attempted Bloggery, June 25, 2023, “Saul Steinberg: Pont Royal Table”
— Nadler shows us a piece that, justlikethat, doubled in price.
Steinberg’s A-Z entry:
Saul Steinberg Born, June 15, 1914, Ramnic-Sarat, Rumania. Died in 1999. New Yorker work: 1941 – (The New Yorker publishes his work posthumously). Steinberg is one of the giants of The New Yorker. Go here to visit the Saul Steinberg Foundationwhere you’ll find much essential information and examples of his work.
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Sam Marlow Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Sam Marlow, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016, is the guest on the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast episode #114. Listen here.
photo above: clockwise from top left: Co-hosts Beth Lawler and Paul Nesja, and Mr. Marlow.
Read more about him here on A Case for Pencils.