Robert Leighton Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
The fab Robert Leighton, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002, joins the always entertaining crew at the CCCP. It’s episode #201 for those keeping track. Listen here!
— above, clockwise from the top left: Robert Leighton, and co-hosts Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius
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Book Event Of Interest: Paul Karasik And David Mazzucchelli
IF you’re out Rhode Island way, here’s your one and only chance to see Mr. Karasik with one of his New York Trilogy co-authors, David Mazzucchelli in conversation. Mr. Karasik began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999.
Thursday, May 8 6:30-8:00 PM Metcalf Auditorium, 20 North Main St., Providence.
More information and free registration (recommended!) here.
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Sixteen Barbara Shermund Original Illustrations!
More than two fistfuls of delightful Barbara Shermund original drawings (16 at last count) have popped up on Ebay (to find them simply type in “Barbara Shermund” on the Ebay search box). 
All of them illustrated Michael Shepard’s 1930’s title, So I Said To Mr. Morgan. Below are just a few of the drawings.
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Barbara Shermund’a A-Z Entry:
Barbara Shermund (self portrait shown) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978, New Jersey. New Yorker work: June 13, 1925 thru September 16, 1944. 8 covers and 599 cartoons. Shermund’s post-New Yorker work was featured in Esquire. See Liza Donnelly’s book, Funny Ladies — a history of The New Yorker’s women cartoonists — for more on Shermund’s life and work, as well as Caitlin McGurk’s Tell Me A Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life And Art Of Barbara Shermund.