Happy 95th, Ed Frascino! Wishing the terrific New Yorker artist, Ed Frascino a very very happy birthday. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965 (his debut cartoon appeared in the issue of September 4th). Read the Spill’s November 2020 interview with him here. Below: A Frascino New Yorker drawing, published November 21 1988 _________________________________________________________________________ The
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Ed Himelblau Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Ed Himelblau, who began contributing to The New Yorker in December of 2021, joins the always fun CCCP crew this week (it’s Episode #226 for those keeping track). Listen here. Photo above: from top left and going clockwise: Mr. Himelblau, co-hosts Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius. ____________________________________________________
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Where Is Dr. Millmoss? I was looking through the very first New Yorker “Cartoon Issue” this morning (the issue dated December 15, 1997), rereading Roger Angell’s terrif piece, “Congratulations! It’s A Baby” (p.132) in which he wrote: “After I went to boarding school, he [James Thurber] gave me a great interview for the school paper, along with the original of
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Fave Photo: Krimstein, Byrnes, and Eckstein A photo of three terrif New Yorker cartoonists taken this week in the Toddlin’ Town. From left to right: Ken Krimstein, Bob Eckstein, and Pat Byrnes. Mr. Krimstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2000. Visit his website here. Mr. Eckstein began contributing in 2007. Visit his website here. Mr. Byrnes began contributing
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