The one and only William Steig was born in Brooklyn on this day in 1907 (he died in Boston, October 3, 2007). Steig contributed over 1600 cartoons and 117 covers to The New Yorker in his 73 years with the magazine. Speaking of Steig to The New York Times in 2007, Lee Lorenz, former Art editor of The New
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Liza Donnelly draws at Forum d’Avignon; Music Video: New Yorker staffers (and two cartoonists); Dick Tracy and The Daily News
Liza Donnelly heads to France this week, where she’ll join three other cartoonists at the Forum d’Avignon. (illustration above from the Forum’s program) Video: from newyorker.com, November 13, 2012, “Beck’s New Song ‘Old Shanghai,’ Played by New Yorker Staffers” (with Farley Katz and Marc Phillipe Eskenazi). Every once in awhile, Ink Spill links
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From TCJ, November 12, 2012, “Building Stories” — Paul Karasik’s review of Chris Ware’s latest offering. From the blog, antonemdin.com, November 11th, 2012, “Finalists for Cartoonist of the Year” — Glen Le Lievre is among the six. From the blog, shelleydavies.com, November 10, 2012, “Anatol Kovarsky” — a decorated scarf and New Yorker covers by the late cartoonist.
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From brooklynpaper.com, “Cartoonists are the stars of this comic show” — this piece on R. Sikoryak’s “Carousel”
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