Two recent additions to our Cartoon Library: Above is a 1949 Dell paperback by the late great Whitney Darrow, Jr.,who died in 1999 at age 89. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1933. I have a special affection for Mr. Darrow — my entry into The New Yorker way back in 1977 began with him executing one
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5 Questions for Roz Chast; Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection; Further news of The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) & The Society of Illustrators
From The Horn Book, August 2, 2012, “Five Questions for Roz Chast” From American Enterprise, August 9, 2012, “Seeing artistry in Alfred Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection” From The Comics Journal (TCJ), August 9, 2012, Michael Dean continues his fine coverage with “MoCCA Gets a New Lease on Life at Society of Illustrators”
Read moreLiam Walsh’s preliminary drawings for his cartoon in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
Click here to see early versions of Liam Walsh’s New Yorker Caption Contest cartoon (the cartoon, with its winning caption appears in the current issue, dated Aug.13 & 20, 2012).
Read moreMark O’Donnell: 1954 – 2012
Mark O’Donnell, a prolific writer who contributed humor pieces to The New Yorker as well as two cartoons ( June 1, 1992 and July 6, 1992) passed away last Monday. For more, read The New Yorker’s Culture Desk piece:“Remembering Mark O’Donnell ‘Ohio- Born and Harvard-Frosted’”
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