The 2012 National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award winners named last night included New Yorker contributors Edward Sorel, Ben Katchor, and Zach Kanin. For a list of all the winners, go here to the NCS site. Congratulations!
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From the Attic: Cobean, Ross, and Peter Arno
Here’re three more items that will soon be added to the Attic. Above: A Sam Cobean handkerchief. Other than Thurber I can’t think of another of the magazine’s cartoonists who was more fond of delving into the whole man/woman thing. Below: This Timex watch with an Al Ross drawing on its face is not very old,
Read moreBob Mankoff on the desert island
From Vanity Fair, May 25, 2012, “A Guy, a Palm Tree, and a Desert Island: The Cartoon Genre That Just Won’t Die”
Read moreReview: “Every Tuesday”; R. Chast in San Fran; Liza Donnelly speaks in Geneva; Interview w/ Nick Downes
From Hollywood Soapbox, May 23, 2012, “Tribeca Review: ‘Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists’” From San Francisco Gate, May 23, 2012, “‘The Kugelmass Episode’ at City Arts & Lectures” (scroll down for R. Chast content) From European Cartoon Center, May 23, 2012, “Women Cartoonists by Liza Donnelly in Genva” From Humor Times, May 23, 2012,
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