I found something I was looking for the other day: a log of cartoons I kept in my nascent years of cartooning. Looking through I realized that the only drawings I sold in the Fall of 1977 — right after breaking into The New Yorker — were to Esquire. During that year Esquire was being retooled
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Bad Batch
In a recent exchange of emails with a couple of fellow cartoonists the subject of the weekly batch of drawings came up. It’s not an unusual topic between cartoonists, as the batch is what binds us all together, weekly. The batch — “the batch” referring to the drawings you come up with and then submit to the New
Read moreChast’s First OK; Emory University hosts Cartooning for Peace. Donnelly, Luckovich among panelists
Over at newyorker.com, Bob Mankoff continues his series of First OKs. This week Roz Chast tells her tale. From Emory University, all the info on Cartooning For Peace. Mike Luckovich, and Liza Donnelly are among those participating in panel discussions.
Read moreThe Last Man Sitting
Sixty-six years ago this month James Thurber’s last original cartoon appeared in The New Yorker (the issue of March 23, 1946). Now before I get sympathetic emails telling me I’m woefully misinformed, and that Thurber’s drawings were appearing in the magazine well into the late 1950s, let me explain: By the late 1940s Thurber
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