Joe Farris, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1957, died this morning according to a notice posted by his daughter on Facebook. Born in 1924, in Newark, NJ, Joe was a longtime Connecticut resident. In his early days he was a student of another Connecticut cartoonist, the great Richard Taylor. Joe contributed close to 300 cartoons to the
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Ward Sutton’s Washington DC Reboot; Video: Joe Farris’ Soldier’s Sketchbook; Sipress Speaks
From The Village Voice, “Washington DC Reboot” — this must-see slide show of some familiar characters rebooted by Ward Sutton. (Image above, from the slide show, courtesy of Ward Sutton). From National Geographic, November 11, 2011, “A Soldier’s Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II” — this piece on Joe Farris, with video. From Nearsay,
Read moreAlgonquin to close for renovations; Video: Joe Farris’s Soldier’s Sketchbook; Bob Mankoff on The New Yorker’s Cartoon Issue
From hotelchatter.com, October 28,2011, “The Algonquin Hotel to Close This Winter for Renovations” ( post includes a nice photo of the Hotel’s New Yorker cartoon wallpaper) A short Youtube video about Joe Farris’s new book A Soldier’s Sketchbook. From The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs, October 27, 2011, “The New Yorker’s ‘Cartoon Issue’: Bob Mankoff lets us peek behind the
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