Appearance of Interest: Harry Bliss; Attempted Bloggery Begins a Gregory d’Alessio Appreciation; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 15: Abner Dean

Appearance of Interest: Harry Bliss Harry Bliss, a New Yorker contributor since 1998,  will speak at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History on September 18th.  All the details here. __________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Begins a Gregory d’Alessio Appreciation Gregory d’Alessio, a New Yorker contributor  — he contributed from 1934 – 1940 — who doesn’t get much attention is finally getting

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Blitt and Kuper on Society of Illustrators Panel; Gil Roth Roth Interviews Glen Baxter; Another Look at Abner Dean; Felipe Galindo In Conference on Political Satire in Latin America; A Case For Pencils’ Pencils

    Last Minute Notice! “Can Art Affect Social Change?”  Barry Blitt and Peter Kuper, among others, will discuss tonight at The Society of Illustrators.  Details here ____________________________________________________________________ Check out Gil Roth’s wonderful interview with Glen Baxter on Mr. Roth’s Virtual Memories podcast here. (Mr. Baxter talks about coming to The New Yorker in the Robert Gottlieb era). While on

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Tom Toro on Pencils…and More Spills

A Case For Pencils is visited by Tom Toro this week.  Check it out! Link here to Mr. Toro’s website.     _______________________________________________________________________               …Mike Lynch celebrates the 99th birthday of Virgil Partch aka VIP…   …Two pieces on The New York Review of Books new New York Review Comics, including titles by Abner

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