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
Read moreTom 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
Read moreAbner Dean, Andre Francois, Alberto Fremura Added to Ink Spill’s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z
Bentley Roberts, an Ink Spill visitor, has done some spectacular sleuthing these past months, going through all the New Yorker cartoons, beginning with the very first issue of the magazine. Because of his efforts, Andre Francois and Abner Dean have been added to this site’s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z section. Until
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