The New York Times has reported that New Yorker cartoonist Al Ross has died. Al, who was 100, easily held the title of most senior member of this cadre. He contributed over six hundred drawings to the magazine, from November 27, 1937 through February 18, 2002. There were a number of veteran cartoonists who warmly welcomed me when
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Video: Paul Noth; Eli Stein celebrates Al Ross’s 100th; New Book: a Wolcott Gibbs anthology
From a blog by Peter McGraw, October 26, 2011, “Will these cartoons be funny in other countries?” – this post, including a short video of an interview with Paul Noth From Eli Stein’s website, “We All Have to Start Somewhere Dept. Case in Point #16,” this post featuring work by Al Ross From Salon, October 21, 2001, “The
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The great cartoonist, Al Ross, turned 100 yesterday. Ross, born in Vienna, Austria, began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 1937. He has contributed over 600 drawings since. (photo above from the NY1 video) From NY1, a brief video of Ross celebrating yesterday To see some of Mr. Ross’s New Yorker work, visit the magazine’s Cartoon Bank here.
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