New ToonStock…Hearts & Romance From ToonStack (how tempted I am to call it ToonStock!), the folks who post a themed collection of cartoons every Sunday, this latest grouping featuring work on romance. Contributors include Johnny DiNapoli, Millie von Platen, Adam Douglas Thompson, Hilary Campbell, Navied Mahdavian, Sofia Warren, Kendra Allenby, Ellis Rosen, J.A.K., Amy Kurzweil*, and the lone non-New
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On this extremely warm Thurber Thursday I was driven (well, I drove myself) to the Spill’s collection of New Yorker Albums (of drawings, or if you’re feeling more contemporary casual, cartoons). It occurred to me this morning that I did not know which Album contained the first Thurber appearance. You might think it appeared in the 1st album, simply titled
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Daily Shouts Today’s Daily Shouts: from the magazine’s cartoon editor, Emma Allen, “So You Want To Be A New Yorker Cartoonist”* it features drawings by Evan Lian (who did the caricature of Ms. Allen you see here), Hilary Campbell, J.A.K., Victor Varnado, Amy Kurzweil, Jason Chatfield, Kendra Allenby, Ellis Rosen, and Navied Mahdavian. *the ‘So’ part of the piece’s title
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Alan Dunn’s New Yorker War Cartoons Cover Alan Dunn might be best remembered for his signature densely styled charcoal and grease pencil drawings that appeared for nearly a half-century in the New Yorker, from 1926 through 1974. Or he might be remembered as the most prolific New Yorker artist with the most published cartoons until William Steig overtook him
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