_________________________________________________________ Personal History…My Big Find At least twenty years ago, possibly thirty, I walked into a Moose Lodge “Antique” show in upstate New York (it was really more of an indoor yard sale than an antique show). Strolled through, and was heading out the door when I noticed a partially unfolded large poster leaning against a wall. I could see
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From The Washington Post, October 15, 2020, “In A Sacred Place: How New Yorker Cartoonist Liza donnelly Came To Work In Norman Rockwell’s Studio” Ms. Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. Visit her website here. ______________________________________________________ Video Of Interest: J.A.K. From ABC News, “New Yorker Cartoonist Opens Up About His Struggles With OCD” Mr. K. began contributing to
Read more___________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery On Groucho’s Hokinson Festival Here’s a fun post from Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery on Groucho Marx’s copy of The Hokinson Festival spotted in a photo. The Festival, published seven years after Ms. Hokinson’s death, is a great addition to any cartoon library. A bonus: it includes color plates of a few of her sixty-eight New Yorker covers.
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Video Of Interest With Emma Allen And Jeremy Nguyen The New Yorker cartoon editor, Emma Allen speaks, virtually, with cartoonist Jeremy Nguyen in this 8 minute video, “How To Draw A City” Mr. Nguyen began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Visit his website here. Ms. Allen was appointed the magazine’s cartoon editor in the Spring of 2017. …and
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