At The New Yorker Festival: New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen & Company Talk Peanuts; A Conversation With Alison Bechdel; Chast & Ukulele; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; A Daily Shouts With… Avi Steinberg

At The New Yorker Festival: New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen & Company Talk Peanuts; A Conversation With Alison Bechdel; Chast, Marx, & Ukuleles  Cartoon-related Fest Happenings: The New Yorker‘s Cartoon Editor, Emma Allen will moderate a panel discussion on “Peanuts.” (Oct. 12). All the info here. Alison Bechdel will speak with Judith Thurman (Oct. 12).  Info here. Roz Chast,

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Bob Eckstein Is The Erma Bombeck Humor Writer Of The Month; Article Of Interest: Cartooning Thriving In Vermont; More Spills With Barbara Shermund, Cartoon Companion, Roz Chast, Arno & Company

Bob Eckstein Is The Erma Bombeck Humor Writer Of The Month Bob Eckstein, who began contributing his cartoons to The New Yorker in 2007 has been named the Erma Bombeck Humor Writer of the Month.  Read here.  Mr. Eckstein’s most recent  books are shown above. ___________________________________________________ Article Of Interest: Cartooning Thriving in Vermont From the Bennington Banner, December 5, 2018,

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Interview of Interest: Barry Blitt; Vermont’s New Cartoonist Laureate

      From Mother Jones, April 2, 2017, “Cartoonist Takes On the Sketchiest President Yet” an interview with Barry Blitt (his anthology, Blitt, will be in book stores this October) ______________________________________________________________ From Vermont’s Seven Days, March 28, 2017, “Alison Bechdel to Be Next Vermont Cartoonist Laureate” –This piece on the April 6th passing of the pen from Edward Koren

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Interview of Interest: Liza Donnelly

                              From Live/Mint, December 1, 2016, “Funny Lady: The New Yorker’s cartoonist Liza Donnelly on Trump, feminist cartoons, how she works, and her favorite cartoonists” — this interview with Ms.Donnelly, who is in Delhi this week. Follow her live-tweet drawings she’s doing while there:  @lizadonnelly [photo:

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