Here are a bunch of photos taken at last night’s opening reception for The Society of Illustrators exhibit, George Booth: A Cartoonist’s Life, curated by J.J. Sedelmaier. A ton of original George Booth covers and drawings in one place. What more could anyone ask for? It’s a wonderful show. Go see it. Above left, Danny Shanahan with Seth Fleishman (and
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So Long, 2016. Howdy, 2017
Geez, what a year. I’ve spent this morning looking back through Ink Spill’s 2016 posts. This was the year we lost more New Yorker cartoonist colleagues than in any previous twelve month period in the magazine’s history: William Hamilton, John Caldwell, Gerald Dumas, Michael Crawford, Anatol Kovarsky, Frank Modell, Robert Weber, and Peter Porges. Their combined published work in
Read moreLatest Addition to the Ink Spill Library: Anatol Kovarsky Illustrated Limericks
Just added to Ink Spill‘s Library, courtesy of the cartoonist Mike Lynch: There Was A young Lady Named Alice (Dell Publishing, 1963) — limericks collected by John Armstrong, with illustrations by the great artist,
Read moreThe Ink Spill Jack Ziegler Interview, Pt. 2
In Part 1 of my interview with Jack Ziegler he mentioned having a few certain favorite drawings among [his] “children.” I asked him to name several for us to discuss over the phone. I also picked out a handful of my Ziegler favorites to discuss. As Jack said he’d like to be surprised, I had a number of
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