Tag: Attempted Bloggery

Happy 89th Gahan Wilson!; A Soglow Scarf On Attempted Bloggery; A Q&A Of Interest: Julia Wertz; Pictures At An Exhibition: Booth, Gross, Harris, Roth, Blechman, & More

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A Most Happy Birthday to Gahan Wilson, born on this day in 1930.

Mr. Wilson began contributing to The New Yorker in 1977. Link here to his website.

As well as The New Yorker, Mr. Wilson’s work is closely associated with The National Lampoon and Playboy.

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A Soglow Scarf On Attempted Bloggery

Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery continues its look at cartoon-covered accessories. Today it’s a circus themed scarf by the one and only Otto Soglow. Mr. Soglow began contributing to The New Yorker in 1925. He is fondly remembered for his creation, The Little King.

Here’s Otto Soglow’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z:

Otto Soglow (pictured above) Born, Yorkville, NY, December 23, 1900. Died in NYC, April 1975. New Yorker work: 1925 -1974.Key collections: Pretty Pictures ( Farrar & Rinehart, 1931) and for fans of Soglow’s Little King; The Little King (Farrar & Rinehart, 1933) and The Little King ( John Martin’s House, Inc., 1945). The latter Little King is an illustrated storybook. Cartoon Monarch / Otto Soglow & The Little King (IDW, 2012) is an excellent compendium.

Above: Soglow’s 1933 collection, The Little King

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A Q&A of Interest: Julia Wertz

Above: Ms. Wertz’s celebrated book.

From Julia Wertz’s website, this fun Q&A. Ms. Wertz began contributing to The New Yorker in 2015.

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Pictures At An Exhibition From Mike Lynch and Jane Mattimoe

L-R: Jane Mattimoe, George Booth, Felipe Galindo, Sidney Harris, and Andrea Arroyo

Jane Mattimoe attended the Mort Gerberg exhibit this past week. She’s posted a bunch of photos on her site. You can see them here.

Mike Lynch also attended and posted a number of pix on his website. Here’s one I particularly like:

Two titans of the cartoon world: Arnold Roth and R.O. Blechman, with their spouses, Caroline and Moisha

The Tilley Watch Online, Newyorker.com’s Daily Cartoonists, February 10-15, 2019; Feiffer’s People On Stage; An Addams Family Scarf

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New Yorker cartoonists contributing to this weeks Daily cartoons were: Brendan Loper, Shannon Wheeler, Mary Lawton, Michael Shaw, and Julia Suits.

Daily Shouts New Yorker cartoonists were: Olivia de Recat (with Julia Edelman), Jason Adam Katzenstein (JAK), and Farley Katz.

To see all the above work and more, link here.

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Feiffer’s People On Stage

From Capecod.com, February 16, 2019, “Eventide Theatre Company Performance Brings Cartoons to Life” — what fun! Read here.

Mr. Feiffer began contributing to The New Yorker in 1992.

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An Addams Family Scarf

A section of the Addams Family scarf shown on Attempted Bloggery

From Attempted Bloggery, February 16, 2019, the second in the AB’s series of cartoonist accessories & clothing: “Addams Family Scarf” — see it here!

A Kovarsky Scarf; Checking In On A New Yorker State Of Mind; Video Interview Of Interest: Edward Koren; Event Of Interest In Chicago: Ken Krimstein’s “Three Escapes Of Hannah Arendt”; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Brendan Loper

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A detail from Attempted Bloggery

Attempted Bloggery looks at an Anatol Kovarsky scarf (perhaps the beginning of a cartoon clothing and accessories series?). Read here!

Mr. Kovarsky’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:

Anatol Kovarsky (photo above, NYC, 2013. By Liza Donnelly) Born, Moscow. Died, June 1, 2016, NYC. Collection: Kovarsky’s World (Knopf, 1956) New Yorker work: 1947 -1969. Link to Ink Spill’s  2013 piece, “Anatol Kovarsky at 94: Still Drawing After All These Years”

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Checking In On A New Yorker State Of Mind

With the Westminster Dog Show champion recently named, what better time to head over to A New Yorker State of Mind’s fascinating post covering the above issue of February 8, 1930. The cover artist: TheodoreHaupt.

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Video Interview of Interest: Edward Koren

From PBS Vermont, this video interview with Edward Koren, first aired April 13, 2003.

Mr. Koren began contributing to The New Yorker in 1962. Link here to his website.

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Event of Interest in Chicago: Ken Krimstein’s “Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt”

Opening in March, an exhibit of work from Ken Krimstein’s excellent Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt. All the info here.

Mr. Krimstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2000. Link here to his website.

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Today’s Daily Cartoon

Trump today, of course. Brendan Loper handles the national emergency. Mr. Loper began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016.

The Tilley Watch Online, Newyorker.com’s Daily Cartoons, February 4-8, 2019; Post-Auction Hokinsons On Attempted Bloggery; A Charles Saxon Shout-Out

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This week’s Daily cartoons — close to 100% Trumpian — were contributed by Jason Adam Katzenstein, Michael Shaw, Peter Kuper, Barry Blitt, and Christopher Weyant.

New Yorker cartoonists contributing to Daily Shouts: Ed Steed, Tim Hamilton, Roz Chast, and Emily Flake.

See all of the above and more here on newyorker.com

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Post-Auction Hokinsons on Attempted Bloggery

Published January 1944 in The New Yorker

Attempted Bloggery has been taking a look at a small crop of Helen Hokinson drawings recently up-for-auction. You should take a look too!

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A Charles Saxon Shout-Out

A Charles Saxon cartoon anthology from 1977

It’s always a treat to see one cartoonist say nice things about another. Here’s Bill Abbott on Facebook talking about the late very great Charles Saxon.*

* Mr. Abbott suggests in his shout out that Saxon “never actually wrote any of his own material” — I believe he’s thinking of George Price, who is the only New Yorker cartoonist, other than Helen Hokinson, who relied solely on provided ideas.

And here’s Charles Saxon’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:

Charles Saxon Born in Brooklyn, Nov 13, 1920, died in Stamford, Conn., Dec 6, 1988. NYer work: 1943 – 1991 (2 drawings published posthumously). Key collection: One Man’s Fancy ( Dodd, Mead, 1977).

Bonus! Here’s a link to a fun Saxon photo I’d not seen until this morning.


More On Barbara Shermund; New Yorker Cartoon Collection Of Interest: Ice Breakers; Today’s Daily Cartoon & A Daily Bonus Cartoon; A Podcast Of Interest

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Shermund’s rough sketch for her New Yorker cover of March 18, 1939


From The Comics Beat, February 4, 2019, “Caitlin McGurk on Long Lost Artist Barbara Shermund and Telling A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins”— more on The late great New Yorker artist Barbara Shermund who is currently being celebrated out at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Ohio.

And a reminder: Liza Donnelly will be speaking about Ms. Shermund at Billy Ireland this Thursday. Info here.

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New Yorker Cartoon Collection of Interest: Ice Breakers : A New Yorker Book of Cartoons

The above cover caught my attention when posted on Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery the other day. There are a lot — a whole lot — of custom New Yorker cartoon collections out there but this one, published in 2005, is as Mr. Nadler notes, slightly different than the others. Read about it here.

Below: The Index Of Artists from Ice Breakers, courtesy of Attempted Bloggery. Usually these Indexes are accurate, but this one has at least one omission (it’s missing one cartoonist — alright, it’s me –whose work is included). When I get hold of a copy I’ll dig into it and see if there are any more).

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Today’s Daily Cartoon

Today’s Daily Cartoon: a political drinking game by Chris Weyant. Mr. Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Link to his website here.

And a bonus Daily cartoon, with a Warholian State of The Union momentby Barry Blitt, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1992. Link to his website here.

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A Podcast of Interest

Emily Flake, a New Yorker contributor since 2008, is a guest on this new-to-me podcast. Listen as she talks about all sorts of New Yorker cartoonisty things. You can find the podcast on Twitter:

@DEricpodcast

Link here to Ms. Flake’s website.