Tom Toro Returns as The New Yorker’s Daily Cartoonist; Looking at a 90 Year Old Issue of The New Yorker

Tom Toro (left) has taken The New Yorker Daily Cartoonist baton from Christopher Weyant.  Mr.Toro previously did the Daily in early 2014. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ A couple of days ago, A Case For Pencils was mentioned in this space as a new favorite site…today, another favorite,  Attempted Bloggery brings to our attention the  June 20th 1925 New Yorker (a copy recently sold

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Interviews: Carolita Johnson, BEK; A Very Close-look at The New Yorker’s Tenth Issue

From ladycollective.com, April 17, 2015, “Schoolin’ Life: Carolita Johnson” — this interview with Ms. Johnson   ___________________________________________________________________________________ From publicradioeast.org, April 25, 2015, “Not My Job: New Yorker Cartoonist ‘BEK’ Gets Quizzed on Burger King” — an audio interview with Bruce Eric Kaplan.     ___________________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery continues its fascinating close-look series at The New Yorker’s earliest issues. Issue #10

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