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.
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The Tilley Watch Online, January 21-25, 2019; Cartoon Companion Rates The Latest New Yorker Drawings…And Interviews Roz Chast; More Arno And Shermund On Attempted Bloggery
New Yorker cartoonists contributing to Daily Shouts this past week were Bishakh Som, Liana Finck, and Ali Fitzgerald. The week’s Daily Cartoons, if not outright Trumpian, were certainly Trump tinged. The contributing New Yorker cartoonists were Emily Flake and Lars Kenseth; the online-only contributors were Brooke Bourgeois and Ivan Ehlers. _____________________________________________ The CC‘s “Max” and “Simon” have assigned ratings to
Read moreMarisa Acocella On List Of Comic Greats; Attempted Bloggery Looks At Cartoon Saber Arches
From Syfy Wire, January 23, 2019, “The Greatest Female Comic Book Creators of All Time” — On the list: Marisa Acocella, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. __________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Looks At Saber Arches The latest Attempted Bloggery post looks at two cartoons featuring the saber arch: one by Barbara Shermund (above) as well as a classic
Read moreLiza Donnelly To Speak On Barbara Shermund At The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
On February 7th, Liza Donnelly will speak at Ohio’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum about Barbara Shermund, a major contributor of cartoons during The New Yorker’s early years. Details here. Here’s Ms. Shermund’s entry on The Spill‘s A-Z: Barbara Shermund (self portrait, to the left) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978,
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