On the Society of Illustrators October 2013 calendar of exhibits: “The Collection of Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly” — the exhibit runs from October 29 through December 21. (above: a Jack Ziegler drawing that appeared in The New Yorker July 28, 1980) Here’s the event listing on the Society’s site: Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly,
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Barbara Shermund Biography In the Works
Word has reached Ink Spill that a biography of the prolific New Yorker cartoonist (and cover artist) Barbara Shermund is in the works. Shermund’s great niece, Amanda Gormley is in the early stages of research on the artist’s life and work. Ms. Gormley writes that her “goal is to bring her story to light and marry her early life and
Read moreOSU’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum spotlights Barbara Shermund; Profile: Michael Shaw
From the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum blog, March 27, 2012, “Women’s History Month: Barbara Shermund, 1899-1978” (with Liza Donnelly content) From Onmilwaukee.com, March 27, 2012, “Compulsive Cartoonist Finds Success at The New Yorker” — this profile of Michael Shaw
Read moreIn Good Company: a look at the cartoons in Al Ross’s New Yorker debut issue
The news that Al Ross passed away last week got me to thinking about his start at The New Yorker, way way back in the issue of November 27, 1937, when he was twenty-five years old. This morning I went to our cabinet full of bound New Yorkers, brought out the volume from late 1937 and began paging through
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