Cartoon Companion has posted Part 1 of an interview with long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Frank Cotham. Read it here. Above: one of Mr. Cotham’s porch drawings published in the New Yorker,. April 1, 2013 (click on it to enlarge). Note: For more Cotham, you might enjoy this Spill interview from 2013 __________________________________________________________________ Karasik Talks
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Books of Interest Round-Up: Twohy, Toro, Cuneo, Wheeler, Blitt, Karasik, and Chast
It’s mid-year, which is as good a time as any to round-up the New Yorker cartoonist-related books that’ve come out recently and those that will be coming out. Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy. From the publisher: “Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story…” Published February 2017.
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; The Tilley Watch: Blitt’s Comey Cover; American Bystander #4
Cartoon Companion is back with their rated look at this week’s New Yorker cartoons. The reviewers, “Max” and “Simon” (not their real names) along with a Mystery Cartoonist, examine among others, an unusual police line-up, some NYC candles, a honeycomb, a couple of pigs in a restaurant, and a superhero with a generous waistline. Read it here. _______________________________________________________________________________
Read moreBlitt’s Blitt Cover Revealed; The Tilley Watch: New Yorker’s Managing Editor Profiled
For awhile now, the cover for Barry Blitt‘s upcoming anthology (shown below, with the title and author’s name floating in all that white space) ever-so-slightly resembled, in its simplicity, later editions of the Beatles so-called White Album (later editions added a little gray to the words “The Beatles” on an otherwise all white field). But now, as you can see
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