This Monday, the 16th of September, the Brooklyn Book Festival begins with its Bookend events. Names familiar from the New Yorker’s past, and names familiar from its present take part in (or are the subjects of) various events throughout the week. Below are just some of the events featuring New Yorker folk. Please consult the Festivals website for all
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National Cartoonists Society Best Gag Cartoonist nominees include Ziegler, Stevens, Chast and Gross
From The Daily Cartoonist, “NCS announces 2012 division awards” — Four New Yorker cartoonists are nominated in the Gag Cartoon category: Jack Ziegler, Mick Stevens, Roz Chast and Sam Gross. Barry Blitt, a New Yorker contributor perhaps best known for his covers, is nominated in the category of Magazine Feature/Magazine illustration. Congratulations to all! And for more on the National
Read moreAndrzej Czeczot: 1933 -2012; Blown Covers, live
The News (news from Poland), May 9, 2012, “Satirical cartoonist Andrzej Czeczot dies” (Czeczot’s “Manhattan” a four page spread of drawings, appeared in The New Yorker, June 9, 1986). From The Gothamist, May 9, 2012, “More Rejected New Yorker Covers Revealed, Explained”
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