A Shermund Mystery Cartoon; Donnelly’s “How To Draw A Dog”; New Yorker Encyclopedia Of Cartoons Falls Below $40.00

A Shermund Mystery Who doesn’t like a good cartoon mystery. Over on Attempted Bloggery you can read all about a Barbara Shermund drawing with an unknown publishing history.  Read here.  And don’t forget that Ms. Shermund’s art is being celebrated at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. ______________________________________________ Liza Donnelly’s “How To Draw A Dog”  Liza Donnelly’s memoir-ish  “How

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Of Interest: Sara Lautman’s Maurice Sendak Origin Story; A Book Event: Carolita Johnson Talks Dogs With Liza Donnelly

Sara Lautman’s Maurice Sendak Origin Story Read Sara Lautman‘s “What Haunted Maurice Sendak” here. Ms. Lautman began contributing her cartoons to The New Yorker in March of 2016. ______________________________________________________ Carolita Johnson Talks Dogs With Liza Donnelly In celebration of Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are (released yesterday…illustrated by Liza Donnelly) Carolita Johnson (above right) will join Ms. Donnelly

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Out Today! Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are

Out today from Flatiron, Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are, sold wherever books are sold. Profusely illustrated by Liza Donnelly. Ms. Donnelly’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Liza Donnelly (pictured above) Born, Washington, D.C. New Yorker work: 1982 – Key book: Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons (Prometheus, 2005). Edited:  Sex & Sensibility:

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