Slightly Underwritten, published in 1951 by Simon & Schuster was one of my most memorable used bookstore finds. Memorable because the original of the Thurber drawing on the cover happens to be the one and only Thurber original in the Spill‘s collection. When I pulled this book off the store shelf and saw the drawing on the cover, time stood
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Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC’s 2018 Slate of Projects; Books of Interest: Seth, Ben Katchor; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 7: Charles Saxon
Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC ‘s 2018 Slate of Projects From Deadline Hollywood, July 29, 2017, “IFC Sets 2018 Slate…” — in a list of projects following this sentence: IFC has given episodic script orders to the following projects: is: Mama Tried A show about the seamy underbelly of new motherhood, Mama Triedfollows the struggles (and occasional triumphs) of Liz Callahan
Read moreWilliam Hamilton’s Life on the Farm; Gil Roth Interviews Ben Katchor (again); Ken Krimstein to Bare All; A Case For Pencils’ Bill Kartalopoulos Interview
From The Lexington Herald Leader, October 28, 2016, “Who Knew Famous New Yorker Cartoonist Lampooned City Life From a Kentucky Farm?”— this piece about the late great William Hamilton. (Above: A Collection of Mr. Hamilton’s cartoons from 1977) _______________________________________________________________________________ Here’s Gil Roth’s latest Virtual Memories podcast…this time
Read moreKatchor Interviewed; Sikoryak’s Carousel with Eckstein & Kuper
From The Comics Journal, October 19, 2016, “Getting Material: A Short Interview with Ben Katchor” Link here to Mr. Katchor’s website. ____________________________________________________________________ Bob Eckstein and Peter Kuper are included in Robert Sikoryak’s October 26th Carousel . Info here and on the poster.
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