A New Cartoon Collection From Nick Downes From Humorist Books, Polly Wants A Lawyer! from Nick Downes, who began contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. As Emma Allen, The New Yorker’s cartoon editor says in her blurb on the book’s back cover, Mr. Downes’s drawings are “fabulously bizarre, twisted and sometimes macabre.” Link here to Nick Downes’s website.
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Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show “Today: 10 Years Of Cartooning” Thursday Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed here about Thursday’s opening at ArtsClub. Visit her website. Her new book, out January 10, is What Did I Do Today? ______________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod It’s always fun to hear The Cartoon Caption
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Facebook Group’s “Greetings, Rejects!” Beth Lawler, who began the Facebook group, Caption Contest Rejects & Enthusiasts, has posted “Greetings, Rejects!” a fun cartoonist-centric homage to The New Yorker‘s annual holiday poem, “Greetings, Friends” (originally written by Frank Sullivan, then Roger Angell, and now Ian Frazier). My thanks to Ms. Lawler, and group member, Carol Lasky (the idea for the poem
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Case for Pencils Spotlights Sarah Kempa This week, Jane Mattimoe’s wonderful Case For Pencils takes a look at Sarah Kempa’s tools of the trade. Link here! Sarah Kempa began contributing her work to The New Yorker in January of this year. Links to her website, Instagram, etc., on the Case For Pencils site. _________________________________________________________ Trevor Hoey Guests On The
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