Fave Photo of the Day: Woodman, Klossner, Lynch & Jacobson; Cartoon Companion’s Latest Look at New New Yorker Cartoons

From an article in Village Soup, June 29, 2018, “Trio Brings Lobster Therapy to Camden” — the photo below.  Clockwise from top right:  Bill Woodman, Mike Lynch, John Klossner, and David Jacobson.  Photo by Olivia Tasker. ______________________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion’s Latest Look at New New Yorker Cartoons It’s Friday, which means the Cartoon Companion‘s Max and Simon are back with their

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Happy 92nd Birthday, George Booth!; Maine Cartoonists on the Radio: Woodman, Lynch, Klossner & Jacobson

Here’s to Mr. Booth, a Spill Hall of Famer. Happy 92nd Birthday!  Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good Thoughts About A Pussycat (Dodd, Mead, 1975), Rehearsal’s Off! (Dodd, Mead, 1976), Omnibooth: The Best of George Booth ( Congdon & Weed, 1984), The Essential George

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Kickstarter of Interest: Maine Cartoonists; Cartoon Companion Rates the New New Yorker Cartoons

Kickstarter of Interest: Maine Cartoonists Here’s a short Kickstarter video for Lobster Therapy & Moose Pickup Lines by Maine cartoonists Bill Woodman, John Klossner, and David Jacobson (and one very-close-to-the Maine-border-cartoonist, Mike Lynch). ____________________________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion Rates the New New Yorker Cartoons “Max” & “Simon” focus on all the cartoons in the latest issue of The New Yorker — the

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The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975 – 1985

With the publication of The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975-1985, the word “Cartoon” makes its second appearance on an Album cover and in an Album  title (the first was on the cover of The Album of Sports and Games: Cartoons of Three Decades).  The magazine’s 60th anniversary not only saw this anthology published, but the magazine’s fans were treated to

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