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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Attempted Bloggery’s Shermund Fest

Attempted Bloggery has been posting a number of Esquire cartoons by the late Barbara Shermund. This coincides with a Shermund solo exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum  in Columbus Ohio.  See the Esquire posts here,  here, here, here, and here. An article on the Billy Ireland exhibit has been posted on the Columbus Dispatch site. As with yesterday’s

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Barbara Shermund Celebrated At The Billy Ireland Museum

Exciting news! The Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum & Library will celebrate the great New Yorker artist, Barbara Shermund, with an exhibit, Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund.  This promises to be wonderful show, with “photographs, letters, original art, and books never before displayed…” Curated by by Caitlin McGurk, Assistant Professor

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