Cartoons And Music Pen, paper, and music have always been the ever-present basic and essential ingredients of my work day. I sit down daily with my trusty Rapidograph, uncap it, and then hover the pen point over a blank piece of paper. What happens next, on the paper, is always a surprise. I don’t know what I’m going to draw
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David Salle & Peter Arno From The East Hampton Star, Oct. 1, 2020: The article includes this: “The figures are painted in a bold linear style inspired by the mid-20th-century New Yorker cartoons of Peter Arno.” __________________________________________________ As noted on this site the other day, no cartoons in this upcoming title (out October 6th). There is however, a good bit
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. Back in February of 1996, the New Yorker celebrated its 71st anniversary with a “Special Women’s Issue.” Of the 23 cartoonists in the issue, 20 were men. The three women cartoonists were Victoria Roberts, Roz Chast, and Liza Donnelly. The cover, a
Read moreFave Book Cover (and Book) of the Week: Buzzi & Steinberg Liza Donnelly recently traveled to the west coast of Italy where she was presented with an award from the Museo della Satira d della Caricatura. She returned home with a box of cartoon books published over there. Among them was the book above, Aldo Buzzi & Saul Steinberg: Un’ Amicizia
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