Honoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges Last Thursday a large crowd of friends, relatives, and colleagues from MAD and The New Yorker filled the Ethical Cultural Society’s Ceremonial Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the life of Paul Peter Porges (left), who passed away last December. Among the speakers was Mr. Porges’s close friend, New Yorker artist, Sam
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Seven New Yorker Cartoonists Walk Into A Book Barn
Seven New Yorker Cartoonists Walk Into a Book Barn In my hundreds of visits to the always interesting Rodgers Book Barn in Hillsdale, New York I’d never walked in with six other New Yorker cartoonists…until yesterday. The Book Barn’s owner, Maureen Rodgers allowed us to sort of take over the place as we browsed and talked and generally hung
Read moreA Potted Video History of New Yorker Grim Reaper Cartoons; Eckstein: Snowmen As Modern Art; Cartoon Companion Rates This Week’s Drawings
From newyorker.com, The New Yorker Cartoon History: The Grim Reaper — this fun five minute video takes a look at one of the cartoonists best friends. See it here. ___________________________________________________________________________________ From newyorker.com‘s Culture Desk, “The Snowman As Art” — this piece by the World’s Greatest Snowman Expert, Bob Eckstein. __________________________________________________________________________________ The Cartoon Companion is back
Read moreBob Eckstein Named Writer’s Digest Columnist; The Tilley Watch: A Steed Full Page; Emma Allen Plays Ball
Writer’s Digest has announced that Bob Eckstein, whose latest book (shown to the left) has received great notices, will become their recurring columnist beginning this summer. Read all about it here. Visit Mr. Eckstein’s website here (where you’ll find links to his New Yorker work, and work elsewhere) ___________________________________________________________________________ …In the latest
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