From Moment Magazine, this short video from 2011 (posted May 2013): “Bob Mankoff on the Connection Between Humor and Creativity” From Elastic City, “Elastic City Spring Benefit” Thursday May 23, 2013, 7:30pm – 10:30pm. One of the participants is Roz Chast. and… The website for Leah Wolchok’s “Very Semi-Serious” is underway, with some interesting items being added weekly.
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Mankoff Speaks!
From Washington & Lee University, May 10, 2013, “Announcing the Winners of the New Yorker Caption Contest” — The New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff spoke at W&L yesterday, and revealed the winning caption for a contest deigned for W&L.
Read moreWebsite of Interest: CEM (Charles E. Martin); Chris Weyant’s Boston Daily Cartoon
Here’s a link to a website devoted to the work of Charles E. Martin, better known to the New Yorker readership as CEM. Martin, who died in 1995 at the age of 85, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1938 (his first appearance was a cover). He went on to create nearly two hundred more covers for the magazine
Read moreSpeaking: Bob Mankoff, Adrian Tomine; Video Preview: Roz Chast on bearing witness
From Virginia’s Washington & Lee University, April 17, 2013, “New Yorker Cartoon Editor to Speak at W&L”— link includes a caption contest designed by Bob Mankoff specifically for the Washington & Lee community (His talk is May 9, 2013). From the North Adams (Massachusetts) Transcript, April 19, 2013, “Cartoonist, illustrator to speak at WCMA” — Adrian Tomine will be
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