Mick Stevens’ dots, Facebook and The New Yorker

  By now the whoop-dee-doo over Facebook’s temporary shutdown of The New Yorker’s Facebook page over a cartoon (seen above) by Mick Stevens has been covered by a multitude of sites.  If you missed the story check out  these posts: first, the New Yorker’s cartoon editor’s blog,  this Daily News post, and finally, this post from The Daily Mail (UK).

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Mankoff speaks; Chast’s new bird book

From mlive.com, August 22, 2012, this post concerning a talk by Bob Mankoff: “New Yorker cartoon editor to kick off upcoming series at Flint Institute of Arts”   From nj.com, August 22, 2012, this post about Roz Chast’s latest book, Marco Goes to School:  “New Yorker cartoonist’s book for new students”

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