Algonquin to close for renovations; Video: Joe Farris’s Soldier’s Sketchbook; Bob Mankoff on The New Yorker’s Cartoon Issue

  From hotelchatter.com,  October 28,2011, “The Algonquin Hotel to Close This Winter for Renovations” ( post includes a nice photo of the Hotel’s  New Yorker cartoon wallpaper) A short Youtube video about Joe Farris’s new book A Soldier’s Sketchbook. From The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs, October 27, 2011, “The New Yorker’s ‘Cartoon Issue’: Bob Mankoff lets us peek behind the

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Liza Donnelly curates exhibit; Chast speaks in Princeton; Gahan Wilson signs in NYC; Mankoff and Cartoon Violence

From Liza Donnelly’s blog, When Do They Serve The Wine, September 29, 2011, “International Cartoon and Humor Festival in France, 2011” (with slide show)   From Princeton Patch, September 30, 2011, “New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast to Speak at Library Benefit” From Convention Scene, September 30, 2011, this post noting a signing by Gahan Wilson: NYC-Nuts Signing   From The

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