Article Of Interest…Bruce Eric Kaplan From The Los Angeles Daily News, December 12, 2024, “Cartoonist and TV Vet Bruce Eric Kaplan Details the Hollywood Life in Memoir”. Mr. Kaplan began contributing to The New Yorker in 1991. His latest book is They Went Another Way; A Hollywood Memoir. ________________________________________________________ 1984 Coffee Ad Features Robert Weber Animation (Maybe) My colleague, Joe
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Pub Day For At Wit’s End: Cartoonists Of The New Yorker At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker is out today, after eight years in the making, including thousands of zoom meetings (kidding about the thousands of zoom meetings. I think there were only 241). It’s published by the good folks at Clarkson Potter, who allowed the photographer, Alen
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Chast A National Humanities Medalist The Spill congratulates Roz Chast on her award! She began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 1978. More information about the National Endowment for the Humanities Awards and a list of the 2022 and 2023 medalists here. Here’s the photo & text Ms. Chast posted on social media this morning: _____________________________________________________________________
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Video Of Interest: Bruce Eric Kaplan From Bruce Eric Kaplan, (his drawings are signed BEK) this promotional video for his new book, They Went Another Way.: A Hollywood Memoir (out October 22 from Henry Holt & Co.). Mr. Kaplan began contributing drawings to The New Yorker in 1991. ____________________________________________________________________________ Event Of Interest: Two Poets & Two Cartoonists Both Bob Eckstein
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