Well here’s something to look forward to next Spring: a memoir by Bruce Eric Kaplan, familiar to New Yorker cartoon enthusiasts as BEK. The book, I Was A Child: A Memoir is due April 14, 2015 from Blue Rider Press. Here’s a blurb about it from Lena Dunham (Mr. Kaplan is a producer of Ms. Dunham’s HBO television show, Girls): “In
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Cartoon Bibles, Pt.2
Welcome to Part 2 of Cartoon Bibles. Part one appears at The New Yorker’s website, NewYorker.com. Click here to go there. When I asked my colleagues to name their Cartoon Bible they generously and enthusiastically replied. There were so many responses they all couldn’t fit on the magazine’s blog. So, as a bonus, you can
Read moreNew film on New Yorker Cartoonists: “Very Semi-Serious”
We’ve known that Leah Wolchok has been hard at work on her film about New Yorker cartoonists and thought this was an excellent time to check in with her (Ink Spill will revisit Very Semi-Serious in a matter of weeks). We asked Leah to describe her film, and give us an idea of who’s in it (so far). Here’s what
Read moreBruce Eric Kaplan’s Cousin Irv from Mars, out in June, to become a Movie
From Hollywood Reporter, February 6, 2013, “Melissa McCarthy Sets Up 3 New Movies” — the silver screen’s in the future for the forthcoming Bruce Eric Kaplan book, Cousin Irv from Mars. In related news, HBO recently ordered a pilot for Kaplan’s half-hour comedy, People in New Jersey.
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