Wednesday Spill: Latest Arrival…”Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life And Art Of Barbara Shermund”; Fave Photo Of The Week…Ed Steed In Brooklyn

Latest Arrival: Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund There’s nothing I like better than seeing a New Yorker artist given their due. The work of Barbara Shermund, a major contributor to the magazine from June 13, 1925 through September 16, 1944, had seemed to fade from the conversation over the

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Wednesday Spill: A Bunch O’ Books On The Horizon

A number of books by or about New Yorker cartoonists are on the way. Yippy!  Here’s a round-up of all known to me, in order of their pub dates, beginning with the soonest (If I’ve left anyone out, please let me know): May 14th…   Bob Eckstein, Footnotes From The Most Fascinating Museums (Princeton Architectural Press). Mr. Eckstein began contributing

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More On Barbara Shermund; New Yorker Cartoon Collection Of Interest: Ice Breakers; Today’s Daily Cartoon & A Daily Bonus Cartoon; A Podcast Of Interest

From The Comics Beat, February 4, 2019, “Caitlin McGurk on Long Lost Artist Barbara Shermund and Telling A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins”— more on The late great New Yorker artist Barbara Shermund who is currently being celebrated out at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Ohio. And a reminder: Liza Donnelly will be speaking about Ms.

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