Of Interest: Sara Lautman’s Maurice Sendak Origin Story; A Book Event: Carolita Johnson Talks Dogs With Liza Donnelly

Sara Lautman’s Maurice Sendak Origin Story Read Sara Lautman‘s “What Haunted Maurice Sendak” here. Ms. Lautman began contributing her cartoons to The New Yorker in March of 2016. ______________________________________________________ Carolita Johnson Talks Dogs With Liza Donnelly In celebration of Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are (released yesterday…illustrated by Liza Donnelly) Carolita Johnson (above right) will join Ms. Donnelly

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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of October 15-19, 2018; Cartoon Companion’s Latest Ratings; A Rare New Yorker Cartoon Anthology; More Spills

 It was a less Trumpian than usual  week on the Daily. The contributors: Kim Warp, Jeremy Nguyen, Jason Chatfield (with Scott Dooley) and Lila Ash, with two.  [Note: Ms. Ash’s work has yet to appear in the print magazine]. And over on Daily Shouts, the contributing New Yorker cartoonists were Edward Steed, Liana Finck, Tim Hamilton, Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell. To

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Interview Of Interest: Liza Donnelly

From The Comics Journal, October 16, 2018, “Things Are Shifting” —  an interview with Liza Donnelly by Alex Dueben.  Ms. Donnelly talks about The New Yorker, the recent “Funny Ladies” exhibit and panels at The Society of Illustrators, children’s books, her numerous professional hats, and much much more.  Read it here.  

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