Back in December of 2009 I posted “In Search of…Al Kaufman” in an effort to find out more about the cartoonist. Other than a few facts sprinkled in a short piece published by The Saturday Evening Post in 1961, and his magazine work in a number of publications I was hard pressed to find any information about Mr. Kaufman. I
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NYC Cartoon Reading w/ Emily Flake, Michael Kupperman & more. Music by Andy Friedman
“Tell Your Friends” is a weekly comedy show on Manhattan’s Lower East Side ( Lolita Bar, 266 Broome St., corner of Allen St.) On January 25, 2011 Emily Flake along with Michael Kupperman (and others) will be on stage. Andy Friedman aka Larry Hat, cartoonist and illustrator, will wear his muscian’s hat. All the info here.
Read moreMankoff on Captions, Cartoons and Contests
Bob Mankoff’s January 19, 2011 New Yorker blog post addresses the proliferation of online caption riffs, including the latest, The Monkeys You Ordered.
Read moreThe First New Yorker Cartoon
As the 86th anniversary of The New Yorker approaches, I’ve played a bit of New Yorker Trivial Pursuit, thinking about the first issue, and wondering who had the very first cartoon in the first issue of The New Yorker. Once you’ve made your way past the famous Rea Irvin Eustace Tilley cover, and have turned the first page (with its
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