Christopher Weyant’s Award Congrats to Christopher Weyant (seen here in a photo posted on social media), who won the National Cartoonist Society award in the category of best single panel cartoons* at the Reuben Awards in Boston on the 15th of this month. Mr. Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here. Congrats also to
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Arantza Pena Popo Nominated For An Ignatz Award Arantza Pena Popo, who began contributing to The New yorker in 2020 has been nominated for an Ignatz Award in the category of Outstanding Minicomic, forThe Mole, her self-published comic. On Instagram, Ms. Popo said The Mole is “about a depraved lesbian who falls in love with women’s mole and has
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Audio Of Interest: from WSHU Public Radio, August 11, 2025, “Ordinary Lives” a short (audio) essay, in which David Bouchier cites James Thurber’s most famous (non-seal) character, Walter Mitty. Video Of Interest: From Ohio State University, “Thurber’s Columbus” — a short charming video about Thurber from his alma mater’s library’s Special Collections. –Above, an original Thurber drawing from OSU’s
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Liza Donnelly On Emily Flake Long time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly continues her series of mini-essays on the cartoonists featured in her upcoming documentary, Women Laughing. Here’s her latest entry: “The Cartoons Of Emily Flake.” Ms. Flake (shown left) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008. Visit her website here. –Above: An Emily Flake drawing from The New
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