Barbara Shermund…Harvey Award Hall of Famer It’s been a long time coming, but Barbara Shermund has finally received the kind of attention she deserves. Exhibits of her work, a New Yorker tribute by Liza Donnelly, a belated New York Times obit, a book, and now a Harvey Awards Hall of Fame inductee. And…Look for more Shermund in Liza Donnelly’s upcoming documentary
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The Tilley Watch Online, October 6-10, 2025 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: P.C. Vey, Gina DeLuca, (a duo)Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby, Brendan Loper, Adam Douglas Thompson. See them here (in a slide show). _________________________________________________________ Donnelly’s “Women Laughing” NYC Premiere at DOCNYC Text from DOCNYC’s
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Peter Arno Inducted Into The Society of Illustrators Hall Of Fame Peter Arno was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame last night in Manhattan at an awards ceremony that also included five other recipients (including The New Yorker cover artist, Kadir Nelson). I was honored to be asked to help induct Mr. Arno. Here’s what I had
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What The Beginning Writer Needs Something new to me that popped up during a recent Thurber search. _______________________________________________________________ James Thurber’s A-Z Entry James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According to the New Yorker’s legendary editor, William Shawn, “In the early days, a small
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