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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Hilary Campbell’s Joy Of Snacking Out Now Congrats to Hilary Campbell on the release of her latest book, The Joy Of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir About Food, Love & Family (Andrews McMeel). Here’s an article of interest from Idaho Press, “New Yorker Cartoonist Hilary Campbell Comes To Boise” And here’s Ms. Campbell on Instagram promoting an upcoming appearance. Ms. Campbell
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Pub Day for Tom Toro’s Cartoon Collection Once upon a time, non-themed New Yorker cartoon collections were a time-honored tradition in the publishing world. It was never a question of, say, if there’d be a new Sam Gross collection, it was only a matter of when. These days, non-themed New Yorker cartoon collections are a rarity (what a pity!)
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cartoonists and Cartoons A dozen cartoonists, and a dozen cartoons. No duos (that we know of). No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is this cartoonist (I got my foot in the door in 1977). This
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