From newyorker.com, October 8, 2014, “Saul Steinberg At One Hundred” — this short piece by Ian Frazier. Mr. Frazier, a long-time contributor to The New Yorker, will moderate a panel discussion on Steinberg at the New Yorker Festival, at noon, October 12. Details here. ________________________________________________________________________________ Ben Schwartz has handed the New Yorker’s online Daily Cartoon baton to David Sipress,
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And Over at The Daily News…
Beginning today and continuing for the next two weeks, Bob Eckstein (who signs his work, “bob”) will be substituting for Daily News cartoonist, Bill Bramhall. Link here to Eckstein’s Daily News page. Link here to see Mr. Eckstein’s New Yorker work. (above: Eckstein in The Daily News)
Read moreBook of Interest: Gehr’s I Only Read It For The Cartoons
Out today is Richard Gehr’s I Only Read It for the Cartoons (New Harvest), a collection of interviews with the following: Lee Lorenz, Sam Gross, Roz Chast, George Booth, Edward Koren, Charles Barsotti, Arnie Levin, Victoria Roberts, Gahan Wilson, Jack Ziegler, Zach Kanin, and Bob Mankoff. A wonderful addition to any cartoon library.
Read moreMini-Documentary of Interest: Comic Book Heaven
Many (most?) New Yorker cartoonists trace their drawing roots to a love of comic books and comic strips. With that in mind, here, by way of the Forbidden Planet blog, is EJ McLeavy-Fisher’s mini-documentary profiling Joe Leisner, the owner of a now gone shop in Queens, Comic Book Heaven.
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