Here are two fun posts from Attempted Bloggery. I’m a real fan of close-up looks at original cartoon art. In this case, the cartoons are by Claude Smith and James Thurber.
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Bliss home on tour; Recapping the Chicago Comics event
From the Burlington Free Press, June 4, 2012, “Minimalist Burlington home featured on tour” — this piece on the Vermont home of Harry Bliss From The Comics Journal, June 4, 2012, “Chicago: Comics on the Make” – a look back at the recent once-in-a-lifetime comics event
Read morePeter Steiner illustrates; Mark Singer on Edward Koren’s 50th anniversary; Aline-Kominsky Crumb @ MoCCA; Fiction Writers Review blog adds cartoons; Addams Family costumes; Science Cracking the Humor Code?; Audio interview: Liza Donnelly; Mankoff & Co. on dreamed cartoons
From Speaker System, “10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said” (W. W. Norton & Co.) This new book by Charles Wheelan is illustrated by the one and only Peter Steiner. Visit your neighborhood online book seller for a peek inside. From newyorker.com, June 1, 2012, “Ed Koren Arrives” — Mark Singer on Mr. Koren’s 50th anniversary
Read moreRaconteur #1 with Lynch, Pert, Klossner and Jacobson
Four single panel cartoonists decide to try a longer form, and the result is Raconteur #1. A sneak preview can be found here on Mike Lynch’s blog. (cover above by John Klossner)
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