_________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist: Marisa Acocella “A Brief History Of Menstrual ‘His’-steria” From Ms. Acocella’s forthcoming book, The Big She-Bang: The Herstory Of The Universe According To God The Mother, out November 17th from Harper Wave. Ms. Acocella has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. Visit her website here. _______________________________________________ Video Of Interest: Steve Martin &
Read more____________________________________________________________________________ More New Yorker Cartoons On CBS Sunday Morning Here’s another brief slide show of pandemic-related cartoons shown today, with work by Jon Adams, Carolita Johnson, Johnny DiNapoli, and Avi Steinberg. _______________________________________________________________________ One More Addition To Attempted Bloggery’s Mini-Peter Arno Fest The Attempted Bloggery mini-Arno fest ends with a look at The Bedside Tales anthology (Armed Services Edition). See
Read moreIt’s become (almost) the norm during these strange days, weeks, and months that the online digital edition of The New Yorker is not as yet posted by this time of day (early morning that is). Back in the pre-shutdown days it usually appeared in the wee hours (usually around 3 a.m.). There was even a time before that when it
Read moreHere’s an early New Yorker oddity in the line of the Albums published. It’s the first published for a specific year. There were later annual Albums (1940, 1942, and much much later 2007, 2008, and 2009). Curious that, for the first time there is no foreword. Perhaps the editors thought they’d take a break after the highly interesting double foreword
Read moreCBS Sunday Morning will air a piece on Jack Ziegler tomorrow between 9 and 10. _________________________________________________________________ The New York Times obit for Jack is online (it includes a slideshow of 14 cartoons). Read it here. _________________________________________________________________ Jack Ziegler, one of The New Yorker’s greatest cartoonists, passed away this morning in Kansas City. Last
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