The Cover Artist: Kadir Nelson returns just two weeks after his stunning cover of June 22nd. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: A double issue with eighteen cartoons by eighteen cartoonists (with two duo efforts: Bliss & Martin, Guerra & Boothby). There’s also a Sketchpad drawing from J.A.K., and a newbie in the midst: Patrick McKelvie. Mr. McKelvie is the tenth new
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The Weekend Spill: The American Bystander’s Quarantine Calvacade; Film Of Interest: Barsotti: A Cartoonist’s Life; The Tilley Watch Online, April 13-17, 2020
American Bystander’s Cartoon Quarantine Calvacade Michael Gerber, publisher and driving force behind The American Bystander has begun a Cartoon Quarantine Calvacade. He tells the Spill, he began it as an “outlet” for “both the audience and the contributors.” See it here (and subscribe to the Bystander while you’re there!). _______________________________________________________________________ From a 14 year old Kansas filmmaker, Carter Rostrom, this
Read moreThurber Thursday: New Yorker Cartoonist Stamps; Article Of Interest: Steinberg; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
I came across this block of Thurber stamps while looking through a bag of materials saved from an early 1990s trip to Columbus Ohio. Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast, Danny Shanahan and yours truly attended an exhibit of cartoons at The Thurber House and gave a talk. It made me wonder how many other New Yorker cartoonists have been honored with
Read moreLee Lorenz’s Essential Essentials; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Lee Lorenz’s Essential Essentials Here are three essential books for any and every New Yorker cartoon library. All were compiled and edited by the former New Yorker art/cartoon editor, Lee Lorenz. My understanding is that there were to be more in the series, but we all know how fickle the publishing biz is (wouldn’t it have been just incredibly wonderful
Read moreToday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; 2019’s Fave New Yorker Instagram Cartoons
Ali Solomon on being home for Christmas. Ms. Solomon began contributing to The New Yorker in 2018. See some of her New Yorker work here and some here. ______________________________________________ 2019’s Fave New Yorker Instagram Cartoons From newyorker.com, December 18, 2019, “Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons Of 2019” — Colin Stokes, the magazine’s assistant cartoon editor, runs down the top
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