Video Of Interest: “Charles Barsotti: A Cartoonist’s Life” Here’s a short (five minute) and sweet video from 2020(?) about the late great New Yorker artist, Charles Barsotti. Mr. Barsotti’s A-Z entry: Charles Barsotti (photo above) Born, San Marcos, Texas, September 28, 1933. Died, Kansas City, Mo., June 16, 2014. Mr.
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Case for Pencils Spotlights Sarah Kempa This week, Jane Mattimoe’s wonderful Case For Pencils takes a look at Sarah Kempa’s tools of the trade. Link here! Sarah Kempa began contributing her work to The New Yorker in January of this year. Links to her website, Instagram, etc., on the Case For Pencils site. _________________________________________________________ Trevor Hoey Guests On The
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No matter where I go with my New Yorker colleague (and spouse), Liza Donnelly, the spirit of James Thurber’s work somehow tags along with us. Last Sunday Ms. Donnelly and I went bowling with some family members — the first time in at least 20 years since we set foot (feet?) in a bowling alley. Seems not a whole lot’s
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Juneteenth The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Fourteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists. Two duos that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). One newbie: Anjali Chandrashekar, who is the 14th new addition to the magazine’s cartoonist stable this
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