Joining two previous Ink Spill maps, The New Yorker’s New York, and New Jersey’s New Yorkers, is the Outer Boroughs’ New Yorker Cartoonists. Cartoonists included were born in the boroughs. I’m fairly certain this is not a complete picture — corrections and suggestions always welcome (for instance: please advise if Staten Island had at least one native born New Yorker
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Peter Steiner: The Ink Spill Interview
I first met Peter Steiner in 1984 at an impromptu party thrown the night of The New Yorker’s annual anniversary bash (at the Pierre on the corner of 5th Avenue at 59th Street). Following the festivities in the hotel’s grand ballroom, a bunch of cartoonists made their way west to the other side of Central Park to a much smaller
Read moreLooking Twice at a Charles Saxon New Yorker Holiday Cover
Ink Spill’s good friend over at Attempted Bloggery has an interesting post examining a preliminary cover sketch by Charles Saxon and comparing it to the published cover. Look for yourself. Below: Ink Spill’s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z entry for Mr.
Read moreCharles Saxon’s work included in Columbia Exhibit
From Columbia’s promotional material: “Comics at Columbia: Past, Present, Future” presents art, manuscripts, and ephemera from Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library, including items associated with the university’s history, as well as art from Mad artist Al Jaffee, Elfquest artist Wendy Pini, and New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon; drafts and notes from X-Men writer Chris Claremont and Legion of Super Heroes writer Paul Levitz, and correspondence from mainstream and indie comics
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