Two books by notable stylists, both coming out many months from now, both contribute covers and cartoons to The New Yorker. Monograph by Chris Ware, due October 10th from Rizzoli. From the publisher:“Arranged chronologically with all thoughtful critical and contemporary discussion common to the art book genre jettisoned in favor of Mr. Ware’s unchecked anecdotes and unscrupulous personal asides,
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Chris Ware Reviews A Saul Steinberg Exhibit: “Along the Lines: Selected Drawings…”
From The New York Review of Books, May 26, 2017, “Saul Steinberg’s View of the World” — this review of the Steinberg exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, “Along the Lines: Selected Drawings by Saul Steinberg.” A highlight from Ware’s review : “As a cartoonist myself, I am dismayed that there’s little in the show I can steal…”
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: Ware & Eckstein; RISD exhibits Album Covers
From Bob Eckstein’s Facebook post, this photo of he and Chris Ware at the Chicago Cultural Center’s film premiere of Hairy Who. (photo by Meg Handler Photography) ______________________________________________________________________________ From The Providence Journal, February 8, 2015, “RISD exhibit: Album covers were just another canvas for artists” — this story about a current exhibition of album
Read moreNew Website: Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird features a Gahan Wilson-inspired Cartoon Contest; Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies Cartoon & Graphic Novel Panel includes Edward Koren & Chris Ware
From filmmaker Steven-Charles Jaffee comes word of a brand new funding website: Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird. Visit it here. The site also features a Cartoon Contest that’s Gahan Wilson-inspired. And… From geekmountainstate.com, August 22, 2013, “Center for Cartoon Studies at the Burlington Book Festival” — The panel, including
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