New Gahan Wilson Collection: “Rejects” From the publisher: This is a collection of new cartoons by Gahan Wilson. Never before seen cartoons by the Master of the Macabre will delight your senses. Available now on Mr. Wilson’s website here. __________________________________________________________________ A Cartoon Companion Two-fer: Mick Stevens Interview (Pt.2) and the CC’s Take on the Latest New Yorker Cartoons Here’s Part
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Event of Interest: Not OK: Great Cartoons That Weren’t Good Enough; Cartoon Companion’s Latest Ratings; Next Week’s New Yorker Cover Revealed
Event of Interest: Not OK: Great Cartoons That Weren’t Good Enough What fun! An exhibit of cartoons that did not make the cut at The New Yorker. Many of the contributing artists are newbies at the magazine, either in the print version and/or on the magazine’s website. “Not OK” refers to the two letters every New Yorker cartoonist (and every
Read moreVideo of Interest: From 1997, ABC’s Nightline Looks at the New Yorker’s Cartoonists; Sam Gross on Jack Ziegler; The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna on Jack Ziegler’s Pivotal Role at The New Yorker
Way way back in December 1997, ABC’s Nightline broadcast “Drawing Laughter: the Cartoonists of The New Yorker” devoting its entire half-hour time slot to New Yorker cartoons and especially, its cartoonists. The video from ABC’s vault takes us back to the Tina Brown era, the beginning of Bob Mankoff‘s tenure as cartoon editor (he’d only been at the big desk
Read moreLiza Donnelly on the Angouleme Gran Prix Controversy; R.C.Harvey: Single Panel B&W Cartoon Shrinkage at Playboy?
Liza Donnelly, guest blogging on Michael Cavna’s Washington Post Comics Riffs column, weighs in on the Angouleme Gran Prix controversy. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R.C. Harvey looks at Playboy‘s diminishing number of black & white single panel cartoons in his January 6th Rants & Raves column, “Less Nudity, Fewer Cartoons”
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