The New York Times Nurit Karlin Obit; Cover Revealed For Liana Finck’s “Excuse Me”; Article Of Interest: Rowland B. Wilson; A Sempe Illustrated Story To Be Animated; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Avi Steinberg

The New York Times Nurit Karlin Obit From The New York Times, May 7, 2019, “Nurit Karlin, Who Found Her Voice In Wordless Cartoons, Dies At 80” Above: Liza Donnelly, on the left, with Ms. Karlin in Tel Aviv in 2017.  Far right: A Nurit Karlin self-portrait ______________________________________ Cover Revealed For Liana Finck’s “Excuse Me” Due September 24th from Random

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The Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue Of April 1, 2019; MoCCA Fest Event Of Note: Mort Gerberg And Friends (Danny Shanahan, Marisa Acocella, Bob Eckstein, And Michael Maslin); Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Christopher Weyant; Today’s Bonus Daily Cartoonist: Barry Blitt

The Cover: it’s a treat to have Bruce McCall’s work back on the cover. You can read about it here (and see an early version of the cover). The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: And speaking of treats, here are some of this issue’s cartoons that especially caught my eye: Chris Weyant’s plumbing drawing (p.52). It reminded me, in the best possible

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90th Birthday Of Interest: Arnold Roth; The Tilley Watch: The March 4, 2019 New Yorker; Video Profile Of Interest: Cover Artist Jenny Kroik; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Kim Warp

Today’s the 90th birthday of the one-and-only Arnold Roth. There’s a nice birthday tribute to him on The Daily Cartoonist. From The Spill Vault: I had a great time chatting with Mr. Roth a few years ago for this Spill piece on his John Updike Bech book covers. Here’s Mr. Roth’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Arnold Roth Born, Philadelphia,

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