A Couple Of Signed Steinbergs One of the many fun things Attempted Bloggery posts are signed books by cartoonists, often with a sketch by the artist (or artists). Here are two posts in a row with Steinberg collections signed by the great man himself, with additional art. Steinberg’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Saul Steinberg Born, June 15, 1914, Ramnic-Sarat,
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From The Washington Post, October 15, 2020, “In A Sacred Place: How New Yorker Cartoonist Liza donnelly Came To Work In Norman Rockwell’s Studio” Ms. Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. Visit her website here. ______________________________________________________ Video Of Interest: J.A.K. From ABC News, “New Yorker Cartoonist Opens Up About His Struggles With OCD” Mr. K. began contributing to
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Wow! What A Cover On one of my daily Ebay hunts for bound volumes of New Yorkers, the photo above got my attention. From a volume containing June 11th — September 10, 1960 issues, the seller chose to showcase the Arthur Getz cover shown here. Mr. Getz holds the record as most prolific New Yorker cover artist of all time
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Finck’s Wordless Ways From the last page (Sketchbook) of The New York Times Book Review, September 27, 2020 “A Wordless Way To Write A Novel” by Liana Finck, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013. Visit her website here. _______________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, September 21 – 25, 2020 An end of week listing of the magazine’s artists
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