Happy 94th Birthday, Edward Sorel! All the best wishes for Edward Sorel, born this day in 1929. Mr. Sorel’s most recent book is his memoir, Profusely Illustrated, published last year. In his honor, I’m showing some of his other books, each and every one, a must-read. …and let’s not forget Sorel’s first New Yorker cover. It heralded the beginning
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Since It’s Super Bowl Sunday… I’ve had but two football drawings in The New Yorker; I post one of them every Thanksgiving Day. Here’s the other one, published October 23, 2017… A New Yorker Cartoon Education Via The Classics Although I went to college, and
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Live Event Of Interest With Ali Fitzgerald From The University of Nebraska, “Comics and Coffee — Ali Fitzgerald” Ali Fitzgerald began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Visit her website here. _____________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online is an end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brooke Bourgeois,
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_______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen” Here’s another installment in the Attempted Bloggery series “Sight Unseen” which describes books bought despite patchy info provided by the seller. This particular purchase turned out well for Stephen Nadler (the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain). Go here to read more. Two lions of The New Yorker cartoon world, and the
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