From NJ.com, May 16, 2012, “It really is a scream: Charles Addams gallery opens at Westfield theater” From The Chicago Tribune, May 16, 2012, “Unlikely gathering of Comix legends comes together at U. of C.” (among those gathering: R. Crumb, Lynda Barry, Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, Ben Katchor, Daniel Clowes)
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Cartoonists to gather at The University of Chicago
From The University of Chicago website, April 6, 2012, “Conference to bring together influential cartoonists” — of the 17 cartoonists attending a number are associated with The New Yorker, including Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Ivan Brunetti, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Ben Katchor. The magazine’s art editor, Francoise Mouly, will be on hand to discuss the new book, Blown Covers.
Read moreBlown Covers — the website; Clowes retrospective; Brunetti speaks
Here’s something I missed until this morning: a website devoted to the upcoming collection, Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See, edited by Francoise Mouly. Due April 30, 2012 from Abrams. Full details can be found on your favorite online bookstore site/s. Look for this online: today’s New York Times, March 30, 2012: “Humanity’s
Read moreIt’s Not All About New Yorker Cartoons…But Mostly It Is
It makes sense that the shelves of the cartoon library of two New Yorker cartoonists would be sagging under the weight of New Yorker cartoon collections. But a large fragment of what makes up our cartoon library has little to do with New Yorker cartoons and a lot to do with work that initially inspired us, and
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