Two Book Events Of Interest: David Borchart, Bob Eckstein, Nick Downes At Word; Mort Gerberg, Sofia Warren, Garry Trudeau At The New York Historical Society; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: P.C. Vey; Yesterday’s Daily Shouts… By Liana Finck; Joe Dator’s New Website!; Today’s Daily Shouts By A Trio Of Cartoonists

Next week, two events of great interest to New Yorker cartoon aficionados. On Tuesday, April 23rd, Bob Eckstein’s promotional tour for The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons makes a stop at Word Bookstore. Mr. Eckstein will be joined by fellow New Yorker cartoonists Nick Downes and David Borchart.  Mr. Downes began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998.  Both

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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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Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Elisabeth McNair; More Spills…Chast Honored, Eckstein’s Book Tour For “The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons” Includes Fellow New Yorker Cartoonists Leighton, Smaller, Acocella, Downes, Donnelly, Borchart, and Shanahan

Today’s Daily cartoon, Spring + allergies, is by Elisabeth McNair, who began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 2018.  Link here to her website. ________________________ …Roz Chast will be awarded an honorary degree by Hamilton College.  Read here. …Bob Eckstein‘s new book, The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons will be out soon. Several of the events on

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New Yorker Cartoonists Holiday Party

Decades ago, in the William Shawn era, New Yorker cartoonists celebrated the holidays in-house (specifically, in-department).  They’d show up at the office and drink punch provided by the art editor Lee Lorenz and his assistant, Anne Hall. Cartoonists would sample rum balls brought in by their colleague, Henry Martin.  During the Tina Brown years the holiday party went big time,

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