Friday Spill: Curated Cartoons Announced; Latest “Case for Pencils” Features Emily Bernstein; Books: Re-Reading; Seen On The Silver Screen: Remnick & Ross (Harold)

Curated Cartoons Announced Beth Lawler, a name you might recognize from her dual online cartoon affiliations, as a co-host of The Cartoon Contest Podcast and founder of the Facebook group, The Cartoon Caption Contest Rejects (and Enthusiasts), has announced “Curated Cartoons.”  The announcement describes Curated Cartoons as a “gateway to acquire original cartoon art published in The New Yorker Magazine…Curated

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Friday Spill: David Remnick Laughs; Thurber Prize Finalists Announced; Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Guest…Jeremy Nguyen; Attempted Bloggery On Two More Auctioned Arnos

David Remnick Laughs    Mr. Remnick, The New Yorker‘s editor, was a guest on Inside The Hill the other day. See his reaction when presented with a couple of cartoon ideas by a couple of cartoon characters (the cartoon section begins at the 3:40 mark).  _____________________________________________________________________________ Thurber Prize Finalists Announced ____________________________________________________________________________     The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest:

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Lee Lorenz, New Yorker Artist, And Former New Yorker Art & Cartoon Editor: 1932-2022

  Very sad news tonight from Martha Lorenz, that her father, Lee Lorenz, The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 -1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 – 1997, passed away Thursday morning at his home in Connecticut. Lee contributed cartoons and covers to The New Yorker for fifty-seven years, from 1958 through 2015.  Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Lee attended Carnegie

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