The New Yorker Celebrates Its 98th Birthday It’s been too many years since New Yorker contributors, staffers, and editors have been able to gather ’round together. Last night’s party at the magazine’s home at 1 World Trade Center, an evening dedicated to celebrating
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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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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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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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