The Cover: As mentioned here days back, Bob Staake’s cover was (very) early released. You can read what Mr. Staake has to say about it here. The Cartoonists: This is Darrin Bell’s first appearance in the magazine since his Pulitzer win was announced. The cartoon by Miriam Katin marks her debut appearance in the magazine. She is the 9th new
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More MoCCA Today (With Photos) & “My First MoCCA”; David Sipress On A 1969 Harvard Protest
More MoCCA Today At least three New Yorker cartoonist events scheduled today: Liana Finck in conversation with Gabrielle Bell; a “spotlight” on Mark Alan Stamaty; Emily Flake as part of a panel, “Narratives On Motherhood”; cover artist Ivan Brunetti in a panel on “Comics and the Teaching Artist” (right: Ms. Bell and Ms. Finck today. Courtesy of Stephen Nadler). And
Read moreA George Booth Film!; A Q&A Of Interest: Ellis Rosen; The Traveling Cartoon Museum; Liza Donnelly To Judge Cartoons In Cuba; More From The Dick Buchanan Files Via Mike Lynch; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Peter Kuper
A George Booth Film! Happy to report that a George Booth film is in the works. Mr. Booth is, of course, one of the gods of The New Yorker‘s cartoon world. This year marks his 50th year at the magazine. Read about the film and George Booth, and see a Kickstarter teaser clip here. Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the
Read morePlayful Pages; Early Gahan Wilson Art; Yesterday’s and Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoon
Playful Pages On many a Monday Tilley Watch I mention placement of art. Usually I’m talking about how large a drawing appears on the page, and where it sits. I’m fairly certain I’ve also mentioned how the art once played across the pages of The New Yorker, creatively interacting with text. While randomly (electronically) flipping through elder issues of The
Read moreMove Over Addams, Steinberg Did An 89 Foot Long Mural; Dick Buchanan’s Tip Of The Hat To Funny Ladies At The New Yorker Show, and …A First Glimpse of the Exhibit
Steinberg’s 89 Foot Mural We recently learned of a fourteen foot mural Charles Addams executed (a good Addamsy word!); well here’s a piece in Cincinnati Magazine about an eighty-nine foot Steinberg mural. Wowzers. _________________________________________________________________________ Dick Buchanan’s Tip Of The Hat To Funny Ladies At The New Yorker Via Mike Lynch’s site: “From The Dick Buchanan Files: Women Cartoonists: Barbara Shermund,
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