New Yorker cartoonist, Tom Toro and I’ve been emailing now and then over the seven years he’s been contributing cartoons to the magazine, but it wasn’t until a month ago, when he came east from Kansas for Jack Ziegler’s memorial, that we finally met in person and were able to chat for awhile. The idea for an interview had been batted
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Books of Interest Round-Up: Twohy, Toro, Cuneo, Wheeler, Blitt, Karasik, and Chast
It’s mid-year, which is as good a time as any to round-up the New Yorker cartoonist-related books that’ve come out recently and those that will be coming out. Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy. From the publisher: “Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story…” Published February 2017.
Read moreBob Eckstein’s National Cartoonists Society Talk; Tom Toro’s Trump Book
The very entertaining Bob Eckstein will speak this coming Monday on all aspects of his fun and far-reaching career. Details here. Mr. Eckstein’s latest book, Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores, was a New York Times Best-Seller. His cartoons appear in the New Yorker as well as numerous other publications. (Above right: an Eckstein New Yorker
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