Exhibit of Interest: Mary Petty What fun! 30 Mary Petty watercolors on exhibit at the Huntsville (Alabama) Museum of Art: The Life and Art of Mary Petty. _______________________________________________________________________ Article of Interest: New Yorker Cover Artist John Cuneo From HV1, April 11, 2018, “Dancing Bears and John Cuneo’s Portable Therapy” — this good read about the fascinating Mr. Cuneo. _______________________________________________________________________ The
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Interview of Interest: Sam Gross; Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Cartoons; Lots More E. Simms Campbell on Attempted Bloggery; Jack Ziegler: Calmly Zany
Interview of Interest: Sam Gross Yesterday Jane Mattimoe gave us an audio snippet of her recent interview with the great Sam Gross. Today we get the whole print interview right here. _________________________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Cartoons The CC”s “Max” and “Simon” return with their up-close takes on each and every cartoon in the new issue (y’know,
Read moreHarold Ross: Six Getty Images; And Even More E. Simms Campbell on Attempted Bloggery
Harold Ross: Some Getty Images The above is obviously not an image from the Getty images photo archives — those cost to license. Above is Rea Irvin‘s cover for a parody issue of the New Yorker celebrating Harold Ross‘s 34th birthday, with Mr. Irvin substituting Mr. Ross for Eustace Tilley. To see a small array of photos of Mr. Ross,
Read moreMarisa Acocella’s Animation; Blog Post of Interest: Captionless Cartoons; Campbell Fest Rolls On
Marisa Acocella’s Animation Marisa Acocella’s animated “Mission Control” is up on Youtube. See it here. Ms. Acocella began contributing to the New Yorker in 1998. Her most recent book was Ann Tenna. _________________________________________________________________ Blog Post of Interest: Captionless Cartoons Thanks to Dick Buchanan by way of Mike Lynch’s blog we can see a sampling of non-New Yorker captionless cartoons from
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