Roxie Munro has posted on Facebook that The Society of Illustrators will host a memorial service for the late great Ed Fisher who passed away this past April. Mr. Fisher contributed over 700 cartoons to The New Yorker between 1951 and 2000. The memorial will be at the Society, 128 East 63rd St, NYC, this coming Tuesday (May 21)
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Book of Interest: Punch Cartoons in Color
Coming in October, The Best of Punch Cartoons in Colour. From the publisher’s description: Punch‘s move into color illustrations early in the 20th century is now all but unknown. The magnificent results are shown in this collection with hundreds of stunning cartoons from the 1920 through 1992. Showcased here are exquisite illustrations from E. H. Shepard, Art Deco masterpieces from Fougasse, and the eccentrically whimsical creations
Read moreEd Fisher: 1926-2013
Long time New Yorker cartoonist, Ed Fisher has died at age 86. Mr. Fisher contributed over 700 cartoons to the magazine, beginning with the issue of October 27, 1951. His last cartoon appeared January 17, 2000. His New York Times obit (April 8, 2013) contains a good deal of biographical information. The New Yorker’s former Art Editor/Cartoon Editor, Lee Lorenz,
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I’ve had my share of rejection letters from magazine and book publishers. My absolute favorite came from the now defunct magazine, Punch, back in June of 1978. At that time I was reaching out to just about every publication I could find that ran cartoons (UFOlogy and Medical Economics
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