Ed Himelblau Returns To The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mr. Himelblau, who began contributing cartoons to The New Yorker in December of 2021, makes a return appearance on the CCCP, joining co-hosts Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius (filling in for Paul Nesja). — photo above from Mr. Himelblau’s first appearance: from upper left, going clockwise: Beth
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David Sipress: The Ink Spill Interview, Part 2 In Part 2 of my interview with New Yorker cartoonist, David Sipress, whose book, What’s So Funny?: A Cartoonist’s Memoir will be out March 8th, we talk about a dozen or so of David’s New Yorker drawings: where they sprang from, what he was thinking about them at
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Two Upcoming Events of Interest From the Carelton Newsroom. On March 20, 2021, Seth will deliver the 2020-2021 Munro Beattie Lecture, “The Inkwell’s End”…all the info here. Seth (Gregory Gallant) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002. From Dartmouth Events, “An Hour With Harry Bliss”April 1, 2021. Mr. Bliss has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. ________________________________________________________________________
Read moreSome Robert Weber From The Art Contrarian, April 6, 2020, “Robert Weber, New Yorker Cartoonist” — a brief reminder of the late great Mr. Weber and his work. Above: one of Mr. Weber’s ten New Yorker covers. Robert Weber’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Robert Weber (Pictured mid 1980s. Photograph by Liza Donnelly) Born April 22, 1924, Los Angeles, California.
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