Women Laughing, “a documentary film about the women cartoonists of The New Yorker, past and present,” will have its world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival, October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM (est) at The Woodstock Community Center. (It will also be shown at two other, as yet unannounced, NYC/ Metro area festivals later this Fall). Text from the Festival
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Deutsch, Barnicoat, Karasik, Kuper At Brooklyn Book Festival A number of New Yorker cartoonist contributors will appear (either in person or virtually) at this years Brooklyn Book Festival. Here they are, and where they’ll be…(if I missed someone, please let me know!) A virtual event including Rachel Deutsch, who began contributing to The New Yorker in October of 2022, and
Read moreFrom Japan: The Dog Department The other day I ran across this interesting cover for the Japanese edition of Thurber’s The Dog Department. I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough Thurber dog drawings; this cover doesn’t disappoint. The book, edited by the fab Michael Rosen, was originally published in the US in 2001 (the US cover
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A Mick Stevens Exhibit On Martha’s Vineyard One of the funniest people on the planet will be exhibiting (some of) his New Yorker work beginning this week. Mr. Stevens began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979. Mick Stevens A-Z Entry: Mick Stevens Born March 11, 1942, Portland, Oregon. New Yorker work: December 17, 1979- . Key collections: If Ducks
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