Very Funny Ladies…Indexing Cartoonists are often asked which comes first: the pictures or the words. My answer has always been (for me): I dunno. But lately, as we near Fall and the publication of an updated edition of Liza Donnelly’s 2006 Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons, words seem, if not first, then
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New Yorker Festival Cartoonist Panel “Very Funny Ladies” With Donnelly, Chast, Hwang, And Finck It’s back! Amidst all the other panels and appearances this Fall there’s a virtual must-see panel for fans of New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists. “Very Funny Ladies” with Liza Donnelly (whose updated history of New Yorker women cartoonists, Very Funny
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What Tuesdays Are, And What They Used To Be (For A New Yorker Cartoonist) For New Yorker cartoonists, Tuesdays and Fridays glow brighter than the other five days of the week. For as long as there has been a New Yorker magazine, Tuesday has been the day cartoonists submit their work to the editor.* Friday is the day contributors hear
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An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Peter Kuper, J.A.K., Sara Lautman, Brendan Loper Daily Shouts: Arantza Pene Popo, Ali Solomon (with Janine Annett), Jeremy Nguyen (Zareen Choudhury) …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Joe Manchin Has A Plan” __________________________________________________ They’re Practically Giving It Away The last time I checked Amazon (five minutes
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