The Cover: As mentioned here last week, the cover, by David Plunkert, was early-released. I wondered, briefly, if the magazine might pull the cover and try for something reflecting the snowballing news that developed as we approached the weekend (Trump at Walter Reed). I believe that Friday is the magazine’s deadline, so it would’ve been tight. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons:
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Video Of Interest: How To Draw Social Change The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, Emma Allen (above left) speaks with Liz Montague, who began contributing to The New Yorker in March of 2019 in this 7+ minute video. And More! Emma Allen and Liz Montague will join New Yorker cartoonists Amy Hwang (who began contributing to the magazine in 2010) and
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The Cover: You can read Francoise Mouly’s (The New Yorker art editor) very brief interview with Mr. Ware here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists in the issue (two contributed “Sketchpads”). A newbie: Millie von Platen, is the 17th new cartoonist added to the magazine’s stable this year, and the 70th new cartoonist brought aboard since Emma Allen
Read more___________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery On Groucho’s Hokinson Festival Here’s a fun post from Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery on Groucho Marx’s copy of The Hokinson Festival spotted in a photo. The Festival, published seven years after Ms. Hokinson’s death, is a great addition to any cartoon library. A bonus: it includes color plates of a few of her sixty-eight New Yorker covers.
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