Personal History: From Zero To Sixty In the summer of 1977, with college behind me and the demands of school work finally over, I was able to focus all of my attention on getting into the New Yorker — my New Yorker or Bust phase. I’d begun sending the magazine work when I was still in high school, and then
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Esquire Lets Cartoon Editor Go; A New Yorker State Of Mind Two-Fer With Soglow, Arno, Thurber & More; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Kendra Allenby
Heads Roll At Esquire: Cartoon Editor Let Go From The New York Post, June 6, 2019, “Esquire Magazine Faces Turmoil Amid Masthead Exodus” — among those let go: the magazine’s cartoon and humor editor. _____________________________ A New Yorker State Of Mind Two-Fer A favorite blog looks at the two issues shown above. Peter Arno did the cover on
Read morePost Royal Wedding Round-up: Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Ellis Rosen, Will McPhail
A number of New Yorker cartoonists graphically covered yesterday’s big wedding. Liza Donnelly, (here, and here too), wearing her CBS Resident Cartoonist hat, Bob Eckstein, at Esquire, Ellis Rosen (Esquire via Instagram), and Will McPhail, on newyorker.com.
Read moreA Foot of Rejected Cartoons
Rejection is a New Yorker cartoonist’s constant companion. We are rejected every single week we submit work to the magazine (I’ve heard tales of contributors selling up to a half-dozen drawings out of one batch, but I’ve yet to hear of a contributor selling their entire batch. Please advise if that’s ever happened). Example: I submit cartoons weekly to the
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