Francoise Mouly On The Passing Of Aline Kominsky-Crumb When I saw the sad news of Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s passing the other day, I got up from my work table and walked a few steps to a bookshelf that holds the small number of “underground” comics I’ve managed to hold onto since the mid 1970s. I knew that I wouldn’t have
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Barry Blitt Guests On The Caption Contest Podcast Barry Blitt is the latest guest on the Caption Contest Podcast hosted by Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Vin Coca. Hear it all here. Mr. Blitt’s A-Z entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Barry Blitt Born in Montreal. New Yorker work: January 10, 1994 -. His first contribution to the magazine was a cover,
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Kadir Nelson returns –his last cover appeared just five issues before this latest. He speaks here with The New Yorker‘s cover editor (official title: art editor), Francoise Mouly. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Fifteen cartoonists, fifteen cartoons (the
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The Cover: It is always a treat to see a fellow cartoonist have a cover. This week is one of those weeks. Ed Steed returns with his fourth cover (he also did this week’s Spot drawings). Read art editor Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with him here. On first sight his cover recalled (minus all the flowers and whatevers) a cover by
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