Books of Interest: A Harvey Kurtzman Biography & A Box of Clowes

Looking forward to this forthcoming biography of the late great Harvey Kurtzman.  Due May 2nd from Fantagraphics.         While you’re waiting for the biography to be released you might want to check out  Mr. Kurtzman’s autobiography, My Life As A Cartoonist  (Aladdin; First Minstrel Books, 1988)               _________________________________________________________________________________ Also coming from

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Art Young Opening! Plus…The Spill’s Mid-Week Round-up: P.C. Vey, Kominsky-Crumb, Kupperman, Mankoff, Katchor, Sikoryak & Mouly; The New Yorker’s 5th issue Gets a Close Look

_______________________________________________________________________________________ P. C. Vey, whose April 15, 2013 New Yorker drawing appears here,  talks about his tools of the trade on A Case For Pencils. Go see! Link here to Mr. Vey’s website Link here to see some of his New Yorker work   _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art has announced its MoCCA Fest 2015 line-up. The

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The NYTs on The New Yorker’s Covers; Liana Finck’s New Advice Column

From The New York Times, September 28, 2014, “New Yorker’s Magazine Covers Shift From Polite to Provocative” — the Grey Lady notices the magazine’s bent for topical covers.               _________________________________________________________________________________________________   From The Lilith Blog, “Introducing ‘Excuse Me’ Mondays” — a graphic advice column from Liana Finck.

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