Peter Kuper Updates His Visit With Jules Feiffer From The Nation, December 19, 2024, “A Dance to Jules Feiffer At 95” by Peter Kuper, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011. Visit Mr. Kuper’s website here. Mr. Feiffer began contributing to The New Yorker in 1992. More reading here. _____________________________________________________________ Finck’s All In Line Intro
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren
The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren Of the nearly 700 artists who have contributed cartoons to The New Yorker in its 97 years, Edward Koren is among the half-dozen who have contributed 60 years or more. 60 years of cartoons and covers! That is a massive amount of commitment, resilience, artistry,
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Weekend Spill: Personal History: Using A Sondheim Song Title; Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest: Drew Dernavich; The Tilley Watch Online: November 22-26, 2021
Personal History: Using A Sondheim Song Title I don’t have a good sense of where most of my drawings come from. Mostly, they just show up, and I put ’em down on cheap paper. The above drawing does have a small bit of a past — at least the caption does. My mother was a fan of Frank Sinatra. While
Read moreWeekend Spill: Birnbaum’s Sinatra… And Auerbach-Levy’s, And Cotton’s…And E.J. Kahn, Jr.’s
Birnbaum’s Sinatra In late 1946, The New Yorker ran a three part series on Frank Sinatra by E.J. Kahn, Jr.. The three parts became a book (a small book: 5″ x 7 1/2″), with each part of the series accompanied by a different illustration — and different illustrator.* Abe Birnbaum supplied Part Two’s illustration: I think it was the most
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