Today is the digital premiere of a wonderful film about a legendary cartoonist. You can download Steven-Charles Jaffee’s 2014 documentary of Gahan Wilson, Born Dead Still Weird on iTunes, as well as Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video, Playstation, Google Play & Vudu. Here’s the iTunes link.
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“60 Minutes” airs The Cartoonist
In last night’s installment of 60 Minutes, Morley Safer & Company brought us “The Cartoonist” — a look at the weekly selection process for New Yorker cartoons, a glimpse of some of the cartoonists who show up at the magazine’s office every Tuesday, a peek at Editor David Remnick choosing which cartoons to buy, and a min-profile of the magazine’s
Read moreJoe Dator on Drawing Creepy Cat Faces, Cartoon Rubber Ducks and Much Much More
(Above: a detail from Joe Dator’s “How We Do It” — it appeared in The New Yorker, September 24, 2012) Each New Yorker cartoonist brings something different to the pages of the magazine – it’s sort of an unofficial requirement for arriving. Some are more
Read moreP.C. Vey Talks about Walking a Cat on a Leash, The Spatial Dynamics of Cubicles, Meeting Ziegler, Stevens and Mankoff, and a Bunch of Other Stuff
The world of P.C. Vey (the “C” is for Christopher) was introduced to The New Yorker’s readership November 22, 1993 with the publication of the drawing below: The drawing set the stage for what was to come. Vey people, either male or female seem flounder-ish.His people are
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