As mentioned here the other day, there’s a brand new book about Playboy humor; the subtitle of Playboy Laughs is The Comedy, Comedians and Cartoons of Playboy. From this past August, here’s Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Show interview with the author, Patty Farmer. — thanks to my colleague Bob Eckstein for reminding me about this Virtual Memories episode.
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An Arnie Levin Interview; Never Judge A Cartoon Collection By Its Cover
An Arnie Levin Interview In this latest installment of Gil Roth’s remarkable string of interviews with cartoonists and illustrators, he speaks with the great Arnie Levin, whose drawings and covers are in league with some of the best the New Yorker has published. Below: a classic Levin drawing from the issue of October 5, 1998. Hear the interview
Read moreSeth Returns to The Virtual Memories Show; A Tune Jokes Cover; Now That’s What I Call Marketing…
New Yorker cover artist, Seth (Gregory Gallant) returns to Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories podcast. Hear it here. And while you’re there check out Mr. Roth’s archive of interviews with other cartoonists, including, among others, these New Yorker contributors: Edward Koren, Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Liza Donnelly, R.O. Blechman, Peter Kuper, and John Cuneo. ____________________________________________________________________________ We have not heard
Read moreAudio: Gil Roth Interviews R.O. Blechman; Mike Lynch Looks Back at Esquire’s Cartoons; A Playboy Cartoon
Gil Roth continues his remarkable string of cartoonist/illustrator interviews — this week he speaks with the great R. O. Blechman. One of my all-time favorite Blechman New Yorker covers (and one of my favorite all-time New Yorker covers, period) is shown to the left. (photo credit: Gil Roth) Listen to the podcast here. Link here to Mr. Blechman’s website ____________________________________________________________________________
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