A Group For me, a fun exercise in pulling materials off of shelves and sometimes off of walls to share with readers. [apologies for the poor photo: too much sunlight + old digital camera = blurry photo. I’ll try for a better photo soon, and replace this] Starting from the left, a truly wonderful New Yorker original by John
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Last Friday, my New Yorker cartoonist colleague (and wife), Liza Donnelly and I, made a trip west to Columbus, Ohio to join in the festivities surrounding the awarding of the Thurber Prize For American Humor (the winner was Steven Rowley for The Guncle). Our part was to deliver the following (after a few minutes of on-stage banter): “As long time
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Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast With Guest Navied Mahdavian This weeks Cartoon Caption Contest Pod guest is Navied Mahdavian, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Above, clockwise, beginning top left: co-hosts Beth Lawler and Paul Nesja, Mr. Mahdavian, and co-host Vin Coca. __________________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Pad Pod Posted Following a semi-brief hiatus, New Yorker cartoonists Bob
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“Drawing Life” With Liza Donnelly From The Norman Rockwell Museum, this news of an “online and on-demand program of sketching and conversation about creative expression, the power of persuasion, and illustration” with Liza Donnelly, a long-time New Yorker contributor (Ms. Donnelly first sold a drawing to the magazine in 1979). The event takes place on January 19, 2023.
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