Above: David Sipress, on the left, with Sam Gross, who Mr. Sipress calls “the funniest cartoonist that’s ever been.” –Photo: Ken Krimstein We don’t see many memoirs from New Yorker cartoonists. Peter Arno started one, but it never went further than lists of names and snippets of memories
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An upcoming issue of The Comics Journal featuring an interview with Pia Guerra coupled with her recent appearance on The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (along with her writing partner, Ian Boothby) has caused me to think a little this morning about the relatively modern jump in “dedicated” and public partnerships in The New Yorker‘s cartoonist stable. In the podcast, Ms.
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Liza Donnelly At The Schulz Museum Liza Donnelly, who has been contributing to the New Yorker since 1982, will be the “guest cartoonist” at the Charles M. Schulz museum on March 5th. The museum is located in sunny Santa Rosa, California. All the info here. Ms. Donnelly’s latest book is Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists (Prometheus). It’s
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Issue: A First Last week in this space I wrote: Next week will be a double issue — the last issue of 2021, and the first of 2022. I believe — although I’m not 100% sure — it
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