Looking forward to this forthcoming biography of the late great Harvey Kurtzman. Due May 2nd from Fantagraphics. While you’re waiting for the biography to be released you might want to check out Mr. Kurtzman’s autobiography, My Life As A Cartoonist (Aladdin; First Minstrel Books, 1988) _________________________________________________________________________________ Also coming from
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Cartoons & Marriage; Two New Yorker Cartoonists on The Harvey Kurtzman Exhibit
Two recent posts on The New Yorker’s website, newyorker.com: The magazine’s Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff, takes a look at marriage cartoons (what with all the marriage talk in the air and in Washington, D.C.) in his weekly blog post. and… Liam Walsh and Benjamin Schwartz, two of the more recent recruits in The New Yorker‘s cartoonist fold collaborate on
Read moreMaking a Splash at Esquire
I found something I was looking for the other day: a log of cartoons I kept in my nascent years of cartooning. Looking through I realized that the only drawings I sold in the Fall of 1977 — right after breaking into The New Yorker — were to Esquire. During that year Esquire was being retooled
Read moreTwo New Books of Interest; George Booth on his latest NYer cover; Drew Friedman on Harvey Kurtzman
Two books of interest coming this year: The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker by Janet Groth (Algonquin Books, June 26, 2012) and Francoise Mouly’s Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See (Abrams, April 30, 2012). For more details go to your favorite online book dealer’s site.
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