Article Of Interest: Gahan Wilson From the Sag Harbor Express, March 12, 2019, “A Call For Help For A World-Famous Cartoonist, Formerly Of Sag Harbor” — a good article about the ailing New Yorker cartoonist and the GoFundMe campaign underway to help him. (photo: Mr. Wilson and his late wife, Nancy, with a Gahan Wilson character between them, 1970) ___________________________________
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New York Times Magazine: Mankoff on Fact-Checking Cartoons, Jesus on SNL & More
From this coming Sunday New York Times Magazine, “Bob Mankoff Thinks Cats Are Funnier Than Dogs” [photo: Andrew T. Warman for The New York Times] Update: Very Semi-Serious, a documentary film starring Mr. Mankoff, originally scheduled to premiere on HBO December 7th, has been rescheduled for December 14th.
Read moreHBO Live U2 Concert Replaces a NYer Doc Premiere
Very Semi-Serious, set to premiere on HBO December 7th, has been replaced by a live U2 Concert. Details here.
Read moreBruce Eric Kaplan’s Memoir
Well here’s something to look forward to next Spring: a memoir by Bruce Eric Kaplan, familiar to New Yorker cartoon enthusiasts as BEK. The book, I Was A Child: A Memoir is due April 14, 2015 from Blue Rider Press. Here’s a blurb about it from Lena Dunham (Mr. Kaplan is a producer of Ms. Dunham’s HBO television show, Girls): “In
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