Head on over to a fave Spill blog, A New Yorker State Of Mind, for “Thurber’s Dogs” (it includes a shout-out to the Spill, for which I am very grateful). And as long as we’re on the subject of Thurber’s dogs, don’t forget this wonderful compilation, published in 1955, Saturated, as you’d expect, with pup material, written and drawn. In
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Thurber Thursday: New Yorker Cartoonist Stamps; Article Of Interest: Steinberg; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
I came across this block of Thurber stamps while looking through a bag of materials saved from an early 1990s trip to Columbus Ohio. Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast, Danny Shanahan and yours truly attended an exhibit of cartoons at The Thurber House and gave a talk. It made me wonder how many other New Yorker cartoonists have been honored with
Read moreMr. Peanut Shelled 20 Years Ago; Article Of Interest: Rich Sparks; The Surreal McCoy’s “Wolf of Baghdad” Out Next Week; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Mr. Peanut Shelled 20 Years Ago Apparently, I was, unusually, way ahead of a developing story. Here’s a drawing of mine published by The New Yorker in 2000 (it was within a double issue: Dec. 25, 2000/January 1, 2001). _______________________________________________________________ Article Of Interest: Rich Sparks From Chicago Magazine, January 22, 2020, “The Weird, Whimsical World Of Rich Sparks” — this
Read moreFunny Ladies Panel #2 at The Society of Illustrators: Five New Yorker Cartoonists Discuss The New Now At The Magazine
This past July at The Society of Illustrators, it was standing room only (and then some) for the first Funny Ladies panel discussion. Don’t be left out on the sidewalk this time around. On October 11th The Society will present a second panel discussion: “Funny Ladies: The Changing Landscape of Cartooning” — All the info here. The Panel, left to
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