The Cover: How great it is to see a J.J. Sempe cover. A very short Q&A with Mr. Sempe here. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Some random thoughts: Enjoyed Amy Hwang’s guillotine/watermelon drawing (p. 30) — guillotine drawings are rare but usually memorable (Tom Cheney’s from February 24, 1997 for instance, or this one from George Booth, also published in 1997,
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Celebrating Sam Gross’s 50th New Yorker Anniversary
The most recent Sam Gross cartoon in The New Yorker appeared August 5th, 2019. Mr. Gross’s very first New Yorker cartoon appeared August 23, 1969. Do the math and you’ll find we are in the year, month, and exact day of Mr. Gross’s New Yorker golden anniversary. With today being the date of publication of his debut New Yorker cartoon,
Read moreThe New York Times Nurit Karlin Obit; Cover Revealed For Liana Finck’s “Excuse Me”; Article Of Interest: Rowland B. Wilson; A Sempe Illustrated Story To Be Animated; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Avi Steinberg
The New York Times Nurit Karlin Obit From The New York Times, May 7, 2019, “Nurit Karlin, Who Found Her Voice In Wordless Cartoons, Dies At 80” Above: Liza Donnelly, on the left, with Ms. Karlin in Tel Aviv in 2017. Far right: A Nurit Karlin self-portrait ______________________________________ Cover Revealed For Liana Finck’s “Excuse Me” Due September 24th from Random
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of June 18, 1984
As mentioned here last week, it’s double issue time again. We’re halfway though it now ; only a week til the new issue (dated June 18, 2018) appears online early Monday morning. Just for fun I thought I’d go back to another June 18th issue — the one from 1984. Here’s the cover, by Susan Davis, who contributed fifteen covers
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