Jack Ziegler has been sharing his unusual cartoon world with us in the pages of the New Yorker for close to 40 years. I recently asked him about his current drawing in the magazine. MM: Your cartoon in this week’s issue of the man sitting on the edge of his bed watching toast, eggs, and bacon rise over the
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National Cartoonists Society Best Gag Cartoonist nominees include Ziegler, Stevens, Chast and Gross
From The Daily Cartoonist, “NCS announces 2012 division awards” — Four New Yorker cartoonists are nominated in the Gag Cartoon category: Jack Ziegler, Mick Stevens, Roz Chast and Sam Gross. Barry Blitt, a New Yorker contributor perhaps best known for his covers, is nominated in the category of Magazine Feature/Magazine illustration. Congratulations to all! And for more on the National
Read moreCats get their due: Big New Yorker Book of Cats out in October; Gehr’s “Know Your New Yorker Cartoonist” interviews collected in book form
Following in the paw prints of The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs is The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (Random House, October 1, 2013). Anthony Lane, Calvin Trillin and M.F.K. Fisher are listed as among the contributors. And of course, there’ll be cartoons. We’ll have to wait a while — til December, to be exact, for Richard
Read moreTCJ’s Know Your New Yorker Cartoonists Series Continues with Jack Ziegler; Edward Koren’s Mail
From The Comics Journal, January 16, 2013, “Jack Ziegler: The Pen and Paper of Middle America” — the latest installment in TCJ’s series, Know Your New Yorker Cartoonists. (thanks to Liam Walsh for the link) From GPB News, February 9, 2013, “For Rural Towns, Postal Service Cuts Could Mean A Loss of Identity” (Edward Koren content).
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