Roz Chast Looks For A Pen; Tomorrow Night’s Book Signing of Interest: Marcellus Hall; Exhibit of Interest: Addams, Chon Day, Gahan Wilson, John Held Jr., Kunz, Jonik, Eckstein, Caldwell & More; Sarah Boxer in The Atlantic: “Why Is Trump So Hard to Caricature?”

Roz Chast Looks For a Pen A fun post on Jane Mattimoe’s Case For Pencils blog: Roz Chast is asking for pen suggestions.  Read it here. Note: Ms. Chast (along with the cover artist, Liniers, and several others) is a guest of honor at the upcoming MOCCA Festival at the Society of Illustrators. Info here. _________________________________________________________________ Tomorrow Night’s Book Signing

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Surreal McCoy Pencilled; Even More E. Simms Campbell

Surreal McCoy Pencilled A Case For Pencils, Jane Mattimoe’s wonderful blog offering a peek into New Yorker cartoonists tool bags, continues with The Surreal McCoy.  Read it here! ___________________________________________________________ Even More E. Simms Campbell Attempted Bloggery continues its Campbell fest with a look at original art from Playboy.  See it here! (Above: Mr. Campbell’s one & only New Yorker cover)

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Exhibit of Interest: New Yorker Cover Artist Lorenzo Mattotti; Brendan Loper Pencilled

Exhibit of Interest: Lorenzo Mattotti From the Italian Cultural Institute’s website: “…the exhibition presents for the first time the original pastels created by the artist for 32 of the magazine’s covers. Also included are unpublished preparatory sketches and a selection of Mattotti’s illustrations for articles on fashion, culture and current affairs.” Link here for info. Article of interest: from newyorker.com,

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Fave Photo of the Day; Appearance of Interest: Robert Grossman; Pond Pencilled; PR: Chast, Ware

Fave Photo of the Day Courtesy of New Yorker cartoonist colleague, Jeremy Nguyen, this photo taken last Monday of a cartoon event at Brooks Brothers.  Beginning at the bottom ‘o’ the stairs and heading up: Emma Allen, the New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, and cartoonists Drew Dernavich, Liana Finck, and Jason Adam Katzenstein (aka J.A.K.). And unless I’m mistaken, that’s the

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