Ellis Rosen Pencilled; Latest Karasik Graphic Report

Ellis Rosen Pencilled Jane Mattimoe’s Case For Pencils blog is back with the spotlight on Ellis Rosen, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of December 12, 2016.  Link here for the piece.     _____________________________________________________________________ Karasik’s Latest Gazette Graphic Report From Paul Karasik’s blog, August 18, 2017,  this Graphic Report: Alley’s General Store.  Link here to see

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The Monday Tilley Watch

The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker.     Expecting something political on the July 31st cover it was a surprise when Javier Mariscal‘s water’s edge pastoral popped up on my screen (I’m looking at the digital version of the magazine; I’ll look at the print version when

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Ralph Steadman Pencilled; Andy Friedman on Andrew Wyeth’s 100th; A Language Blog Looks at the Language of New Yorker Cartoons; “How Do You Draw the Devil?”

Ralph Steadman Pencilled In a special edition of Jane Mattimoe’s Case For Pencils she interviews the legendary Ralph Steadman.  Mr Steadman (seen to the left Skyping with Ms. Mattimoe) has contributed illustrations to The New Yorker as well as an “Artist Sketchbook” or two —  read the Pencils post here!

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An Ink Spill Exclusive: Tom Toro’s 4 Page Playboy Spread; Attempted Bloggery, Past & Present; New Case For Pencils w/ Joana Avillez

An Ink Spill Exclusive: Tom Toro’s 4 Page Playboy Spread Playboy‘s recently revived cartoon presence features Tom Toro in a big way, namely a four page spread in the July/August issue. Courtesy of Mr. Toro and Playboy, Ink Spill is pleased to show you the feature, “Travels With Toro” in its entirety (click on the work to enlarge):     

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