New Yorker Cartoonists Holiday Party

Decades ago, in the William Shawn era, New Yorker cartoonists celebrated the holidays in-house (specifically, in-department).  They’d show up at the office and drink punch provided by the art editor Lee Lorenz and his assistant, Anne Hall. Cartoonists would sample rum balls brought in by their colleague, Henry Martin.  During the Tina Brown years the holiday party went big time,

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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of November 12-16, 2018; Of Interest: Mort Gerberg Anthology and Exhibit In 2019; More Spills: Vinciguerra On “The New Yorker Encyclopedia Of Cartoons”… Edward Koren’s “In The Wild”

The Daily Cartoon contributing New Yorker cartoonists for the past week: David Sipress, Peter Kuper, Jason Chatfield (with Scott Dooley), and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Not so much a Trumpian week this week. The New Yorker cartoonist contributing to Daily Shouts: Emily Flake (with Abby Sher).  To see all the work, link here. ________________________________________________ Out mid-January 2019 from Fantagraphics, Mort Gerberg

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Events of Interest: Finck in Philly; Kurzweil, Rosen, and Katzenstein in NYC; Cartoon Companion’s Latest New Yorker Cartoon Ratings

This announcement from Liana Finck’s Twitter feed: _________________________________________________ …and this announcement via Amy Kurzweil’s Twitter feed: Here’s a link to the page with all the info. ____________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion’s Latest New Yorker Cartoon Ratings The CC‘s “Max” and “Simon” pause to reflect on this week’s cartoons (the issue of November 5, 2018).  Read it all here.  

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