Latest Guest On The Cartoon Pad…Lars Kenseth New Yorker cartoonists and Cartoon Pad co-hosts, Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw speak with funny guy Lars Kenseth in this latest episode. Lars talks about sports, cartoonists, and his creepy clown drawing (published November 14, 2016) — the first ever New Yorker cartoon referencing the magazine. Listen here. Lars Kenseth began contributing to
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Ronald Searle, born on this day in 1920 is featured by at least two fave Spill sites today, Jason Chatfield’s blog and Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery Mr. Searle began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966 (his A-Z entry is at he bottom of this post). Mr. Chatfield (a New Yorker contributor since 2017) includes in his Searle post
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Sempe Indoors & Outdoors Exhibit In New York City From The French Institute, news of an exhibit, “Signature Sempe” coming to New York City this month, featuring original art in their gallery as well as art on the street. Mr. Sempe, who died in August of 2022, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978. (His Wikipedia entry here). _________________________________________________________________________ Peter
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Francoise Mouly On The Passing Of Aline Kominsky-Crumb When I saw the sad news of Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s passing the other day, I got up from my work table and walked a few steps to a bookshelf that holds the small number of “underground” comics I’ve managed to hold onto since the mid 1970s. I knew that I wouldn’t have
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