Booth Doc Redux A new (short) piece, by David Owen, and a reshowing of the 23 minute film, Drawing Life, here. George Booth’s entry on the A-Z: George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: June 14, 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good Thoughts
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Friday Spill: Krimstein’s Graphic Novel On Washington Post Best of 2021 List; Booth Film “Drawing Life” Makes Its Digital Premier On The New Yorker Live; Just Arrived: David Sipress’s Memoir…”What’s So Funny?”
Ken Krimstein’s Graphic Novel On Washington Post’s Best of 2021 List A hearty congrats to Ken Krimstein on his new book When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies Of Six Yiddish Teens being named one of The Washington Post‘s Best Graphic Novels of 2021. Related: From The Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2021: “What We’re Reading: When I Grow Up is
Read moreMonday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of October 25, 2021: An Interesting Group Of Cartoons
The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: A costume(?) cover by Ed Steed. See the cover artist’s clay figurines that inspired the cover here. The Cartoonists: Fifteen cartoons, sixteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). No newbies, no duos (that we know
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Weekend Spill: 10 Questions In 10 Minutes For Jason Chatfield; Latest ToonStack: “Kids”; The Online Tilley Watch, June 21 -25, 2021; They’re Practically Giving It Away
An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Peter Kuper, J.A.K., Sara Lautman, Brendan Loper Daily Shouts: Arantza Pene Popo, Ali Solomon (with Janine Annett), Jeremy Nguyen (Zareen Choudhury) …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Joe Manchin Has A Plan” __________________________________________________ They’re Practically Giving It Away The last time I checked Amazon (five minutes
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