Ed Fisher: 1926-2013

Long time New Yorker cartoonist, Ed Fisher has died at age 86.  Mr. Fisher contributed over 700 cartoons to the magazine, beginning with the issue of October 27, 1951. His last cartoon appeared January 17, 2000. His New York Times obit (April 8, 2013) contains a good deal of biographical information. The New Yorker’s former Art Editor/Cartoon Editor, Lee Lorenz,

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Shanahan & Donnelly’s Online Cartoon Collection; Joe Farris Exhibition; Victoria Roberts Draws at NYC’s Strand Bookstore; Bruce Kaplan’s new show; Chast & Popeye; More Steinberg

  From The Huffington Post, December 21, 2012,  this online only collection of cartoons by Danny Shanahan and Liza Donnelly for Moms Clean Air Force.   From CTpost. com, December 18, 2012, “New Yorker artist’s work on view in Bethel” –This post on long time New Yorker contributor, Joe Farris     From the blog, East Village, December 19, 2012,

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More on Langdon, Soglow, Farris

From The Telegraph, December 7, 2011, “David Langdon“ — this obit.   From Westfield Comics Blog, “Interview: Dean Mullaney and Jared Gardner on IDW’s Cartoon Monarch: Otto Soglow and The Little King”   From newyorker.com’s  blog, The Book Bench, December 6, 2011, “An Artist’s War” — this post on Joe Farris’s new book  

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