Joe Farris, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1957, died this morning according to a notice posted by his daughter on Facebook. Born in 1924, in Newark, NJ, Joe was a longtime Connecticut resident. In his early days he was a student of another Connecticut cartoonist, the great Richard Taylor. Joe contributed close to 300 cartoons to the
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A Joseph Farris Collection of Golf Cartoons
Coming next Spring from Skyhorse Publishing, It’s a Stupid Game; It’ll Never Amount to Anything: The Golf Cartoons of Joseph Farris. Mr. Farris has been contributing his work to The New Yorker since 1956. Farris is the author of A Soldier’s Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II (National Geographic, 2011), and several cartoon collections, including: Just a
Read moreUpdate: Gahan Wilson Documentary Film Kickstarter Drive; Fradon and Farris show work
With only 15 days to go, it’s time to check in on the Kickstarter fund drive for filmmaker Steven Charles Jaffe’s documentary, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead Still Weird Please visit the site (the pink link above) and if you can, help support this exceptionally worthy effort. And… From The Newtown Bee, August
Read moreOlbermann, Mankoff and Rosemary Thurber celebrate Thurber; A Soldier’s Sketchbook from Joseph Farris
From Reader’s Almanac, June 13, 2011, “Keith Olbermann, Rosemary Thurber, and friends gather to celebrate Thurber Coming this Fall, A Soldier’s Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II (National Geographic, Nov. 1, 2011) by Joseph Farris. For more information, visit the Random House site
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