Fave Photo Of The Week 2024 Hall of Fame inductee Steve Brodner posted this photo from last night’s Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Awards dinner. Left to right: Joe Ciardiello, Edward Sorel, Liza Donnelly, James McMullan, Rick Meyerowitz, and Victor Juhasz _______________________________________________________________________ Some New Yorker Folks At Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) CXC is a “free comics art and
Read moreWard Sutton’s been guest editing SPD’s blog all week, conducting short interviews with some familiar names. Go see! Link to Mr. Sutton’s website. ______________________________________________ Back in February, Ink Spill noted an exhibit of illustrated album covers at the Rhode Island School of Design. Paul Karasik(who teaches at RISD) sent in these photos of the William Steig covers on display.
Read moreCollaborating cartoonists have been on my mind recently. Who are they, why do they do it? Does it double the fun? A spate of collaborations in The New Yorker within the past year caused me to dig into the subject and ask a few questions. To begin with, here’re a few words on the subject, written sixty years
Read moreFrom The Beat, May 21, 2012 “Comics G-17 summit report from Chicago” (content includes references to: Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Francoise Mouly, Daniel Clowes, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Ivan Brunetti, among others) From mikelynchcartoons.blogspot, May 21, 2012, “Report: Maine Comics Arts Festival May 20, 2012” (content includes references to John Klossner, Kate Beaton, and Bill Woodman)
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