In search of the history of National Cartoonists Day, I found the below snippet from a site named HappyDays365: “The National Cartoonists Day has been in celebration since the year 1999. National Cartoonist Society has launched this celebration. The Cartoonists Day is a form of dedication for all the cartoonists and those favourite cartoons what they have created for
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Coming in June of this year from the terrif R.O. Blechman, One The One Hand/On The Other Hand: The Art & Graphic Stories Of R.O. Blechman/The Writing Of R.O. Blechman Published & Unpublished (Fantagraphics). Read far more here. Here’s Mr. Blechman’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: R.O. Blechman (photo: Hillsdale, NY, 2017. photo by Elwood Smith ). Born, New
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Video Of Interest: Emma Allen & Lars Kenseth The latest video in a series with The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, Emma Allen zooming with one of the magazine’s cartoonists. This time it’s Lars Kenseth. Watch the video here (with a cameo appearance by Peter Arno’s classic March 1, 1941 New Yorker drawing, “Well, back to the old drawing board.”). Visit
Read moreThe Cover The new issue’s cover, by Homer Hanuka, is the seventh of the last eight covers that are coronavirus-related. You can read a Q&A with the artist here. The Cartoonists Joe Dator, Sam Gross, Harry Bliss, Farley Katz, Roz Chast, Ellis Rosen, Glen Baxter, P.C. Vey, Emily Flake, Frank Cotham, David Sipress, Liana Finck, Lars Kenseth, Johnny DiNapoli, Carol
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