Coming October 1st from Random House: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats ( you may remember that The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs was published almost exactly a year ago). As you’d expect, the book boasts a huge number of cat themed cartoons and covers. Here’s a list of the cartoonists represented: Charles Addams, Harry Bliss,
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Cover Revealed for New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff’s Memoir
It’s a long way off to pub date (March 2014) for New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff’s memoir, How About Never — Is Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons — but the cover is now with us to examine and enjoy. Those with long memories may remember the
Read moreTom Cheney: Lessons from Charles Rodrigues
This is the second installment in an Ink Spill series of cartoonists talking about the important cartoon connections in their lives. Felipe Galindo wrote about Steinberg last week. This week, Tom Cheney, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978 (one of his most famous contributions
Read moreCollaborating Cartoonists; Video: Charles Addams
Collaborating 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
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