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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New Yorker Cartoonists documentary Very Semi-Serious Kickstarter Campaign Begins / Watch the Trailer
The Kickstarter campaign for Leah Wolchok’s in-progress documentary, Very Semi-Serious has just begun. Watch the delightful 4 minute trailer here with Lee Lorenz, Roz Chast, Liza Donnelly, Drew Dernavich, Liam Walsh, Farley Katz, Emily Flake, Sam Gross, Matt Diffee, Bob Mankoff, and a whole bunch of cartoonists at lunch.
Read moreScudder Middleton, New Yorker Cartoonists Hand-Holder and More
Does the name Scudder Middleton mean anything to you? It meant a little something to me, but no so much…until recently when I decided to look a little deeper into his association with The New Yorker’s art department. I’d seen his name on memos while sifting through the magazine’s archives in The New York Public
Read moreNew film on New Yorker Cartoonists: “Very Semi-Serious”
We’ve known that Leah Wolchok has been hard at work on her film about New Yorker cartoonists and thought this was an excellent time to check in with her (Ink Spill will revisit Very Semi-Serious in a matter of weeks). We asked Leah to describe her film, and give us an idea of who’s in it (so far). Here’s what
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