Very sad news tonight from Martha Lorenz, that her father, Lee Lorenz, The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 -1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 – 1997, passed away Thursday morning at his home in Connecticut. Lee contributed cartoons and covers to The New Yorker for fifty-seven years, from 1958 through 2015. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Lee attended Carnegie
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_____________________________________________________________ It’s a ways off (May of 2023) but no time like the present to note Julia Wertz’s next book, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story. From the publisher: “In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronicles her haphazard attempts at sobriety and the relentlessly challenging, surprisingly funny, and occasionally absurd cycle of addiction and
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A Facebook Page For Bill Woodman Word this morning from Mike Lynch that Bill Woodman’s daughter has created a Facebook group in honor of her father, who passed away February 12th. Visit the page here. And…check out Mike Lynch’s recent post: “Sketching With John Klossner and Bill Woodman” Read Ink Spill’s Woodman appreciation here. ________________________________________________________________ Video Of Interest:
Read moreSam Gross Is On Facebook! The one, the only, the fabulous Sam Gross now has a Facebook page. Mr. Gross’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Sam Gross Born 1933, Bronx, NY. New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 –. Other than his work in The New Yorker, Mr. Gross is probably best known for his work in National Lampoon. He’s edited
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