National Cartoonists Society Single Panel Nominees Three New Yorker folks have been nominated in the single panel cartoon category (the NCS calls the category “Gag Cartoons” but I can’t bring myself to call single panels that). The three: Amy Hwang, Dan Misdea, and Christopher Weyant. Amy Kurzweil was nominated in the “Online Comics –Long Form” category. New Yorker cover artist,
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New Yorker’s 100th Events continue… Two of the latest events connected with The New Yorker’s ongoing centennial celebration… The New Yorker On Jeopardy The New Yorker‘s 100th Anniversary Celebration extended this week to the television gameshow Jeopardy!, where editor David Remnick served up the answers that included an Addams family character (that’s Mr. Addams on
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The National Cartoonists Society Festival, Online & Free To All Usually an invitation-only formal event held in a convention center, this year’s NCS Festival will be online and open to all. Live streaming begins Saturday morning at 10am (est), September 12th. Here’s the schedule. Browsing the event schedule and list of nominees I noticed these New Yorker folks mentioned: Jason
Read moreThe Cover: Trick or treaters in the woods courtesy of Liniers. To me, the creatures appearing in this cover seem to be above-sea-level up-in-the-trees relatives of Ed Steed’s August 26th cover’s creatures. I’m reminded of the fun fans had years ago by hunting for The Beatles faces on the cover of The Rolling Stones album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. Details
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