Weekend Spill: Panel Discussion Of Interest…Stan Mack, Rick Meyerowitz, Victor Juhasz, And Steve Brodner At The Society Of Illustrators; The Tilley Watch Online, May 13-17, 2024

Event Of Interest: Stan Mack, Rick Meyerowitz, Victor Juhasz, Steve Brodner The quartet celebrates Mr. Mack’s upcoming Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies (out in June from Fantagraphics) at The Society Of Illustrators. All the info here.      __________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, May 13-17, 2024 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on

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Friday Spill: Event Of Interest: Sara Lautman & Liza Donnelly At Politics & Prose; Pia Guerra & Ian Boothby On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; A Couple Of Updates

Event Of Interest: Sara Lautman And Liza Donnelly At Politics & Prose Sara Lautman (below, left) will join Liza Donnelly at Politics & Prose, March 18th, to kick off the release of Ms. Donnelly’s new expanded edition of her must-have Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists. All the info here. __________________________________________ Pia Guerra & Ian Boothby On The

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The Weekend Spill: Early Richter; New Blitt; Attempted Bloggery On Thurber’s Riddle; Article Of Interest: “Artist Portfolio: Amy Kurzweil”; Article Of Interest: Forgotten Caricatures Of Covarrubias; Article Of Interest: Emily Flake On Kids & Rules; Video Of Interest: “Power Of Black Ink” Panel

Early Richter I’ve always thought that the late Mischa Richter’s cartoon roots were heavily influenced by Peter Arno’s work (something he vehemently denied when I interviewed him in 1999).* This early Mischa Richter drawing currently on Ebay is interesting in that it seems to show a Steig influence. The fellow staring at the wall thermometer is right out of William

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