Two heavy hitters, Lee Lorenz and Edward Sorel will share a stage on September 26th for an event billed “Drawing Sides: A Timely Conversation on Political Cartoons” Details here. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Peter Kuper joins a very long list of New Yorker artists who’ve told us about their
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John Caldwell: 1946-2016
According to The Times Union, an upstate New York newspaper, the cartoonist John Caldwell, who contributed to The New Yorker from 1999 – 2002 has passed away. Read the obit here. Here’s an extract from his biography as it appears on his website. …his drawings have appeared in many publications, including The National Lampoon, Writer’s Digest, Playboy, Barron’s, The New
Read moreKarasik Reviews Kurtzman Bio; Audio: Matt Diffee
Here’s Paul Karasik’s graphic review of the new Harvey Kurtzman biography ____________________________________________________________________________________ and here’s Matt Diffee on the weekend edition of NPR, speaking about his brand new book, Hand Drawn Jokes For Smart Attractive People
Read moreBooks of Interest: A Harvey Kurtzman Biography & A Box of Clowes
Looking forward to this forthcoming biography of the late great Harvey Kurtzman. Due May 2nd from Fantagraphics. While you’re waiting for the biography to be released you might want to check out Mr. Kurtzman’s autobiography, My Life As A Cartoonist (Aladdin; First Minstrel Books, 1988) _________________________________________________________________________________ Also coming from
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