Honoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges Last Thursday a large crowd of friends, relatives, and colleagues from MAD and The New Yorker filled the Ethical Cultural Society’s Ceremonial Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the life of Paul Peter Porges (left), who passed away last December. Among the speakers was Mr. Porges’s close friend, New Yorker artist, Sam
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Liza Donnelly Live Draws Coney Island’s Cyclone; An Arno Puzzle Piece Surfaces; A MAD Update
Liza Donnelly Live Draws Coney Island’s Cyclone Wearing her CBS Resident Cartoonist hat, Liza Donnelly recently visited the Coney Island boardwalk to live draw various sights, including the famous Cyclone, which is celebrating its 90th birthday today. Click here to see all of her CBS Coney Island drawings ___________________________________________________________________________________ An Arno Puzzle Piece Surfaces When I completed my biography of
Read moreShow of Interest: Tom Bachtell’s Talk of The Town Illustrations; Whither MAD Magazine?; Roz Chast’s Tiny Shirts
Show of Interest If you’ve opened up the New Yorker to The Talk of The Town you’ve seen Tom Bachtell’s work. Now you can see the drawings in person at The Bower Center For the Arts . Here’s a fine article about the exhibit and Mr. Bachtell. Link here to Tom Bachtell’s website. _________________________________________________________________________ Whither MAD Magazine? Every so often
Read moreA Memorial For Peter Porges; Early Gahan Wilson
There will be a memorial service on June 29th for Mad Magazine and New Yorker artist, Peter Porges who passed away in December of last year. Mr. Porges’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of July 3, 1965. Sam Gross has passed along the details: Peter Porges Memorial Service Thursday, June 29th Ethical Culture Society
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