New New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1: Liana Finck

       Thirty or forty years ago, a new cartoonist published in The New Yorker  was about as rare as The New Yorker messing with its fabled Irvin typeface. That’s changed in recent years, as more and more cartoonists are embraced by the magazine. In the upcoming documentary film,  Very Semi-Serious, Bob Mankoff, the New Yorker‘s current cartoon editor, says,

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Booth, Chast, Kalman and Tomine at The Strand

A sure-to-please event at The Strand Bookstore ( 828 Broadway, 2nd Fl.) May 3, 2011, 7 pm — 8 pm, celebrating the winner of the 2011 Eustace Tilley contest and launch  of The New Yorker’s Strand tote bag.  Francoise Mouly the magazine’s Art Editor, will moderate a panel discussion with George Booth, Roz Chast,  Maira Kalman, and Adrian Tomine. Other

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