Liana Finck will be in conversation with Emily Flake this evening at Books Are Magic. All the info here. Ms. Finck began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013. Her latest book is Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, And Notes To Self (Random House). Ms. Flake has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2008. Her book That Was Awkward: The
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Podcasts Of Interest: Joe Dator, Chris Ware; AddamsFest Begins In His Hometown; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; A Daily Shouts By…Amy Hwang
Podcast Of Interest: Joe Dator Mr. Dator, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2006, was a guest on The Better Breakroom. Visit his website here. ________________________________________________________________ Podcast Of Interest: Chris Ware Chris Ware was Gil Roth’s most recent guest on his long-running (and cartoonist-filled) podcast The Virtual Memories Show. Mr. Ware began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999.
Read moreThe Weekend Spill: Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence; A Thurber Event At The Society Of Illustrators; The Tilley Watch Online; Interview Of Interest: Seth; Chris Ware In Conversation With Chip Kidd
Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence From The Cleveland Plain Dealer (cleveland.com), September 1, 2019, “James Thurber continues to influence today’s cartoonists” — this piece by Marilyn Greenwald ___________________________________________ A Thurber Anniversary Event At The Society Of Illustrators From The Society Of Illustrators, this notice of a Thurber event this coming October. Coinciding with the 125th birthday celebration publication of Collected Fables
Read morePersonal History: “It’s For You”; Article Of Interest: Pia Guerra; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Personal History: “It’s For You” According to a quick run through of The New Yorker‘s archives, there have been at least ten cartoons published in its history with this exact caption: “It’s for you.” The earliest belongs to Richard Taylor (it appeared in the issue of March 8, 1941). Charles Barsotti had one in the issue of May 18, 1987,
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