My mother once told me that Mother’s Day was more important to her than her own birthday. Thinking of her today, I can’t help but think of the world she grew up in, especially during her formative years from the 1920s through 1950s. Hers was not the world of the arts, but of a factory job right after high
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Auction Of Interest: Press Forward Auction Includes Cartoonists Galore!
News of an auction of cartoon art (both original work and prints) to support Press Forward. According to their website PF is an independent initiative whose mission is to change culture in newsrooms. Also to be auctioned are a number of fun experiences including this: Behind the Scenes Experience with New Yorker Editor David Remnick and Cartoon Editor, Emma Allen
Read moreEaster In The City; Today’s Daily Shouts By…Ellis Rosen With Irving Ruan
rving Ruan) Here’s a rejected cover idea (submitted to The New Yorker way way back in time) that I’ve brought out on this day a number of times. I remember being happy with the way the checkered floor turned out (heavily inspired by Charles Addams’ handling of tiled floors). ________________ Today’s Daily Shouts Today’s Daily Shouts is a joint effort
Read moreMore MoCCA Today (With Photos) & “My First MoCCA”; David Sipress On A 1969 Harvard Protest
More MoCCA Today At least three New Yorker cartoonist events scheduled today: Liana Finck in conversation with Gabrielle Bell; a “spotlight” on Mark Alan Stamaty; Emily Flake as part of a panel, “Narratives On Motherhood”; cover artist Ivan Brunetti in a panel on “Comics and the Teaching Artist” (right: Ms. Bell and Ms. Finck today. Courtesy of Stephen Nadler). And
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