I thought it might make for a nice end of week break to look at some drawings of mine from this past week that went nowhere. Every cartoonist works on drawings that go nowhere. We do it every day of every week. It’s how we get to the drawings that do work. Initially, with each of these shown, I had
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Another Two Pages From the New Yorker Ency of Cartoons; Podcast of Interest: Liza Donnelly
Another Two Pages From the New Yorker Ency of Cartoons Back on June 19th, The Spill had this to say about the upcoming New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: Stylish packaging…can’t wait to see what more is inside. Especially curious to see how the two volumes incorporate the advertised 3000 cartoons (or “classic images” as the publisher calls them). Actually, since
Read morePersonal History: Going To The Window
From 1976 through early 1980 (when I moved out of Manhattan) I made a weekly trip via subway from my apartment on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village to the New Yorker‘s offices on 25 West 43rd Street. After a week of working mostly alone at home it was my one big foray into the real world. Stepping from the
Read moreA Foot of Rejected Cartoons
Rejection is a New Yorker cartoonist’s constant companion. We are rejected every single week we submit work to the magazine (I’ve heard tales of contributors selling up to a half-dozen drawings out of one batch, but I’ve yet to hear of a contributor selling their entire batch. Please advise if that’s ever happened). Example: I submit cartoons weekly to the
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