________________________________________________________________________________ Personal Cartoon History I was wandering around The New Yorker’s online archive this evening when I came across this drawing of mine from the January 9, 1984 issue. I looked at it for a few seconds then realized that it’s very different from all of my work in the magazine as it’s blatantly autobiographical. What you see is the
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Two New Podcasts: Chris Weyant on The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast and Michael Maslin On The Cartoon Pad Chris Weyant is the latest guest on The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast, hosted by Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Paul Nesja. Mr. Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here. And on The Cartoon Pad, I
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Ken Krimstein Segment To Air On Tomorrow’s CBS Morning Show Mr. Krimstein, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2000, will be interviewed by CBS correspondent, Jim Axelrod about Mr. Krimstein’s fabulous new book, When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies Of Six Yiddish Teens. (the program is broadcast from 7 – 9 in the Chicago area). Visit
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Personal History: First Date Way way way back in March of 1986, the auction house, Guernsey’s offered up what seemed liked a zillion pieces of original art from the worlds of comic art and illustration. The art was displayed in a giant room at the New York Armory along Park avenue. I’d never seen anything like it before, or
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