Chatfield Pencilled; From Dick Buchanan’s Files: Work by Gardner Rea; Splat! New Yorker Reveals Its Next Cover; Even More Cartoons; New Yorker Union Certified

Chatfield Pencilled Jason Chatfield is up next on A Case For Pencils, Jane Mattimoe’s wonderful blog wherein New Yorker cartoonists show us their tools of the trade.  Read it here! ______________________________________________________________________  From Dick Buchanan’s files via Mike Lynch: Gardner Rea Mike Lynch has posted another bevy of cartoons from Dick Buchanan’s Files.  This time it’s work from the underappreciated Gardner

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Fave Photo of the Day: Woodman, Klossner, Lynch & Jacobson; Cartoon Companion’s Latest Look at New New Yorker Cartoons

From an article in Village Soup, June 29, 2018, “Trio Brings Lobster Therapy to Camden” — the photo below.  Clockwise from top right:  Bill Woodman, Mike Lynch, John Klossner, and David Jacobson.  Photo by Olivia Tasker. ______________________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion’s Latest Look at New New Yorker Cartoons It’s Friday, which means the Cartoon Companion‘s Max and Simon are back with their

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Happy 92nd Birthday, George Booth!; Maine Cartoonists on the Radio: Woodman, Lynch, Klossner & Jacobson

Here’s to Mr. Booth, a Spill Hall of Famer. Happy 92nd Birthday!  Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good Thoughts About A Pussycat (Dodd, Mead, 1975), Rehearsal’s Off! (Dodd, Mead, 1976), Omnibooth: The Best of George Booth ( Congdon & Weed, 1984), The Essential George

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The Wednesday Watch: Happy 96th, Dana Fradon!; Profile of Interest: George Booth; A Syd Hoff Selection; Hugette Martell in NY Review of Books; Chatfield Chats About Trump

Happy 96th Dana Fradon!  Very best birthday wishes to Mr. Fradon, our senior New Yorker cartoonist.  Above, a powerhouse quartet: three New Yorker cartoonists and their editor. Left to right: Charles Saxon, James Geraghty (the New Yorker‘s Art Editor from 1939 – 1973), Dana Fradon, and Whitney Darrow, Jr.  Westport, September, 1982. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Geraghty Herndon). Mr. Fradon’s

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