Library of Congress Exhibit: Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists From the LOC’s press release: Original works by women cartoonists and illustrators are featured in a new exhibition opening at the Library of Congress on Nov. 18. Spanning the late 1800s to the present, “Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists” brings to light remarkable but little-known
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of October 23, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. This week’s cover (by R. Kikuo Johnson, who we learn from the Contributors page teaches cartooning at the Rhode Island School of Design) is of robots on their way to wherever robots go to. One has an on-the-go cup of coffee(?)
Read moreThe Nib Looks at New Yorker Cartoons in 2040; Of Interest: Cartoon Companion’s Frank Cotham Interview, Part 2
The Nib Looks at New Yorker cartoons in 2040 Here’s an amusing piece from The Nib, August 8, 2017, “New Yorker 2040” — too bad the author didn’t try imagining various cartoonists styles 23 years from now instead of just using one vaguely 1950s – early 1960s similar style…or is that what’s in store? Bonus: the zillionth
Read moreBooks of Interest Round-Up: Twohy, Toro, Cuneo, Wheeler, Blitt, Karasik, and Chast
It’s mid-year, which is as good a time as any to round-up the New Yorker cartoonist-related books that’ve come out recently and those that will be coming out. Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy. From the publisher: “Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story…” Published February 2017.
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