Wertz’s Sketchy Interview Gothamist continues its Sketchy Interview series with Julia Wertz. Read it here. Ms. Wertz first contribution to the New Yorker appeared in the issue of August 3, 2015. _____________________________________________________________ Mischa Richter”s Strictly Richter David Pomerantz has sent along this interesting piece from 2016 about the late Mischa Richter’s strip, Strictly Richter. A sidenote: when I interviewed Mr.
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of June 18, 1984
As mentioned here last week, it’s double issue time again. We’re halfway though it now ; only a week til the new issue (dated June 18, 2018) appears online early Monday morning. Just for fun I thought I’d go back to another June 18th issue — the one from 1984. Here’s the cover, by Susan Davis, who contributed fifteen covers
Read moreFun of Interest: Swann Auction Includes Addams, Barsotti, Steinberg, and So Many More
The New Yorker section of the upcoming Swann auction is an awful lot of fun. The Addams cover shown above is just one of the gems listed. To see the “3D catalog” go here. Other New Yorker artists whose work is going under the gavel include Charles Barsotti, Bemelmans, Abe Birnbaum, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Richard Decker, Ed Fisher, Heidi Goennel,
Read moreCartoonist Mike Lynch on Dwindling Cartoon Markets; Mischa Richter on Attempted Bloggery; A New Yorker State of Mind Looks At The April 20, 1929 New Yorker
From Mike Lynch, May 2, 2018, “Another Market For Gag Cartoons is Going Going Gone” —Reader’s Digest is in the headlights here. _______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery on Mischa Richter Following up his E. Simms Campbell fest, Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery moves on to Mischa Richter. Looking forward to what he has come up with. See today’s Richter post here. ___________________________________________________________________ A
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