From Connecticut Magazine, March 31, 2014, “When The New Yorker Moved to Connecticut; Westport a Hotbed for Covers” Left: Garrett Price‘s cover for the December 19, 1947 issue and… Here’s all the info about the upcoming MoCCA Arts fest
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5 Questions for Roz Chast; Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection; Further news of The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) & The Society of Illustrators
From The Horn Book, August 2, 2012, “Five Questions for Roz Chast” From American Enterprise, August 9, 2012, “Seeing artistry in Alfred Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection” From The Comics Journal (TCJ), August 9, 2012, Michael Dean continues his fine coverage with “MoCCA Gets a New Lease on Life at Society of Illustrators”
Read morePeter Steiner illustrates; Mark Singer on Edward Koren’s 50th anniversary; Aline-Kominsky Crumb @ MoCCA; Fiction Writers Review blog adds cartoons; Addams Family costumes; Science Cracking the Humor Code?; Audio interview: Liza Donnelly; Mankoff & Co. on dreamed cartoons
From Speaker System, “10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said” (W. W. Norton & Co.) This new book by Charles Wheelan is illustrated by the one and only Peter Steiner. Visit your neighborhood online book seller for a peek inside. From newyorker.com, June 1, 2012, “Ed Koren Arrives” — Mark Singer on Mr. Koren’s 50th anniversary
Read moreNew York Times: The demise of sports cartoons; Bob Staake at USC; Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Fest 2012
Richard Sandomir has written a great (but sad) piece for The New York Times on the demise of sports cartooning, “Lost Occupation, Lost Art as Sports Cartooning Declines” — sorry, no link: check out the NYTs homepage, scroll down to INSIDE NYTS.COM and look for the sports illustration. From dailytrojan.com, April 19, 2012, “Cartoonist Bob Staake began his career
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