The NYTs On Barbara Shermund: “Overlooked No More” Hurray for Barbara Shermund! The paper of record has finally got around to noting her life and work. The first Barbara Shermund obit — at least as far as I’ve been able to discover — was the notice, above left, published September 9, 1978. I found it online years ago in
Read more
Fall Covers: Despite the pandemic, mother nature continues on doing her thing. There’s something reassuring about that (some of the best New Yorker covers have appeared this time of year). Back in 1984 the magazine’s seasonal covers inspired a gallery show and an accompanying book, Seasons At The New Yorker. Besides J.C. Suares’s September 23, 1974 cover that appears on
Read more_________________________________________________________________ Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell is today’s Daily Cartoonist. See her Daily cartoon here, and visit her website here. Ms. Campbell began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 2017. _________________________________________________________________ New York Comics And Picture Story Symposium Goes Online Via Zoom The Symposium, a treasure and a treat, has continued on online via Zoom. The next event is
Read moreInterview Of Interest: Liana Finck From Publishers Weekly, February 25, 2020, “Liana Finck on Pop-up Magazine and Taking Her Cartoons To the Stage” Ms. Finck began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013. Visit her website here. _____________________________________________________________ John Cuneo At The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium A crowded room last night at the New School for John
Read more