The Cover: It’s the Food Issue and it’s the Thanksgiving issue, so surprise: a turkey. You can read a Q&A with the cover artist here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons… random comments on a few of the cartoons in this issue: …Mick Stevens delivers a fab caveman drawing (it’s on page 69). Beautiful drawing with a great caption. …another fine drawing/caption
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The Weekend Spill: Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence; A Thurber Event At The Society Of Illustrators; The Tilley Watch Online; Interview Of Interest: Seth; Chris Ware In Conversation With Chip Kidd
Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence From The Cleveland Plain Dealer (cleveland.com), September 1, 2019, “James Thurber continues to influence today’s cartoonists” — this piece by Marilyn Greenwald ___________________________________________ A Thurber Anniversary Event At The Society Of Illustrators From The Society Of Illustrators, this notice of a Thurber event this coming October. Coinciding with the 125th birthday celebration publication of Collected Fables
Read moreToday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Bob Eckstein’s Writer’s Digest Conference Graphic Account; Today’s Daily Shouts…And Yesterday’s
Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon: Teresa Burns Parkhurst on empty-nesting. Ms. Parkhurst has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2017. See more of her work here. _______________________________________________ A Graphic Account Of Interest By Bob Eckstein Mr. Eckstein (aka the World’s Leading Snowman Expert) has graphically captured the recent Writer’s Digest Annual Conference in NYC. See it all here
Read moreRobert Crumb And Aline Kominsky-Crumb At Columbia This Fall; The Tilley Watch Online, July 15-19, 2019; Fave Photo Of The Day: Some New Yorker Folks At The San Diego Comic Con; NYTs Opinion Piece Of Interest: “The Vicious Fun Of America’s Most Famous Literary Circle”
Robert Crumb And Aline -Kominsky Crumb At Columbia This Fall Columbia University’s Curator For Comics and Cartoons, Karen Green, announced at the San Diego Comic Com that Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Peter Bagge will be appearing this Fall at Columbia University…no further info at the moment. Here’s the article from The Beat, July 20, 2019, “Things Go Off
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