From The Comics Journal, May 18, 2016, this lengthy informative piece by Paul Tumey, “The Screwball Comics of Gus Mager: Hippos, Monks and Sherlock Holmes” — Read it here. Ink Spill’s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z entry for Gus Mager: Born, 1878, Newark, New Jersey. Died, July 17, 1956, Murrysville, Penn. New Yorker work: 5 cartoons, March – July of
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Article of Interest: Ken Krimstein
From Craftsmanship Magazine, March 13, 2016, “The Mind of a Cartoonist” — this piece about Ken Krimstein.
Read moreFave Photos of the Day: Pat Byrnes & David Borchart, George Saunders & Liza Donnelly
Here are two fun pix from two coasts including a grand total of three New Yorker cartoonists and one New Yorker writer. From the east coast: Pat Byrnes and David Borchart taken during a congregation of cartoonists in Manhattan this morning that included Bob Eckstein (who took the photo and graciously allowed its use here), Evan Forsch, and Robert Leighton.
Read moreTom Toro’s Mystery Rea Irvin Drawing; More Spills with Pat Byrnes, Bob Mankoff, BEK, Gilded-Age Cartoonists & More
Every so often, someone runs into a cartoon mystery. This time it’s New Yorker cartoonist, Tom Toro. Here’s Tom to explain: Calling all cartoon sleuths! There’s a mystery afoot. I managed to get my sticky paws on an original Rea Irvin drawing but I can’t figure out where it was published or what the caption is. Does anybody
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