Andy Friedman’s Baseball Cards; Chast Exhibit at The Norman Rockwell Museum; Books of Interest: Byrnes, Haefeli

  Here, by way of newyorker.com‘s Culture Desk, is a terrific piece, with slideshow, by Andy Friedman.   Mr. Friedman has worn a number of hats outside of the magazine as well as within the magazine, including cartoon assistant to Bob Mankoff, illustrator, and cartoonist (often under the name, Larry Hat). Link here to Mr. Friedman’s website      

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Fave Photo of the Day, Pt.2; A 1973 Profile of William Hamilton; John Updike & Cartoons

                  Fave Photo of the Day: (l-r) Ken Krimstein, Bob Eckstein and Pat Byrnes in Chicago this week. __________________________________________________________________________________ From The Stripper’s Guide, February 5, 2015, “News of Yore 1973: William Hamilton Profiled” — this piece by Lenora Williamson that originally appeared in Editor & Publisher, April 7 1973 (thanks to Mike

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