Two books to look forward to within the next twelve months… both series-esque. No graphics for either yet. In January of 2020, the team of Patricia Marx and Roz Chast return with You Can Only Yell At Me For One Thing At A Time: Rules For Couples. From Celadon Books, also publisher of the just released Marx-Chast collaboration). And in
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A Thurber Scarf; Book Event Of Interest: Marx, Chast, And Flake; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Lucas Adams
From Attempted Bloggery, this Thurber “lawn scarf” — Read about it here! Thurber’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: James Thurber (pictured above) Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According to the New Yorker’s legendary editor, William Shawn, “In the early days, a small company of
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; Even More Hoff; Chast with Ukulele
The Cartoon Companion‘s “Max” and “Simon” are back, taking a close look at the New Yorker cartoons in the issue of January 22, 2018. Visit the site here! Cartoons in this issue by:________________________________________________________________ Even More Hoff Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery keeps the spotlight on little seen work by the late great Syd Hoff. See it here! _______________________________________________________________ Roz Chast with
Read moreBook of Interest: 100 Years of Humor From The Harvard Lampoon
Coming in November from Touchstone, The Harvard Lampoon’s One for The Money: The Best Humor from More Than 100 Years of Lucrative Lampoonery. From the publisher: A collection of the best of The Harvard Lampoon—the spawning ground for Hollywood’s elite comedy writers and New Yorker humorists—revealing the hidden gems from their 140-year history. Since its inception in 1876, The Harvard
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