Honoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges Last Thursday a large crowd of friends, relatives, and colleagues from MAD and The New Yorker filled the Ethical Cultural Society’s Ceremonial Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the life of Paul Peter Porges (left), who passed away last December. Among the speakers was Mr. Porges’s close friend, New Yorker artist, Sam
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Resist! #2 Arrives July 4th With An Abundance of New Yorker Contributors
The second issue of Resist!, a free “political comics zine of mostly female artists” (a “Man Cave” section is included) edited by Nadja Spiegelman and The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise Mouly, will be distributed this coming July 4th in comic book stores and out on the streets by volunteers (approximately 60,000 copies of the first Resist! were distributed
Read moreBooks of Interest Round-Up: Twohy, Toro, Cuneo, Wheeler, Blitt, Karasik, and Chast
It’s mid-year, which is as good a time as any to round-up the New Yorker cartoonist-related books that’ve come out recently and those that will be coming out. Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy. From the publisher: “Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story…” Published February 2017.
Read morePaul Karasik Delivers Commencement Speech at the Center For Cartoon Studies; CBS This Morning Podcast: Liza Donnelly Talks About Live-Drawing at The White House; Attempted Bloggery Spotlights An Obscure New Yorker Cartoonist
From Vermont’s Valley News, May 13, 2017, “‘It’s OK to Flounder’: Paul Karasik Advises CCS Grads” — this piece on Mr. Karasik’s commencement speech delivered to the Center for Cartoon Studies 11th graduating class. Link here to Paul Karasik’s New Yorker work. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Here’s a CBS News podcast, “Drawing At The White House” featuring Liza Donnelly talking about her recent
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