“At Wit’s End” Back Cover Reveal The cover of At Wit’s End, a collection of 52 New Yorker cartoonist portraits (Foreword by The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, Emma Allen; essays by yours truly), has been online for a
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Friday Spill: An Edward Koren Marketing Packet; A Tidbit… Cartoonists At New Yorker Festival; Drew Dernavich Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Edward Koren’s Supermarketing Packet The Spill‘s archives are so much richer because of folks who send objets d’New Yorker cartoon art this way. I’m so grateful for the generosity shown the Spill. A recent arrival is this small postcard size advertising packet featuring the late great Edward Koren‘s art. I looked though all the materials within the packet but could
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Wednesday Spill: “Funny Stuff” Authors Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; A Fave Summertime New Yorker Cover
Funny Stuff Authors Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast This week’s guests on the always fun Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast are Phil Witte and Rex Hesner, the co-authors of the just released Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons (featured in yesterday’s Spill post). Shown above, clockwise from the top left: Rex Hesner, Paul Nesja, Phil Witte, and
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Friday Spill: Charles Addams’ Biographer Linda Davis On MAD; Maddie Dai Guests On Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Charles Addams’ Biographer Linda Davis On MAD Article of Interest: Charles Addams’s biographer, Linda Davis, on the MAD exhibit currently up at the Norman Rockwell Museum. From The Jewish Federation Of The Berkshires, “Mad About Mad: An Iconoclast Comes To The Norman Rockwell Museum” More information about the exhibit here. _______________________________________________________________________ Maddie Dai, who began contributing to The New
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