Once or twice a year New Yorker cartoonists gather to do something other than show their work. Yesterday was one of those days — the annual holiday party (which includes all of the editorial staff, not just the artists). In years past the party has been mostly out-of house; this year
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An Arno dissected; McNamee’s Case For Pencils
Attempted Bloggery digs into this Peter Arno drawing published in The New Yorker June 3, 1939. ______________________________________________________ Jane Mattimoe’s blog, A Case For Pencils adds John McNamee to the very long list of New Yorker cartoonists letting us take a look at their tools of the trade. Link here.
Read moreRobert Weber 1924 – 2016: An Ink Spill Appreciation
The great cartoonist Robert Weber, a major contributor to the New Yorker for 43 years, has passed away at age 92. Mr. Weber began his New Yorker career in 1962 and went on to contribute nearly 1500 cartoons and 11 covers. The cartoonist Jack Ziegler, a New Yorker colleague, had this to say about Mr. Weber: “One of the all-time
Read moreFrank Modell Celebrated
Cartoonists mostly live solitary work lives. When they’ve finished a drawing, sit back and take a look at it, the feedback usually comes from within; then there’s the occasional laugh from their spouse, friend, room mate or visitor. In the reverse, it’s also usually a solitary experience for someone looking at a cartoon in a magazine. More often than not,
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