Blitt and Kuper on Society of Illustrators Panel; Gil Roth Roth Interviews Glen Baxter; Another Look at Abner Dean; Felipe Galindo In Conference on Political Satire in Latin America; A Case For Pencils’ Pencils

    Last Minute Notice! “Can Art Affect Social Change?”  Barry Blitt and Peter Kuper, among others, will discuss tonight at The Society of Illustrators.  Details here ____________________________________________________________________ Check out Gil Roth’s wonderful interview with Glen Baxter on Mr. Roth’s Virtual Memories podcast here. (Mr. Baxter talks about coming to The New Yorker in the Robert Gottlieb era). While on

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Lee Lorenz in Conversation with Edward Sorel; Kuper Pencilled & Panelled

                        Two heavy hitters, Lee Lorenz and Edward Sorel will share a stage on September 26th for an event billed “Drawing Sides: A Timely Conversation on Political Cartoons”   Details here.     _____________________________________________________________________________________ Peter Kuper joins a very long list of New Yorker artists who’ve told us about their

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Book of Interest… Peter Kuper: Conversations

                                      Due this October From University Press of Mississippi, Peter Kuper: Conversations. From the publisher’s description: Along with two dozen images, this volume features ten lively, informative interviews with Kuper, including a career-spanning lengthy new interview. The book also includes a quartet

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Mashable: “The New Yorker’s Snapchat is Mesmerizing”; Eisner Award Winners

Here’s a fun read for a hot Saturday: a look at how The New Yorker uses Snapchat.  The magazine’s Art Editor, Francoise Mouly is featured along with the Cartoon editor’s assistant, Colin Stokes. __________________________________________________________________________ Here’s a list of the Eisner Award winners announced at Comic-Con.  Of note are several New Yorker contributors, including Adrian Tomine (for Best Short Story —

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