It’s pub day for Bob Eckstein’s fab Footnotes From The Most Fascinating Museums (Princeton Architectural Press). Mr. Eckstein, who wears almost as many hats as any cartoonist I know, began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Visit his website here. __________________________________________________________________________ …From Bleeding Cool, “Frostbite, A Graphic Novel by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra from Scholastic” The book will
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Barbara Smaller Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Barbara Smaller (lower right), who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1996, joins the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast co-hosts Beth Lawler (upper left), Paul Nesja (upper right), and Nicole Chrolavicius. Listen here (it’s episode #129 for those keeping track). __________________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, October 16-20, 2023 An end of
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Happy 96th George Booth! The Spill wishes the great New Yorker artist George Booth a very happy birthday. At 96, Mr. Booth is the magazine’s senior contributing artist. photo: Liza Donnelly and Roz Chast celebrating with Mr. Booth today. Mr. Booth’s latest New Yorker drawing is in the brand new issue, dated July 4, 2022. You can see it
Read morePersonal History: “It’s For You” According to a quick run through of The New Yorker‘s archives, there have been at least ten cartoons published in its history with this exact caption: “It’s for you.” The earliest belongs to Richard Taylor (it appeared in the issue of March 8, 1941). Charles Barsotti had one in the issue of May 18, 1987,
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