… “The artists, who waited for the verdicts, scrambled for desk space where they could retouch their cartoons and spots according to what Wylie, or Katharine Angell, told them what Ross wanted.”* — So said New Yorker editor and writer Rogers Whitaker to Thurber biographer, Harrison Kinney. He was describing a wonderfully fun and exciting time and
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Charlie Hankin Speaks; Christoph Niemann Profiled on Netflix’s “Abstract”; Eustace Tilley’s Non-Anniversary Cover Appearances
This piece on Charlie Hankin, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2013: “Catching Up with New Yorker cartoonist and Park School grad Charlie Hankin” (The Baltimore Sun, March 4, 2017) Link here to Mr. Hankin’s website. ________________________________________________________________________________ Christoph Niemann, who’s contributed nearly two dozen covers
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; Tom Toro Talks Trump; Messing Around With The New Yorker’s Logo
In the latest installment of The Cartoon Companion: Ed Steed’s fowl: chickens or ducks?…plus Dernavich’s refrigerator, Cotham’s stairway to heaven, and more. _______________________________________________________________________________ Tom Toro has been drawing a lot of Trumps lately. He talks about the experience on the Huffington Post: “New Yorker Cartoonist Explains Why Humor is the Heartbeat of Democracy”
Read moreEmma Allen To Succeed New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff
In a memo to all New Yorker Cartoonists this afternoon, the magazine’s editor, David Remnick announced that Emma Allen, a New Yorker editor will succeed Bob Mankoff as cartoon editor in two months time. In part, the memo reads: The person I’ve chosen to be the next cartoon editor
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