Fave Photo of the Day: Cartoonists Celebrate Sam Gross’s Birthday Cartoonists gathered on Manhattan’s upper east side on Thursday to celebrate Cartoon God, Sam Gross, who turned 85 on August 7th. Clockwise from the lower left: Robert Leighton, Bob Eckstein, Maria Scrivan, Nick Downes, Marisa Acocella, Sam Gross, Roz Chast, and Tracey Berglund. –photo courtesy of Bob Eckstein _______________________________________________________ Early
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of June 4 & 11, 2018
The Fiction/Childhood Issue? Well that’s what it says, in red and black on the Table of Contents: First, the paperwork: See that beautiful masthead just above? It was drawn and designed by Rea Irvin. It’s been missing since Spring of last year after appearing in the New Yorker for 92 years. It was replaced last year by a redrawn version
Read moreThe Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; Fave Photo of the Day
Cartoon Companion is back with their deep-ish takes on every cartoon in the latest issue of the New Yorker (May 28, 2018). Charlie Hankin is awarded the CC’s “Top Toon” ribbon. Read it here! Mr. Hankin has been contributing to The New Yorker since August of 2013. Link to his website here. ____________________________________________________________ Fave Photo of the Day Five New
Read moreAddams Drawing Sells for $31,000; Leighton’s Puzzle Pieces; An Interview with Snowman Expert, and “World’s Greatest Bookstores” Author, Bob Eckstein; An Interview with Jeremy Nguyen
Charles Addams Drawing Sells For $31,000. The wonderful Charles Addams drawing shown above sold for $31, 200.00 at last week’s Swann Galleries auction. Wowzers. Oddly, as befits anything having to do with Mr. Addams, the Swann catalog incorrectly stated the date of publication (Swann says it was published in the January 18, 1947 New Yorker). It was actually published in
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