As promised a few days ago, below is a list of New Yorker artists whose work appears in an upcoming exhibit at The Society of Illustrators. The artists included span the entire history of The New Yorker, beginning with early masters, Helen Hokinson, Peter Arno and Gluyas Williams right up through many of today’s most exciting
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Robert Leighton has a website
Robert Leighton, a New Yorker cartoonist since 2002, now has a website. Go look! Mr. Leighton was featured on Ink Spill earlier this year: “Anatomy of a Cartoon: Robert Leighton on His Escher Cartoon in This Week’s New Yorker” (scroll down to the January 31, 2013 post)
Read moreNew film on New Yorker Cartoonists: “Very Semi-Serious”
We’ve known that Leah Wolchok has been hard at work on her film about New Yorker cartoonists and thought this was an excellent time to check in with her (Ink Spill will revisit Very Semi-Serious in a matter of weeks). We asked Leah to describe her film, and give us an idea of who’s in it (so far). Here’s what
Read moreAnatomy of a Cartoon: Robert Leighton on His Escher Cartoon in This Week’s New Yorker
The last time Ink Spill singled out a particular New Yorker cartoon it was Bob Eckstein’s terrific 3-D Thanksgiving drawing in the issue of November 26, 2012. There are always a good number of drawings in each issue of the magazine that should be applauded, but every so often one of them deserves a standing ovation. Robert Leighton’s drawing
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