James Stevenson Documentary Film,”Lost And Found” Draws New Yorker Cartoonists A special screening of “Stevenson Lost And Found,” a wonderful documentary film about the late great New Yorker artist and writer, attracted a number of cartoonists last week to the Made In New York Media Center. Here’s the crowd, post-screening, along with the late Mr. Stevenson’s wife, Josie Merck, (who
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New Yorker Cartoonists Remember Gahan Wilson The New Yorker cartoonist community is quite small. Our numbers are great enough to field a softball team, but not enough to fill your average sized auditorium. Whether we knew Gahan well, or very little, or not at all, we know his work, and feel the loss of one of our family. What follows
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New Yorker Cartoons On The Empire State Building Walls The iconic Empire State Building now boasts half-a-dozen New Yorker cartoons on its walls. One each by Robert Leighton, Liana Finck, John O’Brien, Tom Cheney, Jason Patterson, and Frank Modell. Through the courtesy of Mr. Leighton (who is shown below, at The Empire State Building, with his drawing*) the Spill shows
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The Cover: a somewhat menacing image by Mark Ulriksen that could’ve easily been used for Halloween (all it needs is a witch riding through the sky on a broom). But its title “Towering Wealth” heavily suggests a tie-in to this special Money Issue. Read a Q&A with Mr. Ulriksen about his cover here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Random thoughts after
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