Coming October 1st from Random House: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats ( you may remember that The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs was published almost exactly a year ago). As you’d expect, the book boasts a huge number of cat themed cartoons and covers. Here’s a list of the cartoonists represented: Charles Addams, Harry Bliss,
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Book of Interest: Punch Cartoons in Color
Coming in October, The Best of Punch Cartoons in Colour. From the publisher’s description: Punch‘s move into color illustrations early in the 20th century is now all but unknown. The magnificent results are shown in this collection with hundreds of stunning cartoons from the 1920 through 1992. Showcased here are exquisite illustrations from E. H. Shepard, Art Deco masterpieces from Fougasse, and the eccentrically whimsical creations
Read moreSeries: Pt4 Ronald Searle the Great; Field Trip to The New Yorker
Blogspottings: From the ECC Cartoonbooks Club, February 15, 2012, “Ronald Searle the Great (Part 4)”. Sorry, don’t know how I missed Parts 1, 2, and 3. There are links to them at the bottom of the ECC’s page. From A New York Sketchbook, February 16, 2012, “Field Trip: New Yorker Magazine” — a blogger recalls her visit to the
Read moreRonald Searle: 1922 -2011
From uk.reuters, January 3, 2012, “St. Trinian’s creator Searle dies aged 91” Searle’s work appeared close to 100 times since he first began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966. His covers, which usually included a burst or bursts of color, often had a cat as the subject, but there were also variations on aged flower children/artists, and the occasional
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