Ward Sutton’s been guest editing SPD’s blog all week, conducting short interviews with some familiar names. Go see! Link to Mr. Sutton’s website. ______________________________________________ Back in February, Ink Spill noted an exhibit of illustrated album covers at the Rhode Island School of Design. Paul Karasik(who teaches at RISD) sent in these photos of the William Steig covers on display.
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Regan Arts to Publish Maslin Peter Arno Biography, Mad At Something
I’m pleased to announce that Mad At Something, my biography of the late and very great New Yorker cartoonist, Peter Arno will be published by Regan Arts. Arno is one of the pillars of The New Yorker‘s earliest days, a group that includes Harold Ross, E.B. White, Katharine White, and James Thurber. Ross, the magazine’s founder and first
Read moreVideos: Donnelly at TedxBayArea; Flake on Bloomberg; Chast on the NewsHour
Three new videos featuring three of the best: Liza Donnelly, Emily Flake and Roz Chast First up: Liza Donnelly speaking at TedxBayArea, December 6, 2014 ________________________________________________________________ And here’s a link to Emily Flake appearing on Bloomberg, December 26, 2014 _________________________________________________________________ Roz Chast in a segment on the PBS NewsHour, December 26,
Read moreA Round-Up of Books to be Released in 2015 by New Yorker Cartoonists
2015 looks to be an exciting year for new books from New Yorker cartoonists. Here’s a sampling: A collection by the one-and-only Gahan Wilson, Out There (Fantagraphics, July 3, 2015). As anyone who visits this site knows, Mr. Wilson was recently the subject of a documentary film by Steven-Charles Jaffe, Born Dead, Still Weird. From
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