Fave Stand-Up Photos Of The Day: Chatfield, Campbell, Varnado, Flake We’re used to seeing photos of cartoonists at their drawing boards, hovering over their work. But here are some photos taken last night of four New Yorker cartoonists (mostly) not sitting down, but standing up, doing stand-up, on stage, in front of their projected drawings. The occasion: “Funny On Paper;
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New Cartoon Pad The latest Cartoon Pad podcast has been posted. New Yorker cartoonists, Bob Eckstein & Michael Shaw’s guest is Mad’s Sam Vivianio. Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007; Michael Shaw in 1999. Both have work in All’s Fair In Love & War (Mr. Eckstein edited the collection); The Ultimate Cartoon Book (Princeton Architectural Press,
Read moreHonoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges Last Thursday a large crowd of friends, relatives, and colleagues from MAD and The New Yorker filled the Ethical Cultural Society’s Ceremonial Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the life of Paul Peter Porges (left), who passed away last December. Among the speakers was Mr. Porges’s close friend, New Yorker artist, Sam
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