Three (Fun) Books In November My daily search for new New Yorker cartoon books turned up this pleasing line-up on Amazon this morning (all three have been mentioned on this site in the past few months). How exciting is it that we have these titles to look forward to in the Fall: Joe Dator’s Inked, out November 23rd; Liza Donnelly’s
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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,
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The Cover: With this weird summer winding down, Barry Blitt’s opera singer cut-outs cover seems to fit right in. Read a Q&A with him here. The Cartoonists: Of note: Sarah Akinterinwa makes her New Yorker debut in the issue. She is the 12th newbie of this year and the 65th cartoonist brought in under Emma Allen’s cartoon editorship (begun
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