We cartoonists, a compact community, draw a little bit closer when we lose one of our own. This week we lost our friend, the great New Yorker artist, George Booth. George was a part of The New Yorker’s landscape for more than half the magazine’s life (his first drawing appeared in 1969).The Spill has asked George’s fellow artists to share
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The NYTs On Barbara Shermund: “Overlooked No More” Hurray for Barbara Shermund! The paper of record has finally got around to noting her life and work. The first Barbara Shermund obit — at least as far as I’ve been able to discover — was the notice, above left, published September 9, 1978. I found it online years ago in
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The Cover A rarity this new issue: an “after” cover (aside from all the take-offs on Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley). The cover artist, Pascal Campion gives a shout-out to Mark Ulriksen’s November 2012 New Yorker cover, shown below left: Here’s what Mr. Ulriksen had to say about his cover back then. And here’s what The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise
Read moreToday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Desert drinks by Lila Ash, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2018. __________________________________________________________________ New Market Watch Considering the narrowing avenues for cartoonists , it’s always a brighter day when a cartoon-carrying publication is launched. We now have two (online-only) issues of former Vanity Fair editor, Graydon Carter’s Air Mail to peruse. You’ll find
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