A Live Event Reminder: This Sunday A Gathering Of 14 New Yorker Artists This Sunday, May 1st at 2pm. Info/tickets here. Each artist will read a 650 word self-penned essay. The artists will address the question: What’s So Funny? Liza Donnelly, who co-curated the event, will live-draw throughout the proceedings. More about Read650 here.
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Fave Photo Of The Day From yesterday’s MoCCA panel, “Very Funny Ladies”… (l-r): Barbara Smaller, moderator Liza Donnelly, Bishakh Som, Maggie Larson, and Roz Chast. Photo courtesy of Stephen Nadler of Attempted Bloggery. My
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National Cartoonists Society Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary With An Auction Of Original Art/St. Jude Fundraiser. — The following from the NCS post: 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the National Cartoonists Society, and to celebrate this milestone, the NCS and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation have joined forces with Heritage and will be auctioning more than 150 works of art.
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A summertime place we’ve stayed for years has had two Thurber books on its shelves forever. One is The Seal In The Bedroom, and the other is a 1964 paperback copy of Alarms & Diversions. This title always reminds me of a college-era abandoned theft attempt (by me) of that particular Thurber title. My graphic account appeared in the Spring
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