Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC’s 2018 Slate of Projects; Books of Interest: Seth, Ben Katchor; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 7: Charles Saxon

Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC ‘s 2018 Slate of Projects From Deadline Hollywood, July 29, 2017, “IFC Sets 2018 Slate…” — in a list of projects following this sentence: IFC has given episodic script orders to the following projects: is: Mama Tried A show about the seamy underbelly of new motherhood, Mama Triedfollows the struggles (and occasional triumphs) of Liz Callahan

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Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth at His Desk; The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; BEK Talks about Summertime Television; Ellis Rosen, Emma Allen, and Colin Stokes On a Bench; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 5: Helen Hokinson

Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth Sarah Booth recently took this photo of her father, the one-and-only George Booth.  My thanks to Sarah for permission to post here. Below left: a “Booth Dog” Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z : George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville,

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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 4: Steinberg; Liza Donnelly Live-Draws The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; Rejected New Yorker Covers by Whittington, Higgins; Video: New York City in the 1920s

Steinberg did ad work?  You bet.  As with William Steig, a Steinberg Part 2 will be posted at some later time.  Warren Bernard,  Executive Director of SPX, is the one responsible for researching & gathering all these images. My thanks to Warren for allowing them to appear here. Here are the dates for these ads:  Emerson, 1948; House & Garden,

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Interview of Interest: Frank Cotham; Karasik Talks “Nancy”; Shannon Wheeler at SPX; The Tilley Watch: A Flake Follow-Up & Next Week’s New Yorker Cover

            Cartoon Companion has posted Part 1 of an interview with long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Frank Cotham.  Read it here.  Above: one of Mr. Cotham’s porch drawings published in the New Yorker,.  April 1, 2013 (click on it to enlarge). Note: For more Cotham, you might enjoy this Spill interview from 2013 __________________________________________________________________ Karasik Talks

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