Interview of Interest: Joe Dator; Society of Illustrators Art Young Panel Discussion w/ Kunz, Brodner & Spiegelman; A Smorgasbord of Cartoons by Pat Byrnes

Interview of Interest: Joe Dator The Cartoon Companion has posted Part 2 of its interview with one of the New Yorker‘s best.  Read it here.  ___________________________________________________________________ Society of Illustrators Art Young Panel Check it out! Steve Brodner, Anita Kunz and Art Spiegelman will be at the Society of Illustrators on January 11, discussing Art Young.  All the info here.  (My

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Steinberg’s Pyramids via Attempted Bloggery

Why not think about blue skies and  pyramids and Steinberg on this blizzardy day in the Northeast. I took a look at Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery site this morning, scrolled through the Steinberg pyramid series he’s been focusing on and immediately thought of the cover of Steinberg’s 1973 collection, The Inspector. Somewhat similar sky, rubber stamps, clouds, colors found on

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Tom Toro in The Paris Review; Blogs of Interest: Attempted Bloggery, New Yorker State of Mind

Tom Toro in The Paris Review Mr. Toro is illustrating a series, Life Sentence, for the Review, illustrating one sentence at a time. See his work here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Two blogs of note today, both very familiar to Spill visitors by now. The first is Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery  where he has posted, “Anatol Kovarsky: Leda and the Swan” —  in

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The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 25: Peter Arno, Pt. 2; An Otto Soglow Wartime Original; Applause Applause! Julia Wertz

The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated And they’re off! “Max” & “Simon” dive into the latest New Yorker cartoons, apprising and rating as they go.  I noticed a lot of “4”s handed out this time around (and one “6” — the tippy-top number of their system). _________________________________________________________________ Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 25: Peter Arno, Pt. 2 We

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