“The Funniest Funeral Ever” Above: Liza Donnelly, and Rick Meyerowitz The f-bombs were flying fast and funnily at cartoonist Sam Gross’s funeral on Thursday. A number of other choice words were delivered in the spirit of celebrating Mr. Gross, who was famous
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Book Launch For Sorel’s “Profusely Illustrated” Lotsa laffs at last night’s book launch for Edward Sorel’s Profusely Illustrated (published by Knopf) at the Century Association, just a skip and a jump from The New Yorker‘s old offices at 25 West 43rd Street. This cartoonist, accompanied by New Yorker colleagues Liza Donnelly and John Cuneo, dipped into the old building to
Read moreFrom The Vineyard Gazette, January 29, 2019, “A Brief Sketch of Life As a Cartoon Artist” — the cartoon artist is Paul Karasik, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999. _______________________________________ The Society of Illustrators will host a conversation with two exceptional illustrators (both of them have contributed to The New Yorker), Steve Brodner and Joe Ciardiello. The
Read moreInterview 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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