Fave Photo Of The Day: Flake & Schwartz At Swann Galleries Above: Ben Schwartz and Emily Flake at last night’s cartoon event at Swann Galleries. Below: two of the Charles Addams pieces up for grabs. Be sure to check out the online catalog for the upcoming auction (It’s December 10th). A lot to look at and much fun to be
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Interview Of Interest: Swann Galleries Christine von der Linn On Charles Addams “Nevermore”; Meet The Artist(1943): Boardman Robinson; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Interview Of Interest: Swann Galleries Christine von der Linn on Charles Addams’s “Nevermore” From The Hot Bid, this interview with The Swann Galleries Illustration Art director, Christine von der Linn about a fabulous Addams drawing (shown above) to be auctioned December 10th. [article contains Jack Ziegler content] __________________________________________________________ Meet The Artist (1943): Boardman Robinson Another in a series of self
Read moreAddams New Yorker Penguins Cover Sells for $30K
Charles Addams New Yorker cover for the September 12 1977 issue sold for $30,000 at last night’s Swann Galleries auction. For a look at the art listed, go here. Here’s the penguin cover as it appeared as a cover: Here’s Mr. Addams’ entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Charles Addams (above) Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoons Golden Age Editor; Roz Chast in San Francisco; More Spills with Nguyen, Rosen, Eckstein, Flake, Finck, Donnelly and Arno
Rounding out this historic week for New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists as we say “Goodbye” to Bob Mankoff and “Hello” to Emma Allen is an article from the early 1970s as another transition was about to take place: long-time New Yorker Art Editor, James Geraghty was beginning to think retirement, but his successor was not yet
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