A slide-show of Oscar drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and CBS News resident cartoonist, Liza Donnelly. Ms. Donnelly was on the scene (see left) ____________________________________________________________________________ Here’s a greeting card from 1983 I ran across today while sorting materials in the Ink Spill archives. Good stuff from
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Being Eustace Tilley; Roger Angell Remembers James Stevenson; Oscar Time! Liza Donnelly Back on the Red Carpet Live Drawing the Oscars, Drooker’s Oscar Cover, Eckstein’s Oscar Wielding Eustace
Eustace Tilley is of course a fictional character — commonly referred to as The New Yorker‘s mascot. There is a suggested backstory to Tilley himself in Lee Lorenz’s Art of The New Yorker: 1925-1995; there are best guesses elsewhere as to why Rea Irvin (see below) decided to submit the cover to Harold Ross to adorn Ross’s inaugural
Read moreLiza Donnelly’s Illustrated Oscars Journal; a reminder: Peter Steiner Book Signing this Evening
Liza Donnelly, as previously mentioned here, attended the Oscars this year. Here’s her illustrated journal. Ms. Donnelly was the first cartoonist granted Oscar press credentials in the event’s history. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ And a reminder about Peter Steiner‘s event tonight: His new book, The Capitalist is out now.
Read moreNew Yorker’s Slideshow of Liza Donnelly’s Historic Academy Awards Live Tweet Drawings
Just posted on newyorker.com, “Live-Drawing the 2016 Oscars” : a slideshow of Liza Donnelly‘s on-site drawings from last night’s extravaganza in Hollywood. According to The New Yorker, Ms. Donnelly is “quite possibly the first cartoonist in Academy Awards history to attend the ceremony as a member of the press.”
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