This coming Sunday, the 8th of December, marks two anniversaries of note, one happy and the other not at all happy. The happier one: James Thurber was born that day in 1894. The unhappy anniversary: it was on that day in 1980 that the former Beatle, John Lennon was murdered in New York City. Other than that
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Favorite Beatle?
Today is Paul McCartney’s 71st birthday. In his honor, the above drawing from The New Yorker, published December 28, 1992. I know most everyone had/has a favorite Beatle, but back when they were a working band, I found it difficult to favor one over the other.
Read moreIn performance: Andy Friedman at Asbury Park; Mankoff on Cartoons and Hurricanes; and a diversion
From the blog, Sonic Garden, August 24, 2011, “An Evening with Andy Friedman: Celebrated Cartoonist – turned-Country-Crooner” ( Friedman, aka Larry Hat, will be appearing at Cafe Volan in Asbury Park, NJ Monday, October 3, 2011 @ 8 pm) From newyorker.com, August 26, 2011, The New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff has posted “Cartoons for the Hurricane” Also
Read moreThree Summer Finds
On this Summertime slow cartoon news day I thought I’d post photos of treasures found on a recent expedition northeast of my home. Jeremy, a main character from The Beatles’ film Yellow Submarine, was in a church basement thrift shop. When I held Jeremy up into the air and asked the woman manning the register, “How much?” she replied,
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