The great Edward Sorel celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. Mr. Sorel’s first cover for The New Yorker (below) made headlines when Tina Brown selected it as the debut cover of her editorship at the magazine. __________________________ Interview Of Interest: Ken Krimstein From The Grinnell Magazine, – “I Think Therefore I Draw” — this piece on Ken Krimstein. Mr. Krimstein began
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A Steve Martin & Harry Bliss Collaboration; The Tilley Watch Online, March 17-22, 2019
A Steve Martin & Harry Bliss Collaboration Slipped onto newyorker.com late in the day yesterday was the above Bonus Daily cartoon. Sharp-eyed readers will note that the drawing is co-authored: Bliss/Martin. I asked Harry Bliss if his collaborator was indeed the Steve Martin, and if so, how it came to be that they worked together. Mr. Bliss responded in an
Read moreA George Booth Film!; A Q&A Of Interest: Ellis Rosen; The Traveling Cartoon Museum; Liza Donnelly To Judge Cartoons In Cuba; More From The Dick Buchanan Files Via Mike Lynch; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Peter Kuper
A George Booth Film! Happy to report that a George Booth film is in the works. Mr. Booth is, of course, one of the gods of The New Yorker‘s cartoon world. This year marks his 50th year at the magazine. Read about the film and George Booth, and see a Kickstarter teaser clip here. Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the
Read moreToday’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Elisabeth McNair; More Spills…Chast Honored, Eckstein’s Book Tour For “The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons” Includes Fellow New Yorker Cartoonists Leighton, Smaller, Acocella, Downes, Donnelly, Borchart, and Shanahan
Today’s Daily cartoon, Spring + allergies, is by Elisabeth McNair, who began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 2018. Link here to her website. ________________________ …Roz Chast will be awarded an honorary degree by Hamilton College. Read here. …Bob Eckstein‘s new book, The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons will be out soon. Several of the events on
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