The Wall Street Journal Rewrites A Pat Byrnes Cartoon Caption Long time New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes (he began contributing in 1998) posted the following on Facebook this afternoon: Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal ran the cartoon below on the right. On the left is the original caption. They bought it in November, 2017. I wrote it months before
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Some John Held, Jr.; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; A New Yorker State Of Mind
From The Art Contrarian, February 20, 2020, “John Held, Jr.’s Woodcut Style” — a quick look at a few of Mr. Held’s unique New Yorker contributions. John Held Jr.’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: John Held Jr (Photo from Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938) Born, January 10, 1889, Salt Lake City, Utah. Died, 1958, Belmar, New Jersey. New Yorker work:
Read moreA New Charles Addams Collection!; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
An early afternoon trip to my local independent bookstore turned up a surprise: Addams’ Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams (Pomegranate); Foreword by Sarah M. Henry (deputy director and chief curator at The Museum of The City of New York) and Preface by Luc Sante (author, Guggenheim Fellow, and teacher at Bard College). Most appealing to me about
Read moreCover Revealed! Harry Bliss & Steve Martin’s “A Wealth Of Pigeons”; Searle’s 100th Celebrated; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon (…And Yesterday’s)
And now there’s a cover for the Harry Bliss & Steve Martin collaborative cartoon collection. We’ll see it on sale November 17th (Celadon Books). The Spill first ran a piece about their New Yorker duo efforts back in March of 2019. _______________________________________________________________________ Searle’s 100th Celebrated Today marks the 100th birthday of the late great Ronald Searle, New Yorker cartoonist &
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