Book Tour Of Interest: Liana Finck; Dick Buchanan On The Roth Brothers: Al Ross, Irving Roir, Ben Roth, And Salo; Daily Cartoonists: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Avi Steinberg; A Daily Shouts By…Ward Sutton

Book Tour Of Interest: Liana Finck Liana Finck’s latest book, Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, And Notes To Self  is out September 24th (Random House). Ms. Finck began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013.  Link here to her website. ________________________________________________________ Dick Buchanan On The Roth Brothers: Al Ross, Irving Roir, Ben Roth, and Salo Here’s a terrif post by Dick

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Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Bob Eckstein’s Writer’s Digest Conference Graphic Account; Today’s Daily Shouts…And Yesterday’s

Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon: Teresa Burns Parkhurst on empty-nesting. Ms. Parkhurst has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2017. See more of her work here.   _______________________________________________ A Graphic Account Of Interest By Bob Eckstein Mr. Eckstein (aka the World’s Leading Snowman Expert) has graphically captured the recent  Writer’s Digest Annual Conference in NYC. See it all here

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Personal History: “It’s For You”; Article Of Interest: Pia Guerra; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Personal History: “It’s For You” According to a quick run through of The New Yorker‘s archives, there have been at least ten cartoons published in its history with this exact caption: “It’s for you.”  The earliest belongs to Richard Taylor (it appeared in the issue of March 8, 1941). Charles Barsotti had one in the issue of May 18, 1987,

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Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Strand Event Of Interest; A Daily Shouts With Emily Flake; Ryan Flanders’ TCJ Friday Links; Anthologies For The Waning Dog Days Of Summer

  Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Peter Kuper gives us three reasons Trump wants to buy Greenland. Mr. Kuper has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2011. Visit his website here. _____________________________________________ Strand Event Of Interest On September 16th the Strand will host a panel discussion centered on Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival.  All

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