Article Of Interest: “Can Joy Of The Arts Bring Us Together?” From The Washington Post, November 10, 2023, “Can Joy Of The Arts Bring Us Together?” — this piece on The Jar, (with Liza Donnelly content). — photo by Eric Korenman ____________________________________________________________________ Book Spotlight Talking with a tableful of New Yorker cartoonists yesterday, Frank Modell’s name
Read moreFrank Modell, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of July 20, 1946 died yesterday just a year and small change from his 100th birthday. Frank was a great cartoonist, a raconteur, a
Read moreHere’s a previously unpublished photograph of two great New Yorker cartoonists: James Stevenson, on the left, and Frank Modell to the right. If you add up (as I have) their combined contributions to the magazine, the number is a whisker shy of an astounding 3,500 cartoons, covers, and written pieces. In 2013, Mr. Stevenson published The Life, Loves and Laughs
Read moreThe one-and-only Frank Modell turned 98 the other day. Happy Birthday, Frank! This is an excellent time to remind Ink Spill visitors about a wonderful book James Stevenson published a couple of years ago about his good friend: The Life, Loves and Laughs of Frank Modell
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