Where Was This Arno?; Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Cartoons; Roz Chast’s Poster; Eckstein’s Upgraded Airline Passenger; Ross Bateup Added to the A-Z

Where did this Peter Arno drawing appear? Attempted Bloggery is looking for the answer. If it was in The New Yorker, it’s somehow eluded  the magazine’s  record-keepers.  Read more here. __________________________________________ Cartoon Companion is back with a close and entertaining look at the cartoons appearing in the April 17, 2017 New Yorker. This issue contains, among others, two costumed characters,

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More Gross: Podcast

From chimeraobscura.com. “Virtual Memories Show: Sam Gross — Look Day” an hour-plus podcast featuring the one and only Sam Gross speaking on cartoon history, the late National Lampoon, his own work, and much much more. [via Mike Lynch]

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P.C. Vey Talks about Walking a Cat on a Leash, The Spatial Dynamics of Cubicles, Meeting Ziegler, Stevens and Mankoff, and a Bunch of Other Stuff

                The world of P.C. Vey (the “C” is for Christopher) was introduced to The New Yorker’s readership November 22, 1993 with the publication of the drawing below:             The drawing set the stage for what was to come.  Vey people, either male or female seem flounder-ish.His people are

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