Dan Misdea Guests On Bob Eckstein & Michael Shaw’s Cartoon Pad Pod Mr. Misdea began contributing to The New Yorker in the July 26, 2021 issue. Listen here! Visit his website here. Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Michael Shaw began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999. ___________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, June 6-11, 2022
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More Bill Lee In a follow-up to Steven Heller’s blog post of a couple of days ago, D.D. Degg over on The Daily Cartoonist fills in more Bill Lee puzzle pieces, but still no answer to “Whatever Happened To…Bill Lee?” (My own interactions with Mr. Lee began and ended in the late 1970s after he, in his role as OMNI‘s
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How wonderful to open yesterday’s New York Times and see the above. The piece, written by Janaki Challa, had been online for days on the Times website, but there’s something more, um, “real” about seeing an article in the actual publication. I have seen at least one online mention that Ms. Shermund’s passing in 1978 was “ignored” by the Times,
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The NYTs On Barbara Shermund: “Overlooked No More” Hurray for Barbara Shermund! The paper of record has finally got around to noting her life and work. The first Barbara Shermund obit — at least as far as I’ve been able to discover — was the notice, above left, published September 9, 1978. I found it online years ago in
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