New Yorker Cartoonists Who Will Be Part Of The New Yorker Festival The New Yorker Festival is once again upon us (October 6-8, 2023). If my memory is correct, the cartoonist presence is larger this year than last. As far as we know… Rox Chast will be interviewed by Adam Gopnick. A quintet of cartoonists will be part of something
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Book Of Interest: A User’s Guide To Democracy, Illustrated By Tom Toro Today is publication day for A User’s Guide To Democracy, by Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro (he began contributing to the magazine a decade ago). Ordering info and more on the book and its authors here on the publisher’s site.
Read moreAt The New Yorker Festival: New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen & Company Talk Peanuts; A Conversation With Alison Bechdel; Chast, Marx, & Ukuleles Cartoon-related Fest Happenings: The New Yorker‘s Cartoon Editor, Emma Allen will moderate a panel discussion on “Peanuts.” (Oct. 12). All the info here. Alison Bechdel will speak with Judith Thurman (Oct. 12). Info here. Roz Chast,
Read moreIt was perhaps inevitable that the Steve Bannon New Yorker Festival invite/disinvite would lead to a new suggested universally suitable caption for every New Yorker cartoon. You can read about it here in this piece from Boing Boing. Here’s a New York Times overview piece on the invite/disinvite story.
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