Two Cartoon Paths Diverge in the Publishing Woods

Here are two articles on the two major publications most identified with cartoons in this country. Sadly one of them, Playboy, has recently decided to discontinue its use of cartoons, while The New Yorker is finding ways to explore the use of cartoons in other ways beyond print.   From The Columbia Review, March 9, 2016, “Using video, The New

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A Lee Lorenz Two-fer Cover; More Spills with Liza Donnelly, Jack Ziegler & Mike Twohy

                                                  Here’s a twenty-eight year old cover from the great Lee Lorenz that manages to celebrate both Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day.   __________________________________________________________________________________________________________     …Liza Donnelly will be Live-Drawing the Grammys tonight. Follow the

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Liza Donnelly Interviews Caroline’s Comedy Club Founder; More Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour

    Liza Donnelly’s Forbes series of interviews with the funny women of comedy continues with “The Power of Comedy: An Interview with Comedy Maven, Caroline Hirsch, Founder of Carolines” Also: Look for Ms. Donnelly on newyorker.com next week as she live draws from various events during The New York Comedy Festival. Ms. Donnelly’s website _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From Boston Magazine, “The

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David Remnick: “The New Yorker an Odd Recipe… a Magical Recipe”; More Spills: Marchetto in Her Blue Grotto, A Mets Bonus Daily Cartoon from Bob Eckstein & a Trio of Short Bios

Here’s an interview from Fast Company with  The New Yorker‘s David Remnick on the occasion of the premiere of “The New Yorker Radio Hour”…and another good interview piece, from Nieman Lab, with an audio promo.   __________________________________________________________________________           …from  The New York Times, October 23, 2015, “The Cartoonist in Her Blue Grotto” — this piece (with

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