According to its official website, Funny Business — An Inside Look at the Art of Cartooning, shown last night on New York’s PBS station WNET, will be rebroadcast this Saturday, May 7th, at 3:30 am. The film pays studio visits to a number of New Yorker cartoonists, including Frank Modell, Lee Lorenz (the former Art Editor/Cartoon Editor of The New
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Booth, Chast, Kalman and Tomine at The Strand
A sure-to-please event at The Strand Bookstore ( 828 Broadway, 2nd Fl.) May 3, 2011, 7 pm — 8 pm, celebrating the winner of the 2011 Eustace Tilley contest and launch of The New Yorker’s Strand tote bag. Francoise Mouly the magazine’s Art Editor, will moderate a panel discussion with George Booth, Roz Chast, Maira Kalman, and Adrian Tomine. Other
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Here’s a great video about the life of long time New Yorker cover artist and cartoonist C.E.M. (Charles E. Martin).
Read moreBob Eckstein’s NYTs midlife crisis table tennis piece
From The New York Times Sports section, April 16, 2011, this piece by Bob Eckstein, “Weathering a Midlife Crisis in the Haunts of Table Tennis.” ( Bob Mankoff content)
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