The Cartoon Companion guys, Max & Simon, are back with their customary dissections of the latest New Yorker cartoons. Read it all here. ______________________________________________________________ George Booth New Yorker Original Cover Art Above is the published Booth cover from February 4, 1974. To see the original art visit Attempted Bloggery. Don’t forget! An exhibit of Mr. Booth’s work just opened yesterday
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Podcast of Interest: Barry Blitt Talks New Yorker Covers; Attempted Bloggery on The George Booth Exhibit, Opening Today at The Society of Illustrators
Barry Blitt Talks New Yorker Covers Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Show is chock-full of Mr. Roth’s interviews with New Yorker contributors (weighted heavily with folks from the art and cartoon departments). His latest interviewee is Barry Blitt, whose anthology is just out today (Blitt, Riverhead Books). Hear the podcast here, and don’t forget to check out the list of Mr.
Read moreVideo of Interest: Liza Donnelly; Wertz’s Tenements, Towers & Trash; Booth at the Society of Illustrators; Steinberg at the National Gallery of Art
Video of Interest: Liza Donnelly From Medium, here’s a video of Liza Donnelly speaking about her work (and doing a little work). See it here. ____________________________________________________________________ An Excerpt from Wertz’s Tenements, Towers & Trash From Curbed, October 4, 2017, “Julia Wertz’s Tenements, Towers & Trash is a Witty Chronicle of an Ever-Changing NYC” — read it here and see an
Read moreMust See: George Booth — A Cartoonist’s Life at the Society of Illustrators; Talking Nancy with Karasik and Newgarden
We have New Yorker cartoon gods among us. George Booth is one (Edward Koren, Lee Lorenz, Dana Fradon, Warren Miller and Sam Gross would be others). Here’s an opportunity to hear Mr. Booth speak about his career. and see his work up close. Details here. _______________________________________________________________ Karasik and Newgarden Talk Nancy From Print, September 18, 2017, “How Can You Not
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