Show of Interest: Tom Bachtell’s Talk of The Town Illustrations; Whither MAD Magazine?; Roz Chast’s Tiny Shirts

Show of Interest If you’ve opened up the New Yorker to The Talk of The Town you’ve seen Tom Bachtell’s work.  Now you can see the drawings in person at The Bower Center For the Arts . Here’s a fine article  about the exhibit and Mr. Bachtell. Link here to Tom Bachtell’s website. _________________________________________________________________________ Whither MAD Magazine? Every so often

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New Yorker Cartoonists Gather to Honor Jack Ziegler

  Cartoon colleagues gathered yesterday at the Society of Illustrators to honor one of the New Yorker‘s cartoon gods, Jack Ziegler, who passed away this March.  Shown above, back row, left – right: Trevor Hoey, John Donohue, Robert Leighton, Tom Toro (in profile), George Booth, David Borchart (standing tall over Mr. Toro and Mr. Booth), Anne Hall Elser (Ms. Elser

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Think Good Thoughts About an Exhibition: George Booth Show Coming to The Society of Illustrators in the Fall

This Fall the Society of Illustrators  will  exhibit work by one of the New Yorker’s greatest artists, George Booth. Mr. Booth’s daughter, Sarah Booth,  told Ink Spill that besides the hanging art “there  will also be video and pictures and [a concentration] on George’s process, how he worked with cut and paste to the final cartoon.”  More information will be

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