Here’s a photo taken back in 2005 at the old Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) headquarters on Broadway in Soho (MoCCA now resides within the walls of The Society of Illustrators). Left to right: Gahan Wilson, Roz Chast, Barbara Smaller, P.C. Vey, Liza Donnelly, and Jack Ziegler Note: Barbara Smaller, Liana Finck and Marisa Acocella
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A Zap Retrospective at The Society of Illustrators
“The ZAP Show: A Cultural Revolution” is now up at The Society of Illustrators (and runs through May 7, 2016). All the details here. From the website: No one could have known that when struggling illustrator R. Crumb self-published Zap Comix #1 in 1968 and began hawking copies in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, history would be made.
Read moreChris Weyant’s Excellent Boston Adventure; Donnelly, Mankoff to Speak at University of Rhode Island; Sam Gross, Rick Meyerowitz on Lampoon Panel at The Society of Illustrators; Barbara Smaller on Pencils Blog
From Editor & Publisher, August 18, 2015, ” Digital Publishing: Time For a Reinvention” — an article featuring Chris Weyant.
Read moreHarry Bliss to Speak; Forgotten Caricaturists
From The Vermont Standard, April 23, 2015, “Cartoonist Harry Bliss to Speak at Library Gala” Here’s a link to his website, and here’s a link to The New Yorker’s Cartoon Bank site where you’ll find more examples of his work. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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