WSJ’s Charles Preston, 1921 -2020 Charles Preston,The Wall Street Journal’s “Pepper…and Salt” cartoon editor passed away last Friday at age 98. For 70 years (yes, 70!) he edited the “Pepper…and Salt” feature. The Journal‘s obit quotes Mr. Preston as once saying: “I’ve looked at more cartoons than anyone in the history of mankind.” A number of New Yorker artists found
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal Rewrites A Pat Byrnes Cartoon Caption Long time New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes (he began contributing in 1998) posted the following on Facebook this afternoon: Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal ran the cartoon below on the right. On the left is the original caption. They bought it in November, 2017. I wrote it months before
Read moreThe Daily Cartoon contributing New Yorker cartoonists for the past week: David Sipress, Peter Kuper, Jason Chatfield (with Scott Dooley), and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Not so much a Trumpian week this week. The New Yorker cartoonist contributing to Daily Shouts: Emily Flake (with Abby Sher). To see all the work, link here. ________________________________________________ Out mid-January 2019 from Fantagraphics, Mort Gerberg
Read moreHappy 96th Dana Fradon! Very best birthday wishes to Mr. Fradon, our senior New Yorker cartoonist. Above, a powerhouse quartet: three New Yorker cartoonists and their editor. Left to right: Charles Saxon, James Geraghty (the New Yorker‘s Art Editor from 1939 – 1973), Dana Fradon, and Whitney Darrow, Jr. Westport, September, 1982. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Geraghty Herndon). Mr. Fradon’s
Read more